Best:_The_Greatest_Hits_of_S_Club_7
Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7
2003 greatest hits album by S Club
Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7 is a greatest hits compilation album released from S Club. Released on 2 June 2003, it includes all 13 singles from the band, plus a bonus track, "Everybody Get Pumped". A DVD was produced to coincide with the release and contained all 13 music videos, as well as bonus, rare unreleased interviews with the band on the release of each of their previous albums. The album peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart, kept off the top spot by You Gotta Go There to Come Back by Stereophonics.[1]
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| Released | 2 June 2003 (2003-06-02) | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2003 | |||
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| Label | Polydor | |||
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| Singles from Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7 | ||||
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The album was remastered by Abbey Road Studios and re-issued on 4 May 2015, including the previously unreleased track, "Rain".
The album debuted and peaked at number 2 on 14 June 2003,[2] returning to the chart at number 35 after the 2015 rerelease. As of 2015, the album has sold 371,894 copies in the United Kingdom.[3]
After band member Paul Cattermole died on 6 April 2023, the album saw a spike in sales. On 14 April 2023, Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7 charted at number 7 on the Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100.[4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Bring It All Back" |
| S Club, 1999 | 3:29 |
| 2. | "S Club Party" |
| S Club | 3:30 |
| 3. | "Two in a Million" (Boyfriends & Birthdays version) | S Club | 3:36 | |
| 4. | "You're My Number One" (Miami 7 version) | S Club | 3:27 | |
| 5. | "Reach" |
| 7, 2000 | 4:05 |
| 6. | "Natural" (single version) |
| 7 | 3:16 |
| 7. | "Never Had a Dream Come True" |
| 7 & Sunshine, 2001 | 4:01 |
| 8. | "Don't Stop Movin'" |
| Sunshine | 3:54 |
| 9. | "Have You Ever" |
| Sunshine | 3:23 |
| 10. | "You" (single version) |
| Sunshine | 3:33 |
| 11. | "Alive" |
| Seeing Double, 2002 | 3:43 |
| 12. | "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (single version) |
| Seeing Double | 3:49 |
| 13. | "Say Goodbye" |
| Previously unreleased, 2003 | 3:54 |
| Total length: | 47:43 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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| 14. | "Everybody Get Pumped" | Gregg Alexander | Previously unreleased, 2001 | 3:14 |
| 15. | "Bring the House Down" | 7 | 3:02 | |
| Total length: | 53:48 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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| 16. | "Friday Night" |
| S Club | 3:49 |
| 17. | "Rain" |
| Previously unreleased, 2002 | 3:47 |
| Total length: | 60:34 | |||
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[11] | Platinum | 371,894[3] |
| Country | Release date | Version |
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| United Kingdom | 2 June 2003 | Original |
| 4 May 2015 | Re-issue |
- "Debut No 1 for US Band". Sky News. 9 June 2003. Retrieved 20 November 2015.[permanent dead link]
- "S Club 7 Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- Jones, Alan (11 May 2015). "Official Charts Analysis: Mumford & Sons score second No.1 with sales of 81,351". Music Week. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100 14 April 2023 - 20 April 2023". Official Charts. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 21, no. 26. 21 June 2003. p. 16. Retrieved 8 April 2023 – via World Radio History.
- "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- "2003 UK Singles Chart" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- "British album certifications – S Club 7 – Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 January 2021.