Greatest Hits (Sly and the Family Stone album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Sly and the Family Stone
ReleasedNovember 21, 1970
Recorded1967–69
Genre
Length39:56
LabelEpic
ProducerSly Stone
Sly and the Family Stone chronology
Stand!
(1969) 		Greatest Hits
(1970) 		There's a Riot Goin' On
(1971)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Hot Fun in the Summertime" / "Fun"
    Released: August 1969
  2. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" / "Everybody Is a Star"
    Released: December 1969

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the American group Sly and the Family Stone. It was first released on November 21, 1970, by Epic Records.[1] The album includes all of the singles from the albums Dance to the Music (1968), Life (1968), and Stand! (1969).

Three tracks released on singles in 1969 appear on album for the first time here: "Hot Fun in the Summertime", "Everybody Is a Star", and "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)".

The recordings on this compilation are not the same as the single versions in all cases; some songs appear here in their album lengths and mixes. Mixes sometimes have different editing and changes in vocals and or instrumentation.

Greatest Hits was certified quintuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), having shipped five million copies in the United States.[1] In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album number 60 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[2] 61 in a 2012 revised list, and number 343 in the 2020 rankings.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b "American album certifications – Sly & the Family Stone". Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  2. ^ "60) Greatest Hits". Rolling Stone. New York. November 1, 2003. Archived from the original on February 24, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2013.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  4. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-12-17.