Greatest Hits II | ||||
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Compilation album by | ||||
Released | 28 October 1991 (UK) 19 April 2011 (U.S. and Japan) | |||
Recorded | 1981–1990 1981–1995 (2011 Japan reissue edition) | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
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Queen chronology | ||||
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Alternative covers |
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | link |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [1] |
Side one | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
1. | 'A Kind of Magic' (from A Kind of Magic, 1986) | Roger Taylor | 4:22 |
2. | 'Under Pressure' (with David Bowie; from Hot Space, 1982) | Queen, David Bowie | 3:57 |
3. | 'Radio Ga Ga' (from The Works, 1984) | Taylor | 5:43 |
4. | 'I Want It All' (single mix, from The Miracle, 1989) | Queen (Brian May) | 4:01 |
5. | 'I Want to Break Free' (single mix, from The Works, 1984) | John Deacon | 4:18 |
Side two | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
6. | 'Innuendo' (from Innuendo, 1991) | Queen (Mercury/Taylor) | 6:27 |
7. | 'It's a Hard Life' (from The Works, 1984) | Freddie Mercury | 4:09 |
8. | 'Breakthru' (from The Miracle, 1989) | Queen (Mercury/Taylor) | 4:09 |
9. | 'Who Wants to Live Forever' (from A Kind of Magic, 1986) | Brian May | 5:16 |
Side three | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
10. | 'Headlong' (from Innuendo, 1991) | Queen (May) | 4:37 |
11. | 'The Miracle' (from The Miracle, 1989) | Queen (Mercury/Deacon) | 5:01 |
12. | 'I'm Going Slightly Mad' (from Innuendo, 1991) | Queen (Mercury) | 4:22 |
13. | 'The Invisible Man' (from The Miracle, 1989) | Queen (Taylor) | 3:58 |
Side four | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
14. | 'Hammer to Fall' (single mix, from The Works, 1984) | May | 3:40 |
15. | 'Friends Will Be Friends' (from A Kind of Magic, 1986) | Mercury, Deacon | 4:08 |
16. | 'The Show Must Go On' (from Innuendo, 1991) | Queen (May) | 4:37 |
17. | 'One Vision' (single mix, from A Kind of Magic, 1986) | Queen (Taylor) | 4:02 |
Total length: | 76:32 |
CD Version Some tracks were edited for CD by David Richards. | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'A Kind of Magic' (early fade) | 4:22 |
2. | 'Under Pressure' (edited version) | 3:58 |
3. | 'Radio Ga Ga' | 5:43 |
4. | 'I Want It All' (single version) | 4:01 |
5. | 'I Want to Break Free' (single remix) | 4:18 |
6. | 'Innuendo' | 6:27 |
7. | 'It's a Hard Life' | 4:09 |
8. | 'Breakthru' | 4:09 |
9. | 'Who Wants to Live Forever' (edited version) | 4:57 |
10. | 'Headlong' (original Innuendo LP edit) | 4:33 |
11. | 'The Miracle' (early fade) | 4:54 |
12. | 'I'm Going Slightly Mad' (original Innuendo LP edit) | 4:07 |
13. | 'The Invisible Man' | 3:58 |
14. | 'Hammer to Fall' (single version) | 3:40 |
15. | 'Friends Will Be Friends' | 4:10 |
16. | 'The Show Must Go On' (early fade-out) | 4:23 |
17. | 'One Vision' (single version) | 4:01 |
Total length: | 75:57 |
2011 Japan Reissue Edition From the bonus track for Japan, Available in iTunes. | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
18. | 'I Was Born to Love You' (From Made in Heaven, 1995) | Mercury | 4:48 |
Total length: | 79:53 |
Weekly charts[edit]
| Year-end charts[edit]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF)[23] | Diamond | 500,000^ |
Australia (ARIA)[24] | 8× Platinum | 560,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[25] | 4× Platinum | 200,000* |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[26] | 2× Platinum | 500,000* |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[27] | 2× Platinum | 149,622[27] |
France (SNEP)[29] | Diamond | 1,238,700[28] |
Germany (BVMI)[30] | 9× Gold | 2,250,000^ |
Italy (FIMI)[31] | Platinum | 100,000* |
Mexico (AMPROFON)[33] | Platinum | 250,000[32] |
