A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits

A Place on Earth:
The Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Belinda Carlisle
Released November 30, 1999
Recorded 1987–1999
Genre Pop
Label Virgin
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Belinda Carlisle chronology
A Woman and a Man
(1996)
A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits
(1999)
Voila
(2007)
Singles from A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits
  1. "All God's Children"
    Released: November 15, 1999
  2. "A Prayer for Everyone"
    Released: March 20, 2000

A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits is the second greatest hits album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in the United States on November 30, 1999 by Virgin Records. A limited edition was released with a bonus disc featuring remixes and rare b-sides. A European edition was also released with an interview CD featuring Belinda providing answers to over 40 questions sent in by fans.

Three new tracks were recorded especially for this compilation – "Feels Like I've Known You Forever", "A Prayer for Everyone" and "All God's Children" which was released as a single.

Both b-sides were originally released in 1992 with the last two singles from the album Live Your Life Be Free, namely "Half the World", which contained the song "Only a Dream", and "Little Black Book", where both of the songs were included.

Despite being released only seven years after her previous greatest hits compilation, The Best of Belinda, Volume 1, the collection was a success in the UK where it made the top 20 and was certified Gold.

Contents

Track listing

All songs were written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley except where noted.

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Heaven Is a Place on Earth"     4:06
2. "I Get Weak"   Diane Warren 4:14
3. "Circle in the Sand"     3:40
4. "Leave a Light On"     4:14
5. "La Luna"     4:11
6. "(We Want) The Same Thing"     4:15
7. "Summer Rain"   Robbie Seidman, Maria Vidal 4:10
8. "Live Your Life Be Free"     4:21
9. "Do You Feel Like I Feel?"     4:13
10. "Little Black Book"   Richard Feldman, Marcy Detroit, Belinda Carlisle 4:10
11. "Big Scary Animal"   Charlotte Caffey, Carlisle, Ralph Schuckett 4:14
12. "In Too Deep"   Nowels 3:59
13. "California"   Nowels, Billy Steinberg, Vidal 2:57
14. "Always Breaking My Heart"   Per Gessle 3:04
15. "Love in the Key of C"   Nowels 3:49
16. "Feels Like I've Known You Forever"   David Munday 3:47
17. "A Prayer for Everyone"   Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo, Nowels, Steinberg 4:20
18. "All God's Children"   Paul Barry, Billy Lawrie, Mark Taylor 3:46
Limited edition bonus disc
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (Heavenly version)   5:58
2. "I Get Weak" (12" version) Warren 7:32
3. "Circle in the Sand" (Beach Party Mix)   7:51
4. "World Without You" (Extended Worldwide Mix) Warren 8:26
5. "(We Want) The Same Thing" (Summer Remix)   5:08
6. "Summer Rain" (Justin Strauss Mix) Seidman, Vidal 8:03
7. "Live Your Life Be Free" (Club Mix)   5:30
8. "Only a Dream"   Caffey, Carlisle, Feldman 3:09
9. "The Air You Breathe"   Donna Weiss, David White 4:27
10. "Little Black Book" (Little Black Mix) Feldman, Detroit, Carlisle 5:15

Charts & certifications

Peak Positions

Chart (1999/00) Peak
position
Swedish Albums Chart[1] 6
UK Albums Chart[2] 15

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[3] Gold 100,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References