Duran Duran "Greatest"

Greatest is a greatest hits compilation album by English new wave/synth-pop band Duran Duran, released in 1998.

Greatest is an update of the 1989 tenth anniversary compilation album, Decade. The new release includes songs from their eponymous debut album through 1997's Medazzaland (excluding 1995's Thank You). The album includes all 14 songs featured in Decade: Greatest Hits, plus "New Moon on Monday" and four singles from the '90s. However, several songs on the disc are presented in their edited forms in order to fit on a single CD.

The album was released by EMI after parting ways with the band following the disastrous Medazzaland album release in 1997, marking the first of many releases designed to capitalize on the band's extensive EMI-controlled back catalog. To coincide with the release of the Greatest album in the United Kingdom, the song "Electric Barbarella" was released as a single in that territory. This track was originally released as a single in North America in 1997 to promote the Medazzaland album (which was never released officially in the UK). "Electric Barbarella" was also the basis for a retroactive correction in licensing payments in the band's favour, after guitarist Warren Cuccurullo discovered that the song was mistakenly credited as having been licensed by Capitol Records instead of the band itself (rights had reverted to the band).

By 2008, the collection had sold 1.3 million copies in the United States, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. The collection is the band's most commercially successful release overall, but to date, a full collection of Duran Duran's singles on one album still has not been released.

Track listing

1. "Is There Something I Should Know?" – 4:10 (Non-album single)
2. "The Reflex" {The Dance Mix – Edited Version} – 4:24 (from Seven and the Ragged Tiger 1983)
3. "A View to a Kill" – 3:34 (from A View to a Kill 1985)
4. "Ordinary World" {Single} – 4:42 (from Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) 1993)
5. "Save a Prayer" (US Single) – 3:47 (from Rio 1982)
6. "Rio" (US edit) – 4:45 (from Rio)
7. "Hungry Like the Wolf" {Single} – 3:25 (from Rio)
8. "Girls on Film" – 3:27 (from Duran Duran 1981)
9. "Planet Earth" – 3:57 (from Duran Duran)
10. "Union of the Snake" – 4:22 (from Seven and the Ragged Tiger)
11. "New Moon on Monday" – 4:16 (from Seven and the Ragged Tiger)
12. "The Wild Boys" – 4:17 (from Arena 1984)
13. "Notorious" {45 mix} – 4:00 (from Notorious 1986)
14. "I Don't Want Your Love" {Shep Pettibone 7"} – 3:48 (from Big Thing 1988)
15. "All She Wants Is" {7" 45 mix} – 4:26 (from Big Thing)
16. "Electric Barbarella" {Edit} – 4:17 (from Medazzaland 1997)
17. "Serious" {Edit} – 3:56 (from Liberty 1990)
18. "Skin Trade" {Radio Version} – 4:26 (from Notorious)
19. "Come Undone" {Edit} – 4:15 (from Duran Duran (The Wedding Album))

VHS edition

The album release was followed in 1999 by the release of a videotape compilation of the band's groundbreaking music videos, also entitled Greatest. It was not released on DVD at the time. The video album was certified platinum by the RIAA on January 29, 2004.

Video album track listing

1. "Planet Earth"
2. "Girls on Film" (Uncensored)
3. "The Chauffeur" (Uncensored)
4. "Hungry Like the Wolf"
5. "Save a Prayer"
6. "Rio"
7. "Is There Something I Should Know?"
8. "Union of the Snake"
9. "New Moon on Monday"
10. "The Reflex"
11. "The Wild Boys" (extended version)
12. "A View to a Kill"
13. "Notorious"
14. "Skin Trade"
15. "I Don't Want Your Love"
16. "All She Wants Is"
17. "Serious"
18. "Burning the Ground"
19. "Ordinary World"
20. "Come Undone"
21. "Electric Barbarella"
22. "My Own Way"
23. The Wedding Album EPK