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Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Paula Abdul
Released	September 26, 2000
Recorded	1987–1995
Genre	Pop; dance; R&B;
Label	Virgin;
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Greatest Hits is the second greatest hits album by American singer Paula Abdul. Released on September 26, 2000 by Virgin Records.

The album contains all of Abdul’s singles from her three studio albums with the exception of "Will You Marry Me?" and "Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up". It does, however, include "Crazy Love" which was previously only available on the Japanese version of Head over Heels, "Bend Time Back 'Round" which was included on the Beverly Hills, 90210 soundtrack, and the previously unreleased "Megamix Medley". By January 2006, the album had sold 138,000 copies in the United States.^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Straight Up" (from Forever Your Girl, 1988)	Elliot Wolff	Wolff	3:52
2.	"Cold Hearted" (from Forever Your Girl)	Wolff	Wolff	3:37
3.	"Forever Your Girl" (from Forever Your Girl)	Oliver Leiber	Leiber	4:13
4.	"The Way That You Love Me" (from Forever Your Girl)	Leiber	Leiber	4:01
5.	"Knocked Out" (from Forever Your Girl)	Kenneth Edmonds Antonio Reid Daryl Simmons	L.A. and Babyface	3:32
6.	"Opposites Attract" (with The Wild Pair) (from Forever Your Girl)	Leiber	Leiber	3:50
7.	"Bend Time Back 'Round" (from Beverly Hills 90210: The Soundtrack, 1992)	Wolff	Wolff	3:57
8.	"Rush Rush" (from Spellbound, 1991)	Peter Lord	Lord V. Jeffrey Smith	4:21
9.	"The Promise of a New Day" (from Spellbound)	Paula Abdul Lord Sandra St. Victor Smith	Lord Smith	4:16
10.	"Blowing Kisses in the Wind" (from Spellbound)	Lord	Lord Smith	4:18
11.	"Vibeology" (from Spellbound)	Lord Victor Smith	Lord Smith	3:20
12.	"My Love Is for Real" (R&B Remix featuring Ofra Haza) (from Head over Heels, 1995)	Abdul Rhett Lawrence	Lawrence	4:03
13.	"Crazy Cool" (from Head over Heels)	Lord Victor Smith	Lord Smith	4:02
14.	"If I Were Your Girl" (from Head over Heels)	Crystal Bernard Lawrence	Lawrence	3:55
15.	"Megamix Medley"		Sergio Silva	9:24
16.	"Crazy Love" (from Head over Heels) (Japanese edition)	Leiber	Leiber	4:30

References

^ "Ask Billboard: Idol Thoughts". Billboard. 2006-01-31. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
^ Greatest Hits at AllMusic
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 2. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone paula abdul album guide.

External links

Official Greatest Hits album site from Virgin Records

[1] "Ask Billboard: Idol Thoughts". Billboard. 2006-01-31. Retrieved 2012-03-11.

[2] Greatest Hits at AllMusic

[3] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.

[4] Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 2. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone paula abdul album guide.

