Greatest Hits (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts album)
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the rock group Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, released March 9, 2010 through Jett's label Blackheart Records. It includes two discs of 21 songs in total and features Jett's three songs that charted in the US top ten: "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", "Crimson and Clover", and "I Hate Myself for Loving You". In 2013, the album was released in Australia featuring two new songs ("TMI" and "Reality Mentality") added to the end of the second disc, which were later included on Unvarnished. A new version of "I Love Playin' with Fire" (originally by Jett's former band The Runaways) was appended as an iTunes Store and Japanese bonus track.
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Released | March 9, 2010 | |||
Recorded | 1979–2009 | |||
Genre | Hard rock, punk rock, power pop | |||
Length | 66:13 | |||
Label | Blackheart | |||
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Joan Jett and the Blackhearts chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
A single disk budget version was released in 2019 on Blackheart/Sony Legacy containing 12 songs.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | From the album | Length |
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1. | "Cherry Bomb" (The Runaways cover) | Joan Jett, Kim Fowley | Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth, 1984 | 2:33 |
2. | "You Drive Me Wild" (The Runaways cover, new recording, 2009) | Jett | 3:52 | |
3. | "School Days" (The Runaways cover, new recording, 2009) | Jett, Fowley | 3:02 | |
4. | "Love Is Pain" (re-recording, 2009) | Jett, Kenny Laguna | original version on I Love Rock 'n Roll, 1981 | 3:29 |
5. | "Bad Reputation" | Jett, Laguna, Ritchie Cordell, Marty Joe Kupersmith | Bad Reputation, 1980 | 2:47 |
6. | "You Don't Know What You've Got" | Jett, Laguna, Cordell | Bad Reputation | 3:42 |
7. | "I Want You" (original version) | Jett, Laguna, Cordell | 1979 EP, 1995 (recorded in 1979) | 2:42 |
8. | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (The Arrows cover) | Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker | I Love Rock 'n Roll | 2:55 |
9. | "(I'm Gonna) Run Away" | Jett, Laguna | I Love Rock 'n Roll | 2:28 |
10. | "Crimson and Clover" (Tommy James and the Shondells cover) | Tommy James, Peter Lucia jr. | I Love Rock 'n Roll | 3:16 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | From the album | Length |
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1. | "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" (Gary Glitter cover) | Gary Glitter, Mike Leander | Bad Reputation | 3:43 |
2. | "The French Song" | Jett, Laguna, Ricky Byrd, Mike Winter Jr. | Album, 1983 | 3:35 |
3. | "Everyday People" (Sly & the Family Stone cover) | Sly Stone | Album | 2:39 |
4. | "Fake Friends" | Jett, Laguna | Album | 3:16 |
5. | "Light of Day" | Bruce Springsteen | Light of Day soundtrack, 1987 | 3:31 |
6. | "I Hate Myself for Loving You" | Jett, Desmond Child | Up Your Alley, 1988 | 4:07 |
7. | "Backlash" | Jett, Laguna, Paul Westerberg | Notorious, 1991 | 3:29 |
8. | "Activity Grrrl" | Jett, Laguna | Pure and Simple, 1994 | 3:27 |
9. | "Love Is All Around" (Sonny Curtis cover) | Sonny Curtis | Great Hits, 1997 | 1:00 |
10. | "Androgynous" (The Replacements cover) | Westerberg | Naked, 2004 | 3:08 |
11. | "A.C.D.C." (Sweet cover) | Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman | Sinner, 2006 | 3:24 |
Charts
Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[2] | 33 |
US Billboard 200[3] | 141 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[4] | 17 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[5] | 42 |
References
- "Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review: Greatest Hits". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
- "Swedishcharts.com – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- "Joan Jett the Blackhearts Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- "Joan Jett the Blackhearts Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- "Joan Jett the Blackhearts Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2020.