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Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits
Compilation album by Four Tops
Released	August 1967
Genre	Soul, pop
Length	33:18
Label	Motown
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The Four Tops Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by the Four Tops, released in August 1967. It peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard albums chart in the United States, remaining on the chart for 73 weeks, and is the first Motown album to reach No. 1 in Britain. It spent one week at the top of the UK Albums Chart in 1968.^[2] the original British release had 16 tracks on it; this is the US album. The additional tracks were "I'll Turn to Stone", "Where Did You Go?", "Darling, I Hum Our Song", and "You Keep Running Away".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland, except as noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Baby I Need Your Loving"		Four Tops (1965)	2:45
2.	"It's the Same Old Song"		Four Tops Second Album (1965)	2:45
3.	"Reach Out I'll Be There"		Reach Out (1967)	2:59
4.	"Ask the Lonely"	Ivy Jo Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson	Four Tops (1965)	2:59
5.	"Standing in the Shadows of Love"		Reach Out (1967)	2:35
6.	"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"	Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder	On Top (1966)	2:45
7.	"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"		Four Tops Second Album (1965)	2:44
8.	"Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)"		Four Tops (1965)	2:54
9.	"7-Rooms of Gloom"		Reach Out (1967)	2:35
10.	"Something About You"		Four Tops Second Album (1965)	2:45
11.	"Bernadette"		Reach Out (1967)	3:00
12.	"Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"		On Top (1966)	2:32
Total length:				33:18

Charts

Chart performance for *The Four Tops Greatest Hits*
Chart (1967–1968)	Peak position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[3]	7
UK Albums (OCC)^[4]	1
US Billboard 200^[5]	4

References

^ Haney, Shawn M.. The Four Tops Greatest Hits at AllMusic
^ Virgin Book of Hit Albums
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Four Tops – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
^ "Billboard 200: Week of November 25, 1967". Billboard. Retrieved February 7, 2023.

[AM-1] Haney, Shawn M.. The Four Tops Greatest Hits at AllMusic

[2] Virgin Book of Hit Albums

[ac_Norway_The_Four_Tops-3] "Norwegiancharts.com – The Four Tops – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 7, 2023.

[ac_UK2_-4] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 7, 2023.

[5] "Billboard 200: Week of November 25, 1967". Billboard. Retrieved February 7, 2023.