Sweden (GLF)[34] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[35] | 5× Platinum | 250,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[37] | 13× Platinum | 3,900,000[36] |
*sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone |
Greatest Hits | |||
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Greatest hits album by | |||
Released | 26 October 1981 | ||
Recorded | 1974–1980 (1981 UK edition (EMI) & 2011 UK edition (Island) & 1994 US edition) 1972–1981 (1981 US & Canada edition) 1974–1981 (1981 Japan edition & 2011 Japan Reissue edition) 1972–1983 (1992 US edition (Hollywood Records) 1973–1982 (2004 US edition (Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You) | ||
Genre | Rock | ||
Length | 58:19 (UK edition) | ||
Label | |||
Producer | Queen, various | ||
Queen chronology | |||
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Alternative cover | |||
1992 US edition |
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [7] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[8] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [9] |
1981 UK edition (EMI) & 2011 UK edition (Island) Has a photograph of the band as its cover. Side one | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
1. | 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (from A Night at the Opera, 1975) | Freddie Mercury | 5:57 |
2. | 'Another One Bites the Dust' (from The Game, 1980) | John Deacon | 3:36 |
3. | 'Killer Queen' (from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974) | Mercury | 2:57 |
4. | 'Fat Bottomed Girls' (single version, from Jazz, 1978) | Brian May | 3:22 |
5. | 'Bicycle Race' (from Jazz, 1978) | Mercury | 3:01 |
6. | 'You're My Best Friend' (from A Night at the Opera, 1975) | Deacon | 2:52 |
7. | 'Don't Stop Me Now' (from Jazz, 1978) | Mercury | 3:29 |
8. | 'Save Me' (Single Version on 1981 Release only, from The Game, 1980) | May | 3:48 |
Side two | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
9. | 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' (from The Game, 1980) | Mercury | 2:42 |
10. | 'Somebody to Love' (from A Day at the Races, 1976) | Mercury | 4:56 |
11. | 'Now I'm Here' (from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974) | May | 4:10 |
12. | 'Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy' (from A Day at the Races, 1976) | Mercury | 2:54 |
13. | 'Play the Game' (from The Game, 1980) | Mercury | 3:33 |
14. | 'Flash' (single version, from Flash Gordon, 1980) | May | 2:48 |
15. | 'Seven Seas of Rhye' (from Queen II, 1974) | Mercury | 2:47 |
16. | 'We Will Rock You' (from News of the World, 1977) | May | 2:01 |
17. | 'We Are the Champions' (from News of the World, 1977) | Mercury | 3:00 |
Total length: | 58:44 |
1981 US and Canada edition | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
1. | 'Another One Bites the Dust' | 3:37 | |
2. | 'Bohemian Rhapsody' | 5:58 | |
3. | 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' | 2:44 | |
4. | 'Killer Queen' | 3:02 | |
5. | 'Fat Bottomed Girls' | 3:23 | |
6. | 'Bicycle Race' | 3:01 | |
7. | 'Under Pressure' (later included on Hot Space, 1982) | Queen, David Bowie | 4:05 |
8. | 'We Will Rock You' | 2:02 | |
9. | 'We Are the Champions' | 3:01 | |
10. | 'Flash' | 2:49 | |
11. | 'Somebody to Love' | 4:58 | |
12. | 'You're My Best Friend' | 2:52 | |
13. | 'Keep Yourself Alive' (single version in mono, from Queen, 1973) | May | 3:32 |
14. | 'Play the Game' | 3:30 | |
Total length: | 47:58 |
1981 Japan edition | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
1. | 'Bohemian Rhapsody' | 5:55 | |
2. | 'Another One Bites the Dust' | 3:33 | |
3. | 'Killer Queen' | 3:00 | |
4. | 'Fat Bottomed Girls' | 3:22 | |
5. | 'Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy' | 2:32 | |
6. | 'Don't Stop Me Now' | 3:28 | |
7. | 'Save Me' | 3:48 | |
