''Greatest Hits'' is a

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by the American

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band Journey, originally released in 1988 by

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. It is the band's best-selling career disc, spending 748 weeks on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart (more than any other compilation album, except for Bob Marley and the Wailers' '' Legend'', in history). Additionally, as of 14 February 2023, it has logged 1,385 weeks on ''

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chart. On 22 April 2008, the

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(RIAA) certified ''Greatest Hits'' 15× Platinum for sales of 15 million copies in the United States. As of December 2008, it was reported to have been the sixth highest certified 'greatest hits' package in the United States according to the RIAA, behind only similar collections by the

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, and the Beatles' red and blue compilations. It continues to be one of the most popular 'best of' packages, at times selling close to 500,000 copies globally per year. The album has been reissued several times and was

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for compact disc by

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, issued on August 1, 2006, with " When You Love a Woman" featured as a bonus track. In Japan, the album has been reissued as ''Open Arms: Greatest Hits'' with the song " Open Arms" appearing as the first song on the album. A second Journey compilation album, '' Greatest Hits 2'', was released in 2011.

Track listing

Personnel

* Steve Perry –

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* Neal Schon – guitar, vocals * Jonathan Cain –

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, vocals except on "Wheel in the Sky", "

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", "Lights" and "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" * Gregg Rolie – keyboards, vocals on "Wheel in the Sky", "

", "Lights" and "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" *

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–

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, vocals except on "I'll Be Alright Without You", " Girl Can't Help It" and "

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– bass on "I'll Be Alright Without You", " Girl Can't Help It" and "

" * Steve Smith –

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, vocals except on "Wheel in the Sky", "Lights", "I'll Be Alright Without You", " Girl Can't Help It" and "

" *

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– drums on "Wheel in the Sky" and "Lights" *

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– drums on "I'll Be Alright Without You", " Girl Can't Help It" and "

Production personnel

* Mike Stone and Kevin Elson – producers on " Only the Young", " Don't Stop Believin'", " Faithfully", "Ask the Lonely", " Who's Crying Now", " Separate Ways", " Open Arms" and " Send Her My Love" * Roy Thomas Baker – producer on "Wheel in the Sky", "

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" and "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'", * Steve Perry – producer on "I'll Be Alright Without You", " Girl Can't Help It" and "

" * Geoffrey Workman and Kevin Elson – producers on "Any Way You Want It" * Kevin Shirley – producer on "When You Love a Woman"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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