Greatest Hits (Billy Ocean album)

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by British R&B singer and songwriter Billy Ocean, released in 1989. The album features Ocean's biggest hit singles of the 1980s, along with two new singles, "I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else's Bed)" and "Licence to Chill", the latter of which became Ocean's twelfth and final US top 40 hit to date, reaching No. 32. Greatest Hits became Ocean's best-selling release in the UK, remaining his only album to reach Platinum status there. It has also been certified Platinum in the US.

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Billy Ocean
Released	16 October 1989[1]
Genre	R&B pop rock
Length	57:20
Label	Jive RCA
Producer	Barry J. Eastmond Wayne Brathwaite Keith Diamond Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Billy Ocean chronology
Tear Down These Walls (1988) Greatest Hits (1989) The Collection — 1976-1991: 15 Years...The Story Continues (1991)
Singles from Greatest Hits
"Licence to Chill" Released: September 1989

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going"	Billy Ocean, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Wayne Brathwaite, Barry Eastmond	4:08
2.	"License to Chill"	Ocean, Lange	4:52
3.	"Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"	Ocean, Keith Diamond	4:06
4.	"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"	Ocean, Brathwaite, Eastmond	4:50
5.	"Loverboy"	Ocean, Diamond, Lange	4:09
6.	"Suddenly"	Ocean, Diamond	3:51
7.	"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"	Ocean, Lange	4:43
8.	"Love Zone"	Ocean, Brathwaite, Eastmond	4:13
9.	"Here's to You"	Ocean, Brathwaite, Eastmond, Jolyon Skinner	4:11
10.	"I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else's Bed)"	Ocean, Lange	5:15
11.	"The Colour of Love"	Ocean, Brathwaite, Eastmond, Skinner	4:22
12.	"Tear Down These Walls"	Ocean, Lange, Terry Riley	3:40
13.	"Mystery Lady"	Ocean, Diamond, James Woodley	3:55
Total length:			56:15

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989–90)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3]	14
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[4]	59
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5]	60
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6]	7
UK Albums (OCC)[7]	4
US Billboard 200[8]	77

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9]	39

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[10]	Platinum	100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[11]	Platinum	300,000^
United States (RIAA)[12]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 14 October 1989. p. 64. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
2. Greatest Hits at AllMusic
3. "Australiancharts.com – Billy Ocean – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
4. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6645". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
5. "Dutchcharts.nl – Billy Ocean – Greatest Hits" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
6. "Charts.nz – Billy Ocean – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
7. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
8. "Billy Ocean Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
9. "Top Selling Albums of 1993 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
10. "Canadian album certifications – Billy Ocean – Greatest Hits". Music Canada.
11. "British album certifications – Billy Ocean – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry.
12. "American album certifications – Billy Ocean – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.