''Greatest Hits'' is the first
greatest hits album
A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be crea ...
released by
Fugees
Fugees (; sometimes The Fugees) is an American hip hop group formed in the early 1990s. Deriving its name from a shortening of the word "refugees", the group consists of Wyclef Jean, Pras Michel, and Lauryn Hill. The group rose to fame with its ...
. The album was released on March 25, 2003, by the group's former record label,
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...
. The album features a range of material from both of the group's studio albums, as well as previously unreleased material. The album's track listing in the
United Kingdom
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was completely different from that of the U.S. track listing.
Track listing
;US Edition
# "Vocab (Refugees Hip Hop Mix)"
# "Nappy Heads (Remix Radio Edit)"
# "Fu-Gee-La"
# "How Many Mics"
# "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
# "No Woman, No Cry"
# "Cowboys"
# "The Score"
# "The Sweetest Thing (Mahogany Mix)"
# "Ready or Not (Salaam's Ready for the Show Remix)
;UK Edition
# "Fu-Gee-La" (Jean, Michel, Hill, McGrier, Brockert, Remi) – 4:06
# "No Woman, No Cry" (Ford) – 4:20
# "Ready or Not" (Feat "Boadicea" by Enya) (Jean, Michel, Hill, Hart, Bell) – 3:48
# "Killing Me Softly" (Gimbel, Fox, Jean, Hill) – 4:52
# "The Score" (Jean, Michel, Hill, Diamond D) – 4:09
# "How Many Mics" (Jean, Michel, Hill) – 4:15
# "Cowboys" (Jean, Michel, Hill, Forte, Zee, Digga) – 4:46
# "
Nappy Heads
"Nappy Heads" is a song written and performed by the hip-hop group Fugees. "Nappy Heads" was issued as the second single from the group's debut album ''Blunted on Reality''. The original version of the song was co-produced by Pras and Wyclef Jean ...
" (Remix Radio Edit) (Jean, Michel, Hill) – 4:38
# "
Vocab" (Refugees Hip Hop Remix) (Jean, Michel, Hill) – 4:02
# "The Sweetest Thing" (Mahogany Mix) (Hill, Jean, DeVorzon) – 4:24
# "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Live From BBC Radio 1) (Cooke) – 2:47
# "Killing Me Softly" (Live From MCM) (Gimbel, Fox) – 4:35
# "Freestyle" (Live From BBC Radio 1) (Jean, Michel, Hill) – 4:59
;International Edition
# "Boof Baf" (Bayyan, Jean, Michel) – 3:52
# "Nappy Heads" (Jean, Michel, Hill) – 3:56
# "Vocab" (Jean, Michel, Hill) – 3:47
# "Fu-Gee-La" (Jean, Michel, Hill, McGrier, Brockert, Remi) – 4:06
# "Killing Me Softly" (Gimbel, Fox) – 4:52
# "Ready Or Not" (Jean, Michel, Hill, Hart, Bell) – 3:47
# "No Woman, No Cry" (Ford) – 4:20
# "Don't Cry, Dry Your Eyes" (Hill, Jean, Michel) – 5:03
# "
Rumble in the Jungle
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" (Jean, Michel, Hill, Taylor, Fareed, Smith, Forte) – 4:16
# "Ready Or Not" (Ready For The Show Remix) (Jean, Michel, Hill, Hart) – 5:36
;Japan bonus tracks
:11. Fu-Gee-La (North Side Mix) – 4:17
:12. Killing Me Softly With His Song (Sound Barrier Remix) – 4:20
:13. Ready Or Not (Clark Kent/ Django Remix) – 5:18
:14. The Sweetest Thing – 4:51
Charts
Certifications
References
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2003 greatest hits albums
Fugees compilation albums
Albums produced by Wyclef Jean
Columbia Records compilation albums