The Best of Belinda, Volume 1

Greatest hits album by Belinda Carlisle

Released

September 1992

Recorded

1987–1991

Genre

Pop

Length

50:04

Label

Virgin/MCA

Belinda Carlisle chronology

Live Your Life Be Free
(1991)

The Best of Belinda, Volume 1
(1992)

Real
(1993)

Alternative cover

Her Greatest Hits cover art

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The Best of Belinda, Volume 1 (released in the United States as Her Greatest Hits) is the fifth album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in 1992 by Virgin Records. It is Carlisle's first greatest hits compilation album and includes her hits from 1987 to 1991. It is the only Carlisle album to have topped the UK Albums Chart. The Australian and Japanese cover art differs from the International versions as does the American release.

Track listing

International version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"	Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley	Heaven on Earth	4:08
2.	"(We Want) The Same Thing"	Nowels, Shipley	Runaway Horses	4:17
3.	"Circle in the Sand"	Nowels, Shipley	Heaven on Earth	3:42
4.	"Leave a Light On"	Nowels, Shipley	Runaway Horses	4:16
5.	"Little Black Book"	Richard Feldman, Marcy Detroit, Belinda Carlisle	Live Your Life Be Free	4:12
6.	"Summer Rain"	Robbie Seidman, Maria Vidal	Runaway Horses	4:11
7.	"Vision of You"	Nowels, Shipley	Runaway Horses	4:40
8.	"Live Your Life Be Free"	Nowels, Shipley	Live Your Life Be Free	4:23
9.	"I Get Weak"	Diane Warren	Heaven on Earth	4:15
10.	"La Luna"	Nowels, Shipley	Runaway Horses	4:12
11.	"I Plead Insanity"	Nowels, David Munday, Kushla Prasad	Live Your Life Be Free	4:39
12.	"World Without You"	Warren	Heaven on Earth	4:44
13.	"Do You Feel Like I Feel?"	Nowels, Shipley	Live Your Life Be Free	4:15
14.	"Half the World"	Feldman, Eric Pressly, Shipley	Live Your Life Be Free	4:23
15.	"Runaway Horses"	Nowels, Shipley	Runaway Horses	4:42

Australian version

Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"	Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley	4:08
2.	"(We Want) The Same Thing"	Nowels, Shipley	4:17
3.	"Circle in the Sand"	Nowels, Shipley	3:42
4.	"Leave a Light On"	Nowels, Shipley	4:16
5.	"Little Black Book"	Richard Feldman, Marcy Detroit, Belinda Carlisle	4:12
6.	"Summer Rain"	Robbie Seidman, Maria Vidal	4:11
7.	"Live Your Life Be Free"	Nowels, Shipley	4:23
8.	"I Get Weak"	Diane Warren	4:15
9.	"La Luna"	Nowels, Shipley	4:12
10.	"I Plead Insanity"	Nowels, David Munday, Kushla Prasad	4:39
11.	"Do You Feel Like I Feel?"	Nowels, Shipley	4:15
12.	"Runaway Horses"	Nowels, Shipley	4:42

American version – Her Greatest Hits

Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"	Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley	4:08
2.	"I Get Weak"	Warren	4:15
3.	"I Feel the Magic"	Charlotte Caffey, Segal	3:20
4.	"Half the World"	Feldman, Pressly, Shipley	4:23
5.	"Gotta Get to You"	Caffey, Carlisle, Paula Jean Brown, James Whelan	4:06
6.	"Leave a Light On"	Nowels, Shipley	4:16
7.	"Circle in the Sand"	Nowels, Shipley	3:42
8.	"Mad About You"	Brown, Whelan, Mitchel Young Evans	3:36
9.	"I Feel Free"	Jack Bruce, Pete Brown	4:49
10.	"Summer Rain"	Seidman, Vidal	4:11
11.	"Live Your Life Be Free"	Nowels, Shipley	4:23
12.	"Vision of You"	Nowels, Shipley	4:40
13.	"Do You Feel Like I Feel?"	Nowels, Shipley	4:15

Charts & certifications

Peak Positions

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart^[2]	14
German Albums Chart^[3]	35
Japanese Albums Chart^[4]	39
New Zealand Albums Chart^[2]	4
Swedish Albums Chart^[2]	26
UK Albums Chart^[5]	1

Certifications


Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)^[6]	2× Platinum	600,000^{^}
United States		290,000^[7]
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

↑ Allmusic review
1 2 3 . australianchart.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. 1992-12-20. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
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↑ "Belinda Carlisle - The Best Of Belinda Vol 1". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
↑ "British album certifications – Belinda Carlisle – The Best of Belinda Carlisle, Volume 1". British Phonographic Industry. Enter The Best of Belinda Carlisle, Volume 1 in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
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Preceded by Tubular Bells II by Mike Oldfield	UK number one album September 26, 1992 – October 2, 1992	Succeeded by ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits by ABBA

Belinda Carlisle

Studio albums	Belinda Heaven on Earth Runaway Horses Live Your Life Be Free Real A Woman and a Man Voila

Compilations	The Best of Belinda, Volume 1 A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits The Collection

Singles	"Mad About You" "I Feel the Magic" "Band of Gold" "Since You've Gone" "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" "I Get Weak" "Circle in the Sand" "I Feel Free" "World Without You" "Love Never Dies" "Leave a Light On" "La Luna" "Summer Rain" "Runaway Horses" "Vision of You" "(We Want) the Same Thing" "Live Your Life Be Free" "Do You Feel Like I Feel?" "Half the World" "Little Black Book" "Big Scary Animal" "Lay Down Your Arms" "In Too Deep" "Always Breaking My Heart" "Love in the Key of C" "California" "I Won't Say (I'm in Love)" "All God's Children" "Sun" "Goodbye Just Go"

Related articles	Discography The Go-Go's The Go-Go's discography Rick Nowels Ellen Shipley

Book:Belinda Carlisle

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