The Greatest Hits (Lulu album)

The Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Lulu, released in 2003. The album highlights her 40-year career in music from 1964's UK top-ten hit "Shout" through 2002's "We've Got Tonight," a UK top-five duet with Ronan Keating. It also covers everything in between, including her 1967 US No. 1 Hit "To Sir With Love", the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest winner "Boom Bang-a-Bang", the 1974 James Bond theme "The Man with the Golden Gun", the 1993 comeback single "Independence" and the UK No. 1 Hit "Relight My Fire" (a duet with Take That).

The Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Released2003
Recorded1964–2002
GenrePop
LabelMercury
Lulu chronology
Together
(2002)
The Greatest Hits
(2003)
Back on Track
(2004)

The album combines her UK hits such as "The Boat That I Row" and "The Man Who Sold The World", as well as her successful singles in the US like "Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)" and "I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)". Tracks from her 2002 album Together are also featured, including duets with Elton John and Sting. The final track, "First Of May" is a duet with her former husband Maurice Gibb, taken from her "An Audience With Lulu" ITV television special, making it the only song which debuted on the CD.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shout" (with The Luvvers)Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr.2:55
2."Independence" (Brothers in Rhythm mix)Leon Ware, Winston Sela4:13
3."Relight My Fire" (with Take That)Dan Hartman4:08
4."Teardrops" (with Elton John)Linda Womack, Cecil Womack4:45
5."I Don't Wanna Fight"Lulu, Billy Lawrie, Steve DuBerry4:45
6."We've Got Tonight" (with Ronan Keating)Bob Seger3:37
7."The Man Who Sold the World"David Bowie3:51
8."Where the Poor Boys Dance" (Almighty mix)Lulu, Lawrie, David Tyson3:51
9."Hurt Me So Bad"Lawrie, Tyson3:53
10."To Sir With Love"Mark London, Don Black2:43
11."Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)"Jim Doris2:40
12."I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)"Neil Harrison3:08
13."Sail on Sailor" (with Sting)Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, Tandyn Almer, Ray Kennedy, Jack Rieley3:24
14."I'm Back for More" (with Bobby Womack)Ken Stover5:07
15."The Man with the Golden Gun"John Barry, Black2:34
16."The Boat That I Row"Neil Diamond2:42
17."Boom Bang-a-Bang"Alan Moorhouse, Peter Warne2:20
18."First of May" (Live) (with Maurice Gibb)Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb3:07

Chart performance

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  • In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at No. 35 and spent 2 weeks on the UK Albums Chart.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Lulu - The Greatest Hits". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 August 2011.