''Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol. 3'' is a compilation album by American musician Hank Williams Jr. released by Warner Bros. Records in February 1989. The album includes eleven tracks, eight of which were Number One and Top 10 singles on the ''

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chart released on the studio albums '' Five-O'', '' Montana Cafe'' and ''

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''. The song "My Name Is Bocephus" was originally a track recorded for ''Montana Cafe'', but Williams later recorded a live version of the song and included it on the live album, ''

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''. The live version was the one used for the compilation. The album included two original singles, "There's a Tear in My Beer" and "Finders Are Keepers", that peaked at number 7 and number 6 respectively on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Critical and commercial success

As with '' Greatest Hits, Vol. 1'' and '' Greatest Hits, Vol. 2'', this compilation proved to be both a commercial and critical success for Williams. It reached Number One on the ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums chart, giving Williams his ninth Number One career album. It is also Williams eighth career album to be certified at least Platinum by the

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/ref> "There's a Tear in My Beer" in particular enjoyed great success. Using sophisticated editing technology, a music video was created in which it appeared as though Williams was singing with his father,

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, who died on January 1, 1953. Williams won his only Grammy Award for this performance, winning for Best Country Vocal Collaboration, an award that's also officially recognized as being shared by his late father. The video for the song won both the

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Music Video of the Year and Academy of Country Music Video of the Year awards. It also received nominations for ACM Single Record of the Year and ACM Song of the Year.

Track listing

All songs written by Hank Williams Jr. except where noted.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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