Step by Step: The Greatest Hits
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{{Infobox album
| name = Step by Step: The Greatest Hits
| type = greatest
| artist = Wet Wet Wet
| cover = Wet_Wet_Wet_Step_by_Step_The_Greatest_Hits.jpg
| alt =
| released = 25 November 2013
| recorded = 1986–2013
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 1:18:45
| label = Virgin
| producer = Wet Wet Wet
| prev_title = Timeless
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Step by Step: The Greatest Hits
| type = Compilation
| single1 = Step by Step
| single1date = 18 November 2013
}}
}}
Step by Step: The Greatest Hits is the third compilation album released by Scottish pop rock quartet Wet Wet Wet. Released on 25 November 2013,{{cite news|title =Wet Wet Wet — Step by Step: The Greatest Hits|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|date=25 November 2013|accessdate=9 March 2019|url =https://www.amazon.co.uk/Step-By-The-Greatest-Hits/dp/B00FNDU7TS/}} the album features three previously unreleased recordings, "Step by Step", "Sad Kinda Love", and "Playin' Like a Kid". "Step by Step" was also released as the lead single from the album a week prior to its release. The album peaked at #53 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming the band's lowest charting release to date.{{cite news|title=Wet Wet Wet: Artist Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=7 December 2013|accessdate=9 March 2019|url =http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/wet%20wet%20wet/}}
The album was promoted with a ten-date tour of the UK, which saw the band was supported by Blue.{{cite news|title=Wet Wet Wet (with special guests: Blue)|publisher=Metro Radio|date=2013|accessdate=9 March 2019|url=http://www.metroradioarena.co.uk/events/5030/wet-wet-wet-with-special-guests-blue/}} All ten dates on the tour were recorded for a series of live albums by Abbey Road Studios as part of their Live Here Now releases. The final date of the tour was also recorded for a DVD release, which was initially given away as a free gift to those who purchased a full set of the live albums.{{cite news|title = Wet Wet Wet: Greatest Hits Live 2013|publisher=Live Here Now|date=2013|accessdate=9 March 2019|url=http://abbeyroadlive.sandbag.uk.com/Store/DisplayArtist.html?CatID=5598&ViewTourID=5599}} The live DVD was later released commercially on 29 September 2014.
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_writing = Clark/Cunningham/Mitchell/Pellow, except "With a Little Help from My Friends", by Lennon–McCartney and "Love is All Around" by Reg Presley
| title1 = Step by Step
| note1 = previously unreleased
| length1 = 3:57
| title2 = Sad Kinda Love
| note2 = previously unreleased
| length2 = 4:31
| title3 = Playin' Like a Kid
| note3 = previously unreleased
| length3 = 4:34
| title4 = Don't Want to Forgive Me Now
| length4 = 2:55
| title5 = With a Little Help from My Friends
| length5 = 2:37
| title6 = Sweet Little Mystery
| length6 = 3:42
| title7 = Broke Away
| note7 = short version
| length7 = 3:59
| title8 = Julia Says
| length8 = 4:09
| title9 = Lip Service
| note9 = Greatest Hits version
| length9 = 4:08
| title10 = Angel Eyes
| note10 = single version
| length10 = 4:30
| title11 = Sweet Surrender
| note11 = 7" version
| length11 = 4:22
| title12 = All I Want
| length12 = 4:14
| title13 = Goodnight Girl
| length13 = 3:40
| title14 = Hold Back the River
| length14 = 4:45
| title15 = Wishing I Was Lucky
| length15 = 3:52
| title16 = Weightless
| length16 = 3:29
| title17 = Temptation
| note17 = edited version†
| length17 = 3:58
| title18 = Somewhere Somehow
| length18 = 3:51
| title19 = If I Never See You Again
| length19 = 3:50
| title20 = Love Is All Around
| length20 = 3:58
}}
''Step by Step'': The Tour
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="width:150px;"|Date
! style="width:150px;"|City ! style="width:150px;"|Country ! style="width:250px;"|Venue |
|---|
| style="background:#ddd;"
| colspan="4"|Arena Leg |
| 8 December 2013
|rowspan="2"|England |
| 9 December 2013 |
| 10 December 2013
|Wales |
| 11 December 2013
|rowspan="6"|England |
| 13 December 2013 |
| 14 December 2013 |
| 15 December 2013 |
| 17 December 2013 |
| 18 December 2013 |
| 19 December 2013
|Scotland |
| style="background:#ddd;"
| colspan="4"|Summer Leg |
| 19 July 2014
|rowspan="3"|England |
| 23 July 2014 |
| 23 July 2014
|York |
| 28 July 2014
|Glasgow |Scotland |BBC at the Quay |
| 4 August 2014
|rowspan="4"|England |
| 15 August 2014 |
| 16 August 2014 |
| 14 September 2014 |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Wet Wet Wet|title=Step By Step - The Greatest Hits|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2013|certyear=2022|id=15904-935-2|access-date=17 December 2022}}
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References
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