Greatest Hits III (Queen album)

Infobox Album

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Name = Greatest Hits III
Released = 8 November 1999
Type = Compilation album
Recorded = 1980 - 1999
Genre = Rock
Length = 73:41
Label = Parlophone; Hollywood Records (US)
Producer(s) = ??
Photography = ??
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ip09kettaq79 link]
*Chester Chronicle – [http://www.queenarchives.com/viewtopic.php?t=175 link (Queen Archives)]
*Classic Rock – [http://www.queenarchives.com/viewtopic.php?t=173 link (Queen Archives)]
Artist = Queen
Last album = "Queen Rocks" (1997)
This album = "Greatest Hits III" (1999)
Next album = "Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl" (2004)| Misc = Singles
Name = Greatest Hits III
Type = compilation
single 1 = Under Pressure (Rah Mix)
single 1 date = December, 1999
single 2 = Princes of the Universe
single 2 date = 2000 (Holland only)

"Greatest Hits III" is a compilation of latter-day Queen songs, the band members' solo hits and the band's collaborations with other artists (hence the album's credit to "Queen+"). It was released on November 8, 1999.

Track listing

#"The Show Must Go On" (Live with Elton John) – 4:35
#*Taken from the 1997 premiere of "Ballet for Life" in Paris.
#"Under Pressure" ('Rah Mix', with David Bowie) – 4:08
#*A remix of the original, from the album "Hot Space".
#"Barcelona" (recorded by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé) – 4:25
#*A solo single by Freddie Mercury. Features no input from any other members of the band.
#"Too Much Love Will Kill You" – 4:18
#*Taken from the Queen album "Made in Heaven" - Brian May's version featured on his solo album "Back to the Light".
#"Somebody to Love" (Live with George Michael) – 5:07
#*Taken from the George Michael EP "Five Live" (from the 1992 "Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert").
#"You Don't Fool Me" – 5:22
#*Taken from the Queen album "Made in Heaven".
#"Heaven for Everyone" – 4:37
#*A Roger Taylor composition taken from the Queen album "Made in Heaven".
#"Las Palabras de Amor" – 4:29
#*A Brian May composition taken from the Queen album "Hot Space".
#"Driven by You" (recorded by Brian May) – 4:09
#*Originally featured on Brian May's solo album "Back to the Light". Features no input from any other members of the band.
#"Living on My Own" (recorded by Freddie Mercury, remixed by Julian Raymond) – 3:37
#*Remix of a solo single by Freddie Mercury. Features no input from any other members of the band. The Julian Raymond remix (which also features on "The Freddie Mercury Album") was included on this album by accident, as it was intended for the much more successful 1993 No More Brothers remix (Radio Mix) to be included. Accordingly, yet inaccurately, the sleeve notes indicate that it is the No More Brothers remix.
#"Let Me Live" – 4:45
#*Taken from the Queen album "Made in Heaven".
#"The Great Pretender" (recorded by Freddie Mercury) – 3:26
#*A solo single by Freddie Mercury.
#"Princes of the Universe" – 3:31
#*Taken from the Queen album "A Kind of Magic". Originally a single release, and previously omitted from the album "Greatest Hits II" for lack of space.
#"Another One Bites the Dust" (Remix by Wyclef Jean) – 4:20
#*A remix of the original, from "The Game". With Jean, Pras, and Free.
#"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" – 4:11
#*Originally included on the compilation album "Queen Rocks".
#"These Are the Days of Our Lives" – 4:22
#*Taken from the album "Innuendo".Bonus Track:
#"Thank God It's Christmas" – 4:19
#*Christmas single originally recorded in 1984.

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