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+'''''Greatest Hits''''' is the second [[greatest hits album]] by American singer [[Paula Abdul]]. Released on September 26, 2000 by [[Virgin Records]].
+The album contains all of Abdul’s singles from her three studio albums with the exception of "[[Will You Marry Me?]]" and "[[Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up]]". It does, however, include "Crazy Love" which was previously only available on the Japanese version of ''[[Head over Heels (Paula Abdul album)|Head over Heels]]'', "Bend Time Back 'Round" which was included on the ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' soundtrack, and the previously unreleased "Megamix Medley". By January 2006, the album had sold 138,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ask Billboard: Idol Thoughts|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/59863/ask-billboard|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=2006-01-31|access-date=2012-03-11}}</ref>
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-'''''Greatest Hits''''' is the first compilation album by American singer
-[[Paula Abdul]]. Released in 2000, it contains Paula's six #1s and other singles, with the exception of the top 20 single "Will You Marry Me", which was released in 1992 and reached #19 on the Billboard charts. It does, however include "Crazy Love" which was previously only available on the Japanese version of ''[[Head over Heels (Paula Abdul album)|Head over Heels]]'' and not available in the US.  This compilation also contains a previously unreleased Megamix Medley.  The album was released on September 26, 2000. It did not chart in the U.S but reached the top 400 albums in Australia.<ref name=aria/>
-As of January 2006, the album has sold 138,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ask Billboard: Idol Thoughts|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/59863/ask-billboard|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=2006-01-31|accessdate=2012-03-11}}</ref><ref name="answers.com">[http://www.answers.com/topic/greatest-hits-disky-rock-album-1 Paula Abdul Greatest Hits [Disky&#93;: Information and Much More from Answers.com]</ref>
 == Track listing ==
 {{Track listing
-| writing_credits = yes
 | extra_column = Producer(s)
 | title1 = [[Straight Up (Paula Abdul song)|Straight Up]]
-| note1 = from [[Forever Your Girl]], 1988
+| note1 = from ''[[Forever Your Girl]]'', 1988
 | writer1 = [[Elliot Wolff]]
 | extra1 = Wolff
 | length1 = 3:52
-| title2 = [[Cold Hearted]]
+| title2 = [[Cold Hearted (Paula Abdul song)|Cold Hearted]]
-| note2 = from Forever Your Girl, 1988
+| note2 = from ''Forever Your Girl''
 | writer2 = Wolff
 | extra2 = Wolff
@@ Line 49: / Line 53: @@
 | title3 = [[Forever Your Girl (song)|Forever Your Girl]]
-| note3 = from Forever Your Girl, 1988
+| note3 = from ''Forever Your Girl''
 | writer3 = [[Ta Mara and the Seen|Oliver Leiber]]
 | extra3 = Leiber
@@ Line 55: / Line 59: @@
 | title4 = [[(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me|The Way That You Love Me]]
-| note4 = from Forever Your Girl, 1988
+| note4 = from ''Forever Your Girl''
 | writer4 = Leiber
 | extra4 = Leiber
@@ Line 61: / Line 65: @@
 | title5 = [[Knocked Out]]
-| note5 = from Forever Your Girl, 1988
+| note5 = from ''Forever Your Girl''
 | writer5 = {{hlist|[[Kenneth Edmonds]]|[[L.A. Reid|Antonio Reid]]|[[Daryl Simmons]]}}
 | extra5 = [[LaFace Records|L.A. and Babyface]]
@@ Line 67: / Line 71: @@
 | title6 = [[Opposites Attract]]
-| note6 = with [[The Wild Pair]], from Forever Your Girl, 1988
+| note6 = with [[The Wild Pair (duo)|The Wild Pair]]) (from ''Forever Your Girl''
 | writer6 = Leiber
 | extra6 = Leiber
@@ Line 73: / Line 77: @@
 | title7 = Bend Time Back 'Round
-| note7 = from [[Beverly Hills 90210 (soundtrack)]], 1992
+| note7 = from ''[[Music of Beverly Hills, 90210#Beverly Hills, 90210: The Soundtrack|Beverly Hills 90210: The Soundtrack]]'', 1992
 | writer7 = Wolff
 | extra7 = Wolff
 | length7 = 3:57
-| title8 = [[Rush Rush]]
+| title8 = [[Rush Rush (Paula Abdul song)|Rush Rush]]
-| note8 = from [[Spellbound (Paula Abdul album)|Spellbound]], 1991
+| note8 = from ''[[Spellbound (Paula Abdul album)|Spellbound]]'', 1991
 | writer8 = [[The Family Stand|Peter Lord]]
 | extra8 = {{hlist|Lord|[[The Family Stand|V. Jeffrey Smith]]}}
@@ Line 85: / Line 89: @@
 | title9 = [[The Promise of a New Day]]
-| note9 = from Spellbound, 1991
+| note9 = from ''Spellbound''
-| writer9 = {{hlist|Abdul|Lord|[[Sandra St. Victor]]|Smith}}
+| writer9 = {{hlist|[[Paula Abdul]]|Lord|[[Sandra St. Victor]]|Smith}}
 | extra9 = {{hlist|Lord|Smith}}
 | length9 = 4:16
 | title10 = [[Blowing Kisses in the Wind]]
-| note10 = from Spellbound, 1991
+| note10 = from ''Spellbound''
 | writer10 = Lord
 | extra10 = {{hlist|Lord|Smith}}
@@ Line 97: / Line 101: @@
 | title11 = [[Vibeology]]
-| note11 = from Spellbound, 1991
+| note11 = from ''Spellbound''
 | writer11 = {{hlist|Lord|Victor|Smith}}
 | extra11 = {{hlist|Lord|Smith}}
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 | title12 = [[My Love Is for Real]]
-| note12 = R&B Remix featuring [[Ofra Haza]], from [[Head over Heels (Paula Abdul album)|Head over Heels]], 1995
+| note12 = R&B Remix featuring [[Ofra Haza]]) (from ''[[Head over Heels (Paula Abdul album)|Head over Heels]]'', 1995
 | writer12 = {{hlist|Abdul|[[Rhett Lawrence]]}}
 | extra12  = Lawrence
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 | title13 = [[Crazy Cool]]
-| note13 = from Head over Heels, 1995
+| note13 = from ''Head over Heels''
 | writer13 = {{hlist|Lord|Victor|Smith}}
 | extra13 = {{hlist|Lord|Smith}}
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 | title14 = If I Were Your Girl
-| note14 = from Head over Heels, 1995
+| note14 = from ''Head over Heels''
 | writer14 = {{hlist|[[Crystal Bernard]]|Lawrence}}
 | extra14 = Lawrence
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 | title16 = Crazy Love
-| note16 = from Head over Heels, 1995
+| note16 = from ''Head over Heels'') (Japanese edition
 | writer16 = Leiber
 | extra16 = Leiber
 | length16 = 4:30}}
-==Charts==
-{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
-!Chart (2000)
-!Peak<br>position
-|-
-|align="left"|Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name=aria>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/4B6TJQU.jpg|title=Response from ARIA re: Paula Abdul ARIA albums chart history, received May 1, 2018|publisher=Imgur.com|accessdate=2018-05-01}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the album's peak on the national chart.</ref>
-|370
-|-
-|}
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.virginrecords.com/paulaabdul Official Greatest Hits album site from Virgin Records]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070329053735/http://www.virginrecords.com/paulaabdul/ Official Greatest Hits album site from Virgin Records]
 {{Paula Abdul}}
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:Paula Abdul compilation albums]]
 [[Category:2000 greatest hits albums]]

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Discography
Studio albums	Forever Your Girl Spellbound Head over Heels
Remix albums	Shut Up and Dance: Mixes
Compilations	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits: Straight Up!
Singles	"Knocked Out" "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" "Straight Up" "Forever Your Girl" "Cold Hearted" "Opposites Attract" "Rush Rush" "The Promise of a New Day" "Blowing Kisses in the Wind" "Vibeology" "Will You Marry Me?" "My Love Is for Real" "Crazy Cool" "Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up" "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" "I'm Just Here for the Music"
Concert tours	Under My Spell Tour Total Package Tour Straight Up Paula! Paula Abdul: Forever Your Girl
Television	American Idol Hey Paula Live to Dance The X Factor So You Think You Can Dance
Category