Greatest Hits (Pretenders album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Greatest Hits
| type = greatest
| artist = The Pretenders
| cover = The_Pretenders_-_Greatest_Hits.jpg
| alt =
| released = 18 September 2000{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/2649-1896-2|title=BPI}}
| recorded = 1978–1999
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|New wave|power pop}}
| length = 72:52
| label = Musicrama/Koch
| producer =
| prev_title = ¡Viva El Amor!
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Loose Screw
| next_year = 2002
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r507461|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
}}
Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by English-American rock band The Pretenders, released in 2000. It was only their second greatest hits album in 22 years, but less successful than its predecessor, The Singles, released in 1987. It contains seven songs not featured on the previous compilation: "Human", "Forever Young", "Night in My Veins", "Spiritual High (State of Independence)", "Breakfast in Bed", "Popstar" and "I'll Stand by You".
The track "Human" is a cover of the 1995 song "Human on the Inside" by Australian rock duo, Divinyls.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Chrissie Hynde, except where noted
| extra_column = Original album
| title1 = Brass in Pocket
| writer1 = {{hlist|Hynde|James Honeyman-Scott}}
| extra1 = Pretenders (1980)
| length1 = 3:06
| title2 = Message of Love
| extra2 = Extended Play and Pretenders II (1981)
| length2 = 3:25
| title3 = Don't Get Me Wrong
| extra3 = Get Close (1986)
| length3 = 3:48
| title4 = Kid
| extra4 = Pretenders
| length4 = 3:04
| title5 = Human
| writer5 = {{hlist|Mark McEntee|Shelly Peiken}}
| extra5 = ¡Viva El Amor! (1999)
| length5 = 3:55
| title6 = I Go to Sleep
| writer6 = Ray Davies
| extra6 = Pretenders II
| length6 = 2:56
| title7 = Forever Young
| writer7 = Bob Dylan
| extra7 = Last of the Independents (1994)
| length7 = 5:04
| title8 = I Got You Babe
| note8 = UB40 featuring Chrissie Hynde
| writer8 = Sonny Bono
| extra8 = Baggariddim (1985)
| length8 = 3:11
| title9 = Night in My Veins
| writer9 = {{hlist|Hynde|Tom Kelly|Billy Steinberg}}
| extra9 = Last of the Independents
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = Spiritual High (State of Independence)
| note10 = Moodswings featuring Chrissie Hynde
| writer10 = {{hlist|Jon Anderson|Vangelis}}
| extra10 = Moodfood (1992)
| length10 = 4:59
| title11 = Talk of the Town
| note11 = single version
| extra11 = Extended Play and Pretenders II
| length11 = 3:13
| title12 = Stop Your Sobbing
| writer12 = Davies
| extra12 = Pretenders
| length12 = 2:38
| title13 = Hymn to Her
| writer13 = Meg Keene
| extra13 = Get Close
| length13 = 4:57
| title14 = 2000 Miles
| extra14 = Learning to Crawl (1984)
| length14 = 3:40
| title15 = Breakfast in Bed
| note15 = UB40 featuring Chrissie Hynde
| writer15 = {{hlist|Donnie Fritts|Eddie Hinton}}
| extra15 = UB40 (1988)
| length15 = 3:17
| title16 = Popstar
| writer16 = {{hlist|Hynde|Adam Seymour}}
| extra16 = ¡Viva El Amor!
| length16 = 3:41
| title17 = Middle of the Road
| extra17 = Learning to Crawl
| length17 = 4:13
| title18 = Thin Line Between Love and Hate
| writer18 = {{hlist|Jackie Members|Richard Poindexter|Robert Poindexter}}
| extra18 = Learning to Crawl
| length18 = 3:41
| title19 = Back on the Chain Gang
| extra19 = Learning to Crawl
| length19 = 3:52
| title20 = I'll Stand By You
| writer20 = {{hlist|Hynde|Kelly|Steinberg}}
| extra20 = Last of the Independents
| length20 = 3:59
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!Chart (2000) !Peak |
| scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite Ryan|page=224}}
| style="text-align:center;"|99 |
|---|
| {{album chart|Flanders|45|artist=The Pretenders|album=Greatest Hits|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}} |
| {{album chart|Sweden|23|artist=The Pretenders|album=Greatest Hits|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|21|date=20000924|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}} |
Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=The Pretenders|title=greatest Hits|award=Platinum|certyear=2005|relyear=2000|accessdate=12 December 2018}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=The Pretenders|title=Greatest Hits|award=Gold|certyear=2002|relyear=2000|id=2649-1896-2|accessdate=12 December 2018}}
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References
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