Greatest Hits (Paula Abdul album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Paula Abdul
Released	September 26, 2000
Recorded	1987–1995
Genre	Pop; dance; R&B;
Label	Virgin;
Paula Abdul chronology

Greatest Hits is the second greatest hits album by American singer Paula Abdul. Released on September 26, 2000 by Virgin Records.

The album contains all of Abdul’s singles from her three studio albums with the exception of "Will You Marry Me?" and "Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up". It does, however, include "Crazy Love" which was previously only available on the Japanese version of Head over Heels, "Bend Time Back 'Round" which was included on the Beverly Hills, 90210 soundtrack, and the previously unreleased "Megamix Medley". By January 2006, the album had sold 138,000 copies in the United States.^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Straight Up" (from Forever Your Girl, 1988)	Elliot Wolff	Wolff	3:52
2.	"Cold Hearted" (from Forever Your Girl)	Wolff	Wolff	3:37
3.	"Forever Your Girl" (from Forever Your Girl)	Oliver Leiber	Leiber	4:13
4.	"The Way That You Love Me" (from Forever Your Girl)	Leiber	Leiber	4:01
5.	"Knocked Out" (from Forever Your Girl)	Kenneth Edmonds Antonio Reid Daryl Simmons	L.A. and Babyface	3:32
6.	"Opposites Attract" (with The Wild Pair) (from Forever Your Girl)	Leiber	Leiber	3:50
7.	"Bend Time Back 'Round" (from Beverly Hills 90210: The Soundtrack, 1992)	Wolff	Wolff	3:57
8.	"Rush Rush" (from Spellbound, 1991)	Peter Lord	Lord V. Jeffrey Smith	4:21
9.	"The Promise of a New Day" (from Spellbound)	Paula Abdul Lord Sandra St. Victor Smith	Lord Smith	4:16
10.	"Blowing Kisses in the Wind" (from Spellbound)	Lord	Lord Smith	4:18
11.	"Vibeology" (from Spellbound)	Lord Victor Smith	Lord Smith	3:20
12.	"My Love Is for Real" (R&B Remix featuring Ofra Haza) (from Head over Heels, 1995)	Abdul Rhett Lawrence	Lawrence	4:03
13.	"Crazy Cool" (from Head over Heels)	Lord Victor Smith	Lord Smith	4:02
14.	"If I Were Your Girl" (from Head over Heels)	Crystal Bernard Lawrence	Lawrence	3:55
15.	"Megamix Medley"		Sergio Silva	9:24
16.	"Crazy Love" (from Head over Heels) (Japanese edition)	Leiber	Leiber	4:30

References[edit]

^ "Ask Billboard: Idol Thoughts". Billboard. 2006-01-31. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
^ Greatest Hits at AllMusic
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 2. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone paula abdul album guide.

External links[edit]

Official Greatest Hits album site from Virgin Records

[1] "Ask Billboard: Idol Thoughts". Billboard. 2006-01-31. Retrieved 2012-03-11.

[2] Greatest Hits at AllMusic

[3] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.

[4] Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 2. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone paula abdul album guide.

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Discography
Studio albums	Forever Your Girl Spellbound Head over Heels
Remix albums	Shut Up and Dance: Mixes
Compilations	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits: Straight Up!
Singles	"Knocked Out" "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" "Straight Up" "Forever Your Girl" "Cold Hearted" "Opposites Attract" "Rush Rush" "The Promise of a New Day" "Blowing Kisses in the Wind" "Vibeology" "Will You Marry Me?" "My Love Is for Real" "Crazy Cool" "Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up" "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" "I'm Just Here for the Music"
Concert tours	Under My Spell Tour Total Package Tour Straight Up Paula! Paula Abdul: Forever Your Girl
Television	American Idol Hey Paula Live to Dance The X Factor So You Think You Can Dance
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