Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by the English rock band the Who that was released on 21 December 2009.'The Who Greatest Hits' Out On 21 December In U.S. And Canada, The Who Official Band Website, 2 December 2009 The album was also re-released as Greatest Hits & More several weeks after the initial release, which featured a second disc of live songs culled from Greatest Hits Live (2010).
Track listing All songs written by Pete Townshend except where noted.
Disc one "I Can't Explain" – 2:05 "My Generation" – 3:17 "The Kids Are Alright" – 3:07 "Substitute" – 3:48 "Happy Jack" – 2:11 "Pictures of Lily" – 2:44 "I Can See for Miles" – 4:08 "Magic Bus" – 3:16 "Pinball Wizard" – 3:02 "Behind Blue Eyes" – 3:43 "Baba O'Riley" – 5:01 "Won't Get Fooled Again" – 8:33 "Love, Reign o'er Me" – 5:54 "Squeeze Box" – 2:42 "Who Are You" (United States single edit) – 3:27 "You Better You Bet" – 5:38 "Eminence Front" – 5:42 "Real Good Looking Boy" (Townshend, Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss) – 5:43 "It's Not Enough" (Townshend, Rachel Fuller) – 4:04
Disc two
Source:Only released as part of Greatest Hits & More, not the standard issue of the album.
"I Can't Explain" (San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 1971) – 2:32 "Substitute" (San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 1971) – 2:10 "Happy Jack" (City Hall, Hull, England, 1970) – 2:12 "I'm a Boy" (City Hall, Hull, England, 1970) – 2:42 "Behind Blue Eyes" (San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 1971) – 3:39 "Pinball Wizard" (Vetch Field, Swansea, Wales, 1976) – 2:48 "I'm Free" (Vetch Field, Swansea, Wales, 1976) – 1:44 "Squeeze Box" (Vetch Field, Swansea, Wales, 1976) – 2:51 "Naked Eye/Let's See Action/My Generation (Medley)" (Charlton Athletic Football Club, Charlton, London, England, 1974) – 14:19 "5:15" (Capital Centre, Largo, Maryland, 1973) – 5:53* "Won't Get Fooled Again" (Capital Centre, Largo, Maryland, 1973) – 8:38* "Magic Bus" (University of Leeds Refectory, University of Leeds, Leeds, England, 1970) – 7:33 "My Generation" (Aeolian Hall, London, England, 1965 – BBC recording) – 3:25 "I Can See for Miles" (Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, 1989) – 3:45 "Who Are You" (Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, 1989) – 6:22 "A Man in a Purple Dress" (Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, 2007) – 4:28 + 17. bonus track on the Japanese Universal edition only: "Dancing in the Street" (Spectrum, Philadelphia, 1979) – 3:43
*These 2 tracks from 1973 are mislabelled, the recording comes from a show in Philadelphia.
Credits (Disc 1) Roger Daltrey – lead vocals; harmonica (tracks 1–19) John Entwistle – bass guitar, vocals (tracks 1–17) Keith Moon – drums (tracks 1–15) Pete Townshend – guitars, vocals; keyboards (tracks 1–19); lead vocals (track 18) Kenney Jones – drums (tracks 16–17) John Bundrick – piano (track 18) Greg Lake – bass (track 18) Zak Starkey – drums (track 18) Simon Townshend – guitar, keyboards (track 18) Jolyon Dixon – acoustic guitars (track 19) Peter Huntington – drums (track 19) Stuart Ross – bass (track 19)
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