Greatest Hits (Rose Royce album)

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Greatest Hits
File:Rose Royce Greatest Hits.jpg
Compilation album by Rose Royce
Released 1980
Genre Funk, soul, disco
Length 55:39
Label Whitfield
Producer Norman Whitfield
Rose Royce chronology
Rose Royce IV: Rainbow Connection
(1979)Rose Royce IV: Rainbow Connection1979		 Greatest Hits
(1980)		 Golden Touch
(1981)Golden Touch1981
Greatest Hits
European version cover
European version cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars [1]

Greatest Hits is a compilation album released by funk band Rose Royce on the Whitfield label in 1980. It was produced by Norman Whitfield.

History

The album reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. Two original songs where released as singles, "Pop Your Finges" and "You're a Winner". "Pop Your Fingers" peaked at No. 60 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart, while "You're a Winner" failed to chart.

Track listing

US version

Side one: Dancing Side
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Pop Your Fingers"   Norman Whitfield 4:30
2. "It Makes You Feel Like Dancin'"   Norman Whitfield 4:27
3. "First Come, First Serve"   Norman Whitfield 3:21
4. "Car Wash"   Norman Whitfield 3:18
5. "Is It Love You're After"   Miles Gregory 3:48
6. "Do Your Dance"   Norman Whitfield, Dwight Turner 5:21
7. "You're a Winner"   Norman Whitfield, Marvin Smith 4:24
Side two: Romancing Side
No. Title Writer(s) Length
8. "Ooh Boy"   Norman Whitfield 3:48
9. "I Wanna Get Next to You"   Norman Whitfield 3:55
10. "Wishing on a Star"   Billie Calvin 3:57
11. "I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)"   Norman Whitfield 3:41
12. "I'm Going Down"   Norman Whitfield 3:35
13. "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight"   Robert Daniels 3:38
14. "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"   Miles Gregory 3:56

European version

Side one: Romancing Side
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"   Miles Gregory 3:56
2. "Wishing on a Star"   Billie Calvin 4:50
3. "I Wanna Get Next to You"   Norman Whitfield 3:57
4. "Angel in the Sky"   Billie Calvin 4:56
5. "I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)"   Norman Whitfield 3:41
6. "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight"   Robert Daniels 3:37
7. "You're on My Mind"   Norman Whitfield, Lequeint Jobe, Henry Garner 3:27
Side two: Dancing Side
No. Title Writer(s) Length
8. "Is It Love You're After"   Miles Gregory 5:07
9. "Car Wash"   Norman Whitfield 3:16
10. "It Makes You Feel Like Dancin'"   Norman Whitfield 4:34
11. "Do Your Dance"   Norman Whitfield, Dwight Turner 3:28
12. "First Come, First Serve"   Norman Whitfield 3:19
13. "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is"   Norman Whitfield 3:25
14. "Ooh Boy"   Norman Whitfield 3:48

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs[2] 204
UK Albums Chart[3] 1
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
R&B
[2]
1980 "Pop Your Fingers" 60
"You're a Winner" —

References

  1. ↑ Carpenter, Bil. Greatest Hits review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
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External links

Preceded by UK Albums Chart number-one album
19 April 1980 – 2 May 1980		 Succeeded by
Sky 2 by Sky
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