Greatest Hits (Mötley Crüe album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits
	The original 1998 cover. On the 2009 digital re-issue, the cover is tinted red.
Compilation album by Mötley Crüe
Released	October 27, 1998; November 17, 2009 (Reissue)
Recorded	1981–1998; 1981–2009 (Reissue)
Genre	Heavy metal; glam metal; hard rock; alternative metal;
Length	73:56; 78:57 (Reissue)
Label	Mötley; Beyond;
Mötley Crüe chronology
Mötley Crüe chronology
Singles from Greatest Hits
	"Bitter Pill"; Released: 1998; "Enslaved"; Released: 1998;
Alternative cover
	Slipcase cover for 2009 reissue

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
AllMusic	^[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10^[3]
Blare Magazine	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]

Greatest Hits (stylized as GREATE$T HIT$) is the second compilation album by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released by Mötley Records and Beyond Music on October 27, 1998. It is an updated version of the 1991 compilation Decade of Decadence 81–91, which is currently out of print. Its cover art features a caricature of the band by artist/designer Erik Casillas.^[1] The album was reissued by Eleven Seven Music on November 17, 2009, with a different track listing.^[2]

Commercial performance

Greatest Hits charted at number 20 on the Billboard 200 in 1998.^[6] The compilation featured two newly recorded songs: the singles "Bitter Pill" which charted at number 22 on the Mainstream rock charts^[7] and "Enslaved" which charted at number 34 on the Billboard Heritage charts.

The 2009 version charted at No. 10 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart and No. 9 on the Top Independent Albums chart on Billboard magazine.^[8]

Accolades

Greatest Hits won the 1998 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Award for "Best Compilation".^[9]

Track listing

1998 version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bitter Pill"	Nikki Sixx Mick Mars Vince Neil Tommy Lee	4:27
2.	"Enslaved"	Sixx Mars Lee	4:30
3.	"Girls, Girls, Girls"	Sixx Mars Lee	4:30
4.	"Kickstart My Heart"	Sixx	4:44
5.	"Wild Side"	Sixx Mars Neil	4:37
6.	"Glitter" (Remix)	Sixx Bryan Adams Scott Humphrey	5:40
7.	"Dr. Feelgood"	Sixx Mars	4:43
8.	"Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)"	Sixx Mars Neil Lee	4:14
9.	"Home Sweet Home"	Sixx Lee	3:57
10.	"Afraid"	Sixx	4:08
11.	"Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)"	Sixx Mars	4:40
12.	"Without You"	Sixx Mars	4:29
13.	"Smokin' in the Boys Room" (Brownsville Station cover)	Cub Koda Michael Lutz	3:27
14.	"Primal Scream"	Sixx Mars Neil Lee	4:46
15.	"Too Fast for Love"	Sixx	3:21
16.	"Looks That Kill"	Sixx	4:01
17.	"Shout at the Devil '97"	Sixx	3:42
Total length:			73:56

2009 version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Too Fast for Love"	Sixx	3:26
2.	"Shout at the Devil"	Sixx	3:16
3.	"Looks That Kill"	Sixx	4:09
4.	"Too Young to Fall in Love"	Sixx	3:33
5.	"Smokin' in the Boys Room"	Koda Lutz	3:28
6.	"Home Sweet Home"	Sixx Lee	4:01
7.	"Wild Side"	Sixx Mars Neil	4:42
8.	"Girls, Girls, Girls"	Sixx Mars Lee	4:30
9.	"Dr. Feelgood"	Sixx Mars	4:51
10.	"Kickstart My Heart"	Sixx	4:44
11.	"Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)"	Sixx Mars Neil Lee	4:14
12.	"Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)"	Sixx Mars	4:40
13.	"Without You"	Sixx Mars	4:30
14.	"Primal Scream"	Sixx Mars Neil Lee	4:47
15.	"Sick Love Song"	Sixx James Michael	4:19
16.	"Afraid"	Sixx	4:09
17.	"If I Die Tomorrow"	Sixx Simple Plan	3:42
18.	"Saints of Los Angeles"	Sixx Michael DJ Ashba Marti Frederiksen	3:40
19.	"The Animal in Me" (Remix)	Sixx Michael Ashba Frederiksen	4:16
Total length:			78:57

Extended Version bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
20.	"Girls, Girls, Girls" (from Live Around the World 1989-1990)	Sixx Mars Lee	5:42
21.	"Red Hot" (from Live Around the World 1989-1990)	Sixx Mars Neil	3:21
22.	"All in the Name of..." (from Live Around the World 1989-1990)	Sixx Neil	4:54
23.	"Dr. Feelgood" (from Live Around the World 1989-1990)	Sixx Mars	6:41

Charts

Album

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[10]	30
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[11]	16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[12]	85
US Billboard 200^[13]	20

Chart (2009)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[14]	90
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[15]	9

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1998	"Bitter Pill"	Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay^[16]	22
1999	"Enslaved"	Billboard Heritage Rock^[17]	34

Certifications

1998 version


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[18]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

2009 version


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[19]	Gold	40,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[20]	Silver	60,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[18]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ ^a ^b Greatest Hits (1998) at AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Greatest Hits (2009) at AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
^ "Album Reviews". Blare. November 30, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
^ "Motley Crue". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 27, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
^ "Allmusic (Motley Crue charts & awards)Billboard albums".
^ "Motley Crue on The Mainstream rock charts".
^ "Motley Crue charts and awards". Allmusic.
^ Metal Edge, August 1999
^ "Australiancharts.com – Mötley Crüe – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
^ "Motley Crue Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Mötley Crüe – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
^ "Motley Crue Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
^ "Motley Crue Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
^ "Motley Crue Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
^ "Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
^ "Billboard Heritage Rock Chart". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "American album certifications – Motley Crue". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Motley Crue". Music Canada. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
^ "British album certifications – Motley Crue – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 29, 2023.

External links

Official website
Greatest Hits at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
Greatest Hits (1998) at Discogs (list of releases)
Greatest Hits (2009) at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic1-1] Greatest Hits (1998) at AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2024.

[allmusic2-2] Greatest Hits (2009) at AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2024.

[martin-3] Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.

[4] "Album Reviews". Blare. November 30, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2024.

[5] "Motley Crue". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 27, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2024.

[6] "Allmusic (Motley Crue charts & awards)Billboard albums".

[7] "Motley Crue on The Mainstream rock charts".

[8] "Motley Crue charts and awards". Allmusic.

[9] Metal Edge, August 1999

[ac_Australia_Mötley_Crüe-10] "Australiancharts.com – Mötley Crüe – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 22, 2022.

[ac_BillboardCanada_Motley_Crue-11] "Motley Crue Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2022.

[ac_Sweden_Mötley_Crüe-12] "Swedishcharts.com – Mötley Crüe – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 22, 2022.

[Billboard_200-13] "Motley Crue Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2022.

[ac_Billboard200_Motley_Crue-14] "Motley Crue Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2022.

[ac_BillboardIndependent_Motley_Crue-15] "Motley Crue Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2022.

[16] "Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2021.

[17] "Billboard Heritage Rock Chart". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2021.

[United_StatesMotley_CruealbumCertRef-18] "American album certifications – Motley Crue". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 20, 2021.

[CanadaMotley_CruealbumCertRef-19] "Canadian album certifications – Motley Crue". Music Canada. Retrieved August 25, 2020.

[United_KingdomMotley_CrueGreatest_HitsalbumCertRef-20] "British album certifications – Motley Crue – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 29, 2023.

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