''Greatest Hits'' is a

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of recordings by the band Blondie released by

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Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...

in 2002.

Overview

Following the re-issue of the six original

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in 2001, this was the first Blondie "Best of" compilation to be digitally remastered, the first Blondie "Best of" to be officially sanctioned by the band for over 20 years, and also the first to include their comeback hit "

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", a UK #1 in February 1999. Compiled by Capitol's Kevin Flaherty and London-based music journalist Steve Pafford, who also wrote the album sleeve notes, ''Greatest Hits'' features all of the tracks from the band's very first hits compilation, 1981's ''

The Best of Blondie ''The Best of Blondie'' (released in Germany and the Netherlands as ''Blondie's Hits'') is the first greatest hits album by American rock band Blondie. It was released on October 31, 1981, by Chrysalis Records. The album peaked at number four i ...

'', including all four long-deleted 'special mixes' by producer

Mike Chapman Michael Donald Chapman (born 13 April 1947) is an Australian-American record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s. He created a string of hit singles for artists including The Sweet, Suzi ...

. Author Pafford was in the early stages of working with

Debbie Harry Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached on the US charts between 1979 and 1981. Born in ...

on a lavish illustrated

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entitled BlondieStyle (the sequel to his acclaimed BowieStyle, published by Omnibus Press), though as of 2010 the project is still on hold. The album charted at #38 on the UK's Top 75 Album Chart and charted for 31 weeks. In

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the album reached #15 and charted for 8 weeks. As of August 9, 2005 it has sold 85,000 copies in United States. The album was accompanied by a

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release, ''Greatest Video Hits'', which included the original 1981 '' Best of Blondie'' video album. However, the songs " Call Me" and "

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" were not listed on the cover. The 2002 version added the videos for " The Hardest Part" (1979), " Island of Lost Souls" (1982) and the uncensored version of "

" (1999).

Track listing

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Charts

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Certifications

References

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