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 final US hit to date, reaching #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	4 October 1989
Genre	R&B pop rock
Length	56:15
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: 1989 "I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else's Bed)" Released: 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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

Chart (1989)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[2]	77
Australia ARIA Charts[3]	14
Canada RPM	59
Dutch MegaCharts[4]	60
New Zealand Recorded Music NZ[5]	7
UK Albums Chart (Official Charts Company) [6]	4

References

1. Greatest Hits at AllMusic
2. Billboard 200 – Billy Ocean - Greatest Hits
3. Australian Charts – Billy Ocean - Greatest Hits
4. Dutch Charts – – Billy Ocean - Greatest Hits
5. NZ Charts – Billy Ocean – Greatest Hits
6. Official Charts Artist Billy Ocean Albums