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+| name       = Greatest Hits
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+| next_title = [[Yesterday's Dreams (Four Tops album)|Yesterday's Dreams]]
+| next_year  = 1968
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+}}
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+'''''The Four Tops Greatest Hits''''' is a greatest hits album by the [[Four Tops]], released in August 1967. It peaked at No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' albums chart in the United States, remaining on the chart for 73 weeks, and is the first Motown album to reach No. 1 in Britain. It spent one week at the top of the [[UK Albums Chart]] in 1968.<ref>Virgin Book of Hit Albums</ref> the original British release had 16 tracks on it; this is the US album. The additional tracks were "I'll Turn to Stone", "Where Did You Go?", "Darling, I Hum Our Song", and "[[You Keep Running Away]]".
 ==Track listing==
+{{Track listing
-#[[Baby I Need Your Loving]] (from ''Four Tops'', 1965)
+| extra_column = Original album
-#[[It's The Same Old Song]] (from ''Four Tops Second Album'', 1965)
+| all_writing      = Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland, except as noted
-#[[Reach Out I'll Be There]] (from ''Reach Out'', 1967)
+| total_length     = 33:18
-#[[Ask the Lonely]] (from ''Four Tops'', 1965)
+| title1           = [[Baby I Need Your Loving]]
-#[[Standing in the Shadows of Love]] (from ''Reach Out'', 1967)
+| extra1           = [[Four Tops (album)|Four Tops (1965)]]
-#[[Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever]] (from ''On Top'', 1966)
+| length1          = 2:45
-#[[I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)]] (from ''Four Tops Second Album'', 1965)
+| title2           = [[It's the Same Old Song]]
-#[[Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)]] (from ''Four Tops'', 1965)
+| extra2           = [[Four Tops Second Album|Four Tops Second Album (1965)]]
-#[[7-Rooms of Gloom]] (from ''Reach Out'', 1967)
+| length2          = 2:45
-#[[Something About You (Four Tops song)|Something About You]] (from ''Four Tops Second Album'', 1965)
+| title3           = [[Reach Out I'll Be There]]
-#[[Bernadette (Four Tops song)|Bernadette]] (from ''Reach Out'', 1967)
+| extra3           = [[Reach Out (Four Tops album)|Reach Out (1967)]]
-#[[Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)]] (from ''On Top'', 1966)
+| length3          = 2:59
+| title4           = [[Ask the Lonely (Four Tops song)|Ask the Lonely]]
+| writer4          = Ivy Jo Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson
+| extra4           = Four Tops (1965)
+| length4          = 2:59
+| title5           = [[Standing in the Shadows of Love]]
+| extra5           = Reach Out (1967)
+| length5          = 2:35
+| title6           = [[Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever]]
+| writer6          = Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder
+| extra6           = [[On Top (album)|On Top (1966)]]
+| length6          = 2:45
+| title7           = [[I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)]]
+| extra7           = Four Tops Second Album (1965)
+| length7          = 2:44
+| title8           = [[Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)]]
+| extra8           = Four Tops (1965)
+| length8          = 2:54
+| title9           = [[7-Rooms of Gloom]]
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+| length9          = 2:35
+| title10          = [[Something About You (Four Tops song)|Something About You]]
+| extra10          = Four Tops Second Album (1965)
+| length10         = 2:45
+| title11          = [[Bernadette (Four Tops song)|Bernadette]]
+| extra11          = Reach Out (1967)
+| length11         = 3:00
+| title12          = [[Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)]]
+| extra12          = On Top (1966)
+| length12         = 2:32
+}}
+==Charts==
-With the exception of "[[Ask The Lonely]]" and "[[Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever]]" all the tracks on the album were written and produced by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland.
+{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
+|+ Chart performance for ''The Four Tops Greatest Hits''
+! scope="col"| Chart (1967–1968)
+! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
+|-
+{{album chart|Norway|7|artist=The Four Tops|album=Greatest Hits|rowheader=true|access-date=February 7, 2023}}
+|-
+{{album chart|UK2|1|date=19680204|rowheader=true|access-date=February 7, 2023}}
+|-
+! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1967-11-25/|title=Billboard 200: Week of November 25, 1967|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=February 7, 2023}}</ref>
+| 4
+|}
 ==References==
+{{Reflist}}
-<references />
-{{S-start}}
+{{Four Tops}}
+{{Authority control}}
-{{Succession box
- | before = ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' by [[The Beatles]]
- | title = [[UK Albums Chart]] [[List of number-one albums from the 1960s (UK)|number-one album]]
- | years = 10 February 1968 - 16 February 1968
- | after = ''[[Greatest Hits (The Supremes album)|Greatest Hits]]'' by [[Diana Ross]] and the [[Supremes]]
-}}
-{{End}}
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-[[Category:1968 albums]]
+[[Category:1968 greatest hits albums]]
-[[Category:English-language albums]]
+[[Category:Four Tops compilation albums]]
-[[Category:Four Tops albums]]
+[[Category:Motown compilation albums]]

v t e Four Tops
Abdul "Duke" Fakir Ronnie McNeir Roquel Payton Alexander Morris Harold Bonhart Levi Stubbs Renaldo "Obie" Benson Lawrence Payton Theo Peoples
Studio albums	Four Tops Four Tops Second Album On Top On Broadway Reach Out Yesterday's Dreams Four Tops Now! Soul Spin Still Waters Run Deep Changing Times Keeper of the Castle Main Street People Meeting of the Minds Night Lights Harmony Catfish The Show Must Go On At the Top Tonight! One More Mountain Back Where I Belong Magic Indestructible Christmas Here with You
Albums with The Supremes	The Magnificent 7 The Return of the Magnificent Seven Dynamite
Compilations and live albums	Four Tops Live! The Four Tops Greatest Hits Live & in Concert The Ultimate Collection
Singles	"Baby I Need Your Loving" "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" "Ask the Lonely" "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" "It's the Same Old Song" "Something About You" "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" "Reach Out I'll Be There" "Standing in the Shadows of Love" "Bernadette" "7 Rooms of Gloom" "Walk Away Renée" "If I Were a Carpenter" "Yesterday's Dreams" "I'm in a Different World" "It's All in the Game" "Still Water (Love)" "A Simple Game" "Keeper of the Castle" "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" "When She Was My Girl" "Loco in Acapulco"
Related topics	Discography The Andantes Holland–Dozier–Holland The Supremes