Greatest Hits (Jo Dee Messina album)

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Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits cover
Greatest hits by Jo Dee Messina
Released May 20, 2003 (2003-05-20)
Recorded 1996-2003
Genre Country
Label Curb
Producer various
Professional reviews
Jo Dee Messina chronology
A Joyful Noise
(2002)		 Greatest Hits
(2003)		 Delicious Surprise
(2005)

Greatest Hits is the name of a compilation album released by country singer Jo Dee Messina in 2003.

This album featured Messina's biggest hits from her first three studio albums (1996's Jo Dee Messina, 1998's I'm Alright, and 2000's Burn). Also included are four new studio tracks: "Was That My Life", "Wishing Well", "You Belong in the Sun", and "I Wish". Of these, "Was That My Life" and "I Wish" were released as singles, peaking at #21 and #15, respectively, on the Billboard country music charts in 2003. The album itself was certified gold by the RIAA.

An alternate release of the album features a bonus multimedia track of "Bring on the Rain".

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Was That My Life" (Bill Luther, Marv Green) – 3:50
  2. "I'm Alright" (Phil Vassar) – 3:16
  3. "Heads Carolina, Tails California" (Tim Nichols, Mark D. Sanders) – 3:28
  4. "Bye, Bye" (Vassar, Rory Michael Bourke) – 3:20
  5. "Stand Beside Me" (Stephen Allen Davis) – 3:42
  6. "Bring on the Rain" (Helen Darling, Billy Montana) – 3:58
  7. "Lesson in Leavin" (Randy Goodrum, Brent Maher) – 3:38
  8. "That's the Way" (Annie Roboff, Holly Lamar) – 3:22
  9. "Burn" (Tina Arena, Pam Reswick, Steve Werfel) – 4:39
  10. "Downtime" (Phillip Coleman, Carolyn Dawn Johnson) – 3:44
  11. "Because You Loved Me" (Kostas, John Scott Sherrill) – 3:51
  12. "You're Not in Kansas Anymore" (Zack Turner, Nichols) – 2:54
  13. "Wishing Well" (Roboff, Vassar) – 3:10
  14. "You Belong in the Sun" ("Writer X", Marcia Ramirez) – 3:36
  15. "I Wish" (Ed Hill, Tommy Lee James) – 3:33