Number Ones

Number Ones
Details Album Type Greatest Hits Released November 1, 2004 Recorded November 1967–September 2000 Length 77:29 Label Universal Producer Bee Gees
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Number Ones is a compilation album by the Bee Gees released in 2004. It includes 18 of their greatest hits and a tribute to band member Maurice Gibb, who died in 2003. It is the final Bee Gees album released by Universal Records.

Rhino Records re-released Number Ones worldwide in 2008 using the European tracklist. Combining sales of versions issued by two different record companies, it has sold 1,236,000 copies in the US as of August 2012. The set, which peaked at #23 in the US on the Billbaord Top 200 albums chart in 2004, re-entered the charts peaking at #5 in 2012. The following week after peaking at #5 the album plummeted to #195, the greatest drop for an album that still remained on the chart, in Billboard album history. This gives the group a span of 44 years, 9 months since their first Top 10 album, 1967's Bee Gees' 1st, which peaked at #7 in November, 1967. The only other groups with longer spans are The Beach Boys (49 years 1 week), The Beatles (47 years 7 months), and The Rolling Stones (45 years 6 months).

Track listing

American release

1. "Massachusetts" – 2:26
2. "World" – 3:16
3. "Words" – 3:17
4. "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" – 2:52
5. "I Started a Joke" – 3:10
6. "Don't Forget to Remember" – 3:29
7. "Lonely Days"
8. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" – 3:58
9. "Jive Talkin'" – 3:46
10. "You Should Be Dancing" – 4:17
11. "Love So Right"
12. "How Deep Is Your Love" – 4:02
13. "Stayin' Alive" – 4:44
14. "Night Fever" – 3:33
15. "Too Much Heaven" – 4:54
16. "Tragedy" – 5:03
17. "Love You Inside Out" – 4:12
18. "You Win Again" – 4:04
19. "Man in the Middle" – 4:22

European/Australian release

Two of the bonus tracks were new recordings of classic Gibb compositions originally recorded by other artists, including "Islands In The Stream" (Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton), and "Immortality" (Celine Dion).

1. "Massachusetts" – 2:26
2. "World" – 3:16
3. "Words" – 3:17
4. "I've Gotta Get A Message To You" – 2:52
5. "I Started A Joke" – 3:10
6. "Don't Forget To Remember" – 3:29
7. "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" – 3:58
8. "Jive Talkin'" – 3:46
9. "You Should Be Dancing" – 4:17
10. "How Deep Is Your Love" – 4:02
11. "Stayin' Alive" – 4:44
12. "Night Fever" – 3:33
13. "Too Much Heaven" – 4:54
14. "Tragedy" – 5:03
15. "More Than A Woman" – 3:18
16. "Love You Inside Out" – 4:12
17. "You Win Again" – 4:04
18. "Man In The Middle" – 4:22*
19. "Islands in the Stream" – 4:22*
20. "Immortality" (original demo version) – 4:16*

• 19/20: Bonus tracks
• 18: Special Maurice Gibb tribute track