The 50 Greatest Hits

The 50 Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Elvis Presley
Released	November 18, 2000 (2000-11-18)[1]
Recorded	July 5, 1954 – October 29, 1976
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	128:27
Label	BMG, RCA
Elvis Presley chronology
The Elvis Presley Collection – Country (2000) The 50 Greatest Hits (2000) White Christmas (2000)

The 50 Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American singer Elvis Presley, originally released on November 18, 2000. It features 50 of Presley's best known songs and was re-released on 11 August 2017 to mark 40 years since his death.^[2]

Track listing

The 50 Greatest Hits – disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That's All Right"	Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	1:58
2.	"Mystery Train"	Junior Parker, Sam Phillips	2:27
3.	"Heartbreak Hotel"	Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley	2:10
4.	"Blue Suede Shoes"	Carl Perkins	2:02
5.	"Lawdy, Miss Clawdy"	Lloyd Price	2:10
6.	"Hound Dog"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	2:18
7.	"Don't Be Cruel"	Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley	2:05
8.	"Love Me Tender"	Vera Matson, Elvis Presley	2:44
9.	"Too Much"	Lee Rosenberg, Bernard Weinman	2:35
10.	"All Shook Up"	Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley	1:59
11.	"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"	Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann	1:49
12.	"Party"	Jessie Mae Robinson	1:32
13.	"Loving You"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	2:16
14.	"Jailhouse Rock"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	2:29
15.	"Don't"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	2:51
16.	"Trouble"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	2:19
17.	"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"	Bert Carroll, Moody Russell	2:16
18.	"King Creole"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	2:10
19.	"Hard Headed Woman"	Claude Demetrius	1:56
20.	"One Night"	Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King, Anita Steiman	2:34
21.	"A Fool Such as I"	Bill Trader	2:40
22.	"A Big Hunk o' Love"	Aaron Schroeder, Sidney Wyche	2:15
23.	"Stuck on You"	J. Leslie McFarland, Aaron Schroeder	2:22
24.	"The Girl of My Best Friend"	Sam Bobrick, Ross Butler	2:25
25.	"It's Now or Never"	Eduardo DeCapua, Wally Gold, Aaron Schroeder	3:15
Total length:			57:03

The 50 Greatest Hits – disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Are You Lonesome Tonight"	Lou Handman, Roy Turk	3:09
2.	"Wooden Heart"	Bert Kaempfert, Kay Twomey, Ben Weisman, Fred Wise	2:06
3.	"Surrender"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	1:56
4.	"(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	2:10
5.	"Can't Help Falling in Love"	Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss	3:05
6.	"Good Luck Charm"	Wally Gold, Aaron Schroeder	2:27
7.	"She's Not You"	Jerry Leiber, Doc Pomus, Mike Stoller	2:11
8.	"Return to Sender"	Otis Blackwell, Winfield Scott	2:09
9.	"(You're the) Devil in Disguise"	Bernie Baum, Buddy Kaye	2:23
10.	"Viva Las Vegas"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	2:27
11.	"Crying in the Chapel"	Artie Glenn	2:28
12.	"Love Letters"	Edward Heyman, Victor Young	2:53
13.	"Guitar Man"	Jerry Reed	2:22
14.	"If I Can Dream"	W. Earl Brown	3:12
15.	"In the Ghetto"	Mac Davis	2:49
16.	"Suspicious Minds"	Mark James	4:23
17.	"Don't Cry Daddy"	Scott Davis	2:50
18.	"The Wonder of You"	Baker Knight	2:37
19.	"I Just Can't Help Believin'"	Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil	4:38
20.	"An American Trilogy"	Mickey Newbury	4:30
21.	"Burning Love"	Dennis Linde	2:52
22.	"Always on My Mind"	Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Carson	3:40
23.	"Suspicion"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	2:38
24.	"Moody Blue"	Mark James	2:52
25.	"Way Down"	Layng Martine, Jr.	2:37
Total length:			71:24

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2000–2017) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 7 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 3 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] 94 Irish Albums (IRMA)[6] 8 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8] 4 Scottish Albums (OCC)[9] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 49 UK Albums (OCC)[11] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2000) Position UK Albums (OCC)[12] 31 Chart (2001) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] 36 UK Albums (OCC)[14] 106 Chart (2020) Position UK Albums (OCC)[15] 71 Chart (2021) Position UK Albums (OCC)[16] 68

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[17]	Gold	35,000^‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[18]	3× Platinum	900,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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