Greatest Hits: 1980–1994

Greatest Hits: 1980–1994
Greatest Hits: 1980–1994
Greatest hits album by Aretha Franklin
Released	March 1994
Recorded	1980–1994
Genre	R&B, rock, pop
Length	71:13
Label	Arista
Aretha Franklin chronology

Greatest Hits: 1980–1994 is the RIAA Platinum-certified first greatest hits album released by Aretha Franklin since she signed with Arista Records in 1980. It compiles her hits from 1980's Aretha through her most recent album at the time: 1991's What You See Is What You Sweat. The album was released in March 1994.

Songs from her 1989 album Through the Storm were not included in the set, nor were either of her duets with Elton John, James Brown, The Four Tops and Whitney Houston. Songs from her second Arista set, 1981's Love All the Hurt Away were not included either. Neither the title track hit duet with George Benson nor her Grammy Award-winning cover of "Hold On I'm Comin'" were in the set.

Other omissions include her 1985 hit duet with the Eurythmics' "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" and her 1983 Top 10 R&B hit "Every Girl (Wants My Guy)", produced by Luther Vandross.

The album includes three new recordings, her rendition of "A Deeper Love", "Willing to Forgive", and "Honey", all of which are released as singles.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Freeway of Love" (from Who's Zoomin' Who?, 1985)	Narada Michael Walden Jeffrey Cohen	N. Walden	5:52
2.	"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (Duet with George Michael, from Aretha, 1986)	Simon Climie Dennis Morgan	N. Walden	4:00
3.	"Jump to It" (from Jump to It, 1982)	Luther Vandross Marcus Miller	Vandross	4:14
4.	"Willing to Forgive"	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Babyface Simmons	4:14
5.	"Doctor's Orders" (Duet with Luther Vandross, from What You See Is What You Sweat, 1991)	Vandross Hubert Eaves, III	Vandross	4:34
6.	"United Together" (from Aretha, 1980)	Chuck Jackson Phil Perry	Jackson	5:02
7.	"Who's Zoomin' Who" (from Who's Zoomin' Who?, 1985)	N. Walden Preston Glass Aretha Franklin	N. Walden	4:43
8.	"A Deeper Love"	David Cole Robert Clivillés	C+C Music Factory	4:34
9.	"Honey"	Babyface	L.A. Reid Babyface Simmons	4:14
10.	"Get It Right" (from Get It Right, 1983)	Vandross Miller	Vandross	4:15
11.	"Another Night" (from Who's Zoomin' Who?, 1985)	Roy Freeland Beppe Cantarelli	N. Walden	4:30
12.	"Ever Changing Times" (Duet with Michael McDonald, from What You See Is What You Sweat, 1991)	Burt Bacharach Bill Conti Carole Bayer Sager	Bacharach Sager	4:53
13.	"Jimmy Lee" (from Aretha, 1986)	N. Walden Cohen Glass Anukampa Lisa Walden	N. Walden	5:45
14.	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Live)" (Duet with Bonnie Raitt and Gloria Estefan)	Gerry Goffin Carole King Jerry Wexler	Ken Ehrlich	4:26
15.	"I Dreamed a Dream" (from What You See Is What You Sweat, 1991)	Claude-Michel Schönberg Alain Boublil Jean Marc Natel Herbert Kretzmer	David "Pic" Conley	4:18

*Greatest Hits: 1980–1994* – Non-US editions
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
16.	"Jumpin' Jack Flash" (from Aretha, 1986)	Mick Jagger Keith Richards	Richards	5:10

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[1]	75
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[2]	34
UK Albums (OCC)[3]	27
US Billboard 200[4]	85
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[5]	23

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6]	56

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[7]	Silver	60,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)[8]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

"Offiziellecharts.de – Aretha Franklin – Greatest Hits 1980 - 1994" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
"Swisscharts.com – Aretha Franklin – Greatest Hits 1980 - 1994". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
"Aretha Franklin | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
"Aretha Franklin Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
"Aretha Franklin Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
"Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
"British album certifications – Aretha Franklin – Greatest Hits: 1980–1994". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Greatest Hits: 1980–1994 in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
"American album certifications – Aretha Franklin – Greatest Hits 1980-1994". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

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[ac_Germany4_Aretha_Franklin-1] "Offiziellecharts.de – Aretha Franklin – Greatest Hits 1980 - 1994" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved July 23, 2017.

[ac_Switzerland_Aretha_Franklin-2] "Swisscharts.com – Aretha Franklin – Greatest Hits 1980 - 1994". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 23, 2017.

[ac_UK_Aretha_Franklin-3] "Aretha Franklin | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved July 23, 2017.

[ac_Billboard200_Aretha_Franklin-4] "Aretha Franklin Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2017.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Aretha_Franklin-5] "Aretha Franklin Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 2, 2021.

[6] "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved February 2, 2021.

[United_KingdomAretha_FranklinGreatest_Hits:_1980–1994albumCertRef-7] "British album certifications – Aretha Franklin – Greatest Hits: 1980–1994". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Greatest Hits: 1980–1994 in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

[United_StatesAretha_FranklinGreatest_Hits_1980-1994albumCertRef-8] "American album certifications – Aretha Franklin – Greatest Hits 1980-1994". Recording Industry Association of America.