8. | 'Under Pressure' | 4:05 | |
9. | 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' | 2:42 | |
10. | 'Somebody to Love' | 4:55 | |
11. | 'Now I'm Here' | 4:15 | |
12. | 'Teo Torriatte' (single version, from A Day At The Races, 1976) | May | 5:00 |
13. | 'You're My Best Friend' | 2:50 | |
14. | 'Play the Game' | 3:28 | |
15. | 'Flash's Theme A.K.A. Flash' | 2:47 | |
16. | 'We Will Rock You' | 2:00 | |
17. | 'We Are the Champions' | 2:58 | |
Total length: | 60:37 |
1992 US edition (Hollywood Records) Has a red cover with the Queen crest design. | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
1. | 'We Will Rock You' | 2:02 | |
2. | 'We Are the Champions' | 3:01 | |
3. | 'Another One Bites the Dust' | 3:37 | |
4. | 'Killer Queen' | 3:01 | |
5. | 'Somebody to Love' | 4:56 | |
6. | 'Fat Bottomed Girls (LP version)' | 4:16 | |
7. | 'Bicycle Race' | 3:02 | |
8. | 'You're My Best Friend' | 2:51 | |
9. | 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' | 2:43 | |
10. | 'Now I'm Here' | 4:14 | |
11. | 'Play the Game' | 3:31 | |
12. | 'Seven Seas of Rhye' | 2:48 | |
13. | 'Body Language' (from Hot Space, 1982) | Mercury | 4:33 |
14. | 'Save Me' | 3:48 | |
15. | 'Don't Stop Me Now' | 3:34 | |
16. | 'Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy' | 2:55 | |
17. | 'I Want to Break Free' (single mix, from The Works, 1984) | Deacon | 4:22 |
Total length: | 58:43 |
2004 US edition (Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You) Same track listing as UK 1981 edition, followed by three additional tracks. | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
18. | 'I'm in Love with My Car' (rare original single mix, from A Night at the Opera, 1975) | Roger Taylor | 3:12 |
19. | 'Under Pressure' (from Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl, 2004) | 3:39 | |
20. | 'Tie Your Mother Down' (from Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl, 2004) | May | 3:52 |
Total length: | 69:17 |
2011 Japan reissue edition From the bonus track for Japan, available on iTunes. | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
18. | 'Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)' (From A Day at the Races, 1976) | May | 5:07 |
Total length: | 63:00 |
Weekly charts[edit]
| Year-end charts[edit]
Decade-end charts[edit]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF)[76] | 3× Platinum | 180,000^ |
Australia (ARIA)[77] | 15× Platinum | 1,050,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[78] | 4× Platinum | 200,000* |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[79] | Platinum | 250,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[80] | 3× Platinum | 300,000^ |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[81] | Platinum | 55,058[81] |
France (SNEP)[83] | Gold | 400,400[82] |
Germany (BVMI)[84] | 7× Gold | 1,750,000^ |
Italy (FIMI)[85] (since 2009) | Gold | 25,000* |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[86] | 10× Platinum | 150,000^ |
Poland (ZPAV)[87] | Gold | 10,000* |
Sweden (GLF)[88] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[89] | 5× Platinum | 250,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[91] | 20× Platinum | 6,120,000[90] |
United States (RIAA)[19] | 8× Platinum | 8,000,000^ |
*sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone |
Date | Region | Label | Format | Catalog number |
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26 October 1981 | United Kingdom | EMI/Parlophone | LP / cassette | EMTV 30 |
United States | Elektra | LP | 5E-564 | |
1990 | Soviet Union | Melodiya | LP | А60 00703 001[92] |
15 September 1992 | United States | Hollywood | CD | 61265 |
17 August 2004 | United States | Hollywood | CD | 2061-62465-2 |
3 January 2011 | United Kingdom | Island | CD | 2758364 |
Queen did their Greatest Hits, and the first one is impeccable, isn't it? It's absolutely genius.