Greatest Hits (stylized as GREATE$T HIT$) is the second compilation album by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released by Mötley Records and Beyond Music on October 27, 1998. It is an updated version of the 1991 compilation Decade of Decadence 81–91, which is currently out of print. Its cover art features a caricature of the band by artist/designer Erik Casillas.[1] The album was reissued by Eleven Seven Music on November 17, 2009, with a different track listing.[2]
Greatest Hits charted at number 20 on the Billboard 200 in 1998.[6] The compilation featured two newly recorded songs: the singles "Bitter Pill" which charted at number 22 on the Mainstream rock charts[7] and "Enslaved" which charted at number 34 on the Billboard Heritage charts.
The 2009 version charted at No. 10 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart and No. 9 on the Top Independent Albums chart on Billboard magazine.[8]
Greatest Hits won the 1998 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Award for "Best Compilation".[9]
1998 version
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
2009 version
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.