Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits

Summary

Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays. It was released on 11 August 2014, through Polydor Records.[1] The album includes all 17 of their singles released from the albums Chasing Lights (2008), Wordshaker (2009), Headlines! (2010), On Your Radar (2011) and Living for the Weekend (2013) as well as three new songs, "What Are You Waiting For?", "808" and "Walking Through the Desert".

Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Released11 August 2014
Recorded2008–2014
Length67:07
LabelPolydor
The Saturdays chronology
Living for the Weekend
(2013)
Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits
(2014)
Singles from Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits
  1. "What Are You Waiting For?"
    Released: 10 August 2014

Upon release, debuted at number ten on the UK Albums Chart, giving The Saturdays their fifth top-ten album in the UK. The album spent four weeks inside the UK Top 100.[2] To date, it is the last release from the group who went on hiatus in 2014.[3]

Promotion edit

Singles edit

"What Are You Waiting For?" was released on 10 August 2014, as the album's lead single.[4]

Track listing edit

Standard edition / Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."What About Us" (featuring Sean Paul) (from Living for the Weekend and Chasing the Saturdays)
  • Art Bastian
  • James F. Reynolds[a]
  • Sam Kempler[b]
  • Jason "jigzagula" Henriques[c]
  • Paul[c]
3:41
2."Higher" (featuring Flo Rida) (from Headlines!)Arnthor3:18
3."Ego" (from Wordshaker)
Mac3:03
4."All Fired Up" (from On Your Radar)
3:12
5."What Are You Waiting For?" (previously unreleased)
3:25
6."Up" (single mix) (from Chasing Lights)
3:24
7."Forever Is Over" (radio edit) (from Wordshaker)
  • Biancaniello
  • Watters
3:24
8."Issues" (radio mix) (from Chasing Lights)
  • Sturken
  • Rogers
  • Wheatley[a]
  • Rob Heselden[b]
3:35
9."Disco Love" (from Living for the Weekend)
  • Adam Klein
  • Pálmi Ragnar Ásgeirsson
  • Saethór Kristjánsson
  • Ásgeir Orri Ásgeirsson
StopWaitGo Productions3:14
10."Notorious" (from On Your Radar)
  • Wroldsen
  • Mac
Mac3:11
11."Missing You" (from Headlines!)
  • Hilbert
  • Reynolds[a]
3:41
12."Work" (Phil Tan Radio Mix) (from Chasing Lights)
  • Harry Sommerdahl
  • Wroldsen
  • Kalle Engström
  • Sommerdahl
  • Engström
3:13
13."Not Giving Up" (radio mix) (from Living for the Weekend)Ryden3:19
14."30 Days" (from Living for the Weekend)Mac3:04
15."808" (previously unreleased)
  • Purcell
  • George Tizzard
  • Rick Parkhouse
Red Triangle Productions3:12
16."Gentleman" (from Living for the Weekend)
  • Ambience
  • GhostTrack[a]
  • Renea[c]
3:40
17."If This Is Love" (radio edit) (from Chasing Lights)
2:56
18."Walking Through the Desert" (previously unreleased)
  • Chelcee Grimes
  • Phil Cook
3:22
19."My Heart Takes Over" (from On Your Radar)
  • Wroldsen
  • Mac
Mac4:06
20."Just Can't Get Enough" (Radio Mix) from Chasing Lights)ClarkeDavid Eriksen3:07
Total length:67:07
Deluxe edition bonus tracks and Super deluxe edition disc 2[5]
No.TitleLength
21."Not That Kinda Girl" (from "Notorious")3:09
22."Flashback" (from "Ego")3:13
23."Wildfire" (from "Gentleman")3:37
24."Beggin'" (from "Issues")3:09
25."Turn Myself In" (from "30 Days")3:35
26."Love Come Down" (from "Disco Love")3:32
27."Ladykiller" (from "All Fired Up")3:20
28."I Can't Wait" (from "Forever Is Over")3:43
29."Somebody Else's Life" (acoustic) (from "What About Us")3:16
30."Had It with Today" (from "Higher")3:15
31."Ready to Rise" (from "Missing You")3:33
32."So Stupid" (from "My Heart Takes Over")3:23
33."What Am I Gonna Do" (from "If This Is Love")3:16
34."On the Radio" (from "Disco Love")3:52
35."Unofficial" (from "Work")3:53
36."Golden Rules" (from "Just Can't Get Enough")3:50
37."Bigger" (from "Not Giving Up")2:51
38."Crashing Down" (from "Up")3:10
39."When Love Takes Over" (from "What Are You Waiting For?")3:51
Super deluxe edition DVD[6]
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."If This Is Love"Harvey B Brown 
2."Up"Brown 
3."Issues"Petro 
4."Just Can't Get Enough"Brown 
5."Work" (Phil Tan Radio Mix)J.T. 
6."Forever Is Over"Trudy Bellinger 
7."Ego"
  • Mike Simpson
  • Robin Van Calcar
 
8."Missing You"Chris Cottam 
9."Higher" (featuring Flo Rida)Taylor Cohen 
10."Notorious"Syndrome 
11."All Fired Up"Ryan Hope 
12."My Heart Takes Over"Elisha Smith-Leverock 
13."30 Days"Cohen 
14."What About Us" (featuring Sean Paul)Sarah Chatfield 
15."Gentlemen"Bellinger 
16."Disco Love"Carly Cussen 
17."Not Giving Up"Chris Sweeny 
18."What Are You Waiting For?"Chatfield 

Notes edit

  • ^[a] denotes additional production by
  • ^[b] denotes assistant production by
  • ^[c] denotes vocal production by

Charts and certifications edit

Release history edit

Release history and formats for Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Japan 8 August 2014 Digital download Universal Music [11]
Spain [12]
Ireland
  • CD
  • digital download
Polydor
United Kingdom 11 August 2014
  • CD
  • CD+DVD
  • digital download
[13]
Germany 15 August 2014
  • CD
  • digital download
[14]

References edit

  1. ^ "iTunes - Music - Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits by The Saturdays". itunes.apple.com. January 2014.
  2. ^ "Official Charts - The Saturdays archive". The Official Charts Company. 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ^ "EXCLUSIVE! Una Healy opens up on performing without The Saturdays". Goss.ie. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  4. ^ "iTunes - Music - What Are You Waiting For? - Single by The Saturdays". itunes.apple.com.
  5. ^ "iTunes - Music - Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits (Deluxe) by The Saturdays". itunes.apple.com. January 2014.
  6. ^ "The Saturdays - Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits - Exclusive Metal Tin at Universal Music". store.universal-music.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography The Saturdays". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  9. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  10. ^ "British album certifications – The Saturdays – Finest Selection - The Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry.
  11. ^ "Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits (Japanese release)". iTunes. January 2014.
  12. ^ "Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits". iTunes.
  13. ^ "Greatest Hits: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. 2014.
  14. ^ "Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de. 2014.