Hits (Joni Mitchell album)

Infobox Album
Name=Hits
Type=compilation
Artist=Joni Mitchell


Released=1996
Recorded=1969—1991
Genre=Folk
Length=60:34
Label=Geffen
Producer=Joni Mitchell
Reviews=*"Rolling Stone" (mixed) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jonimitchell/albums/album/280092/review/5942148/hits link]
Last album="Turbulent Indigo"
(1994)
This album="Hits"
(1996)
Next album="Taming the Tiger"
(1998)

"Hits" is a 1996 greatest hits compilation by Joni Mitchell. As of December 2007, it has sold 488,000 copies in the United States.

Track listing

All songs were written by Joni Mitchell.
#"Urge for Going" – 5:05
#*Originally a hit for Judy Collins in 1969, Mitchell's own version wasn't released until 1972, as the b-side of the "You Turn Me on I'm a Radio" single. First time available on a Joni Mitchell album.
#"Chelsea Morning" – 2:31
#*Originally a hit for Judy Collins in 1969.
#"Big Yellow Taxi" – 2:14
#*Released as a single.
#"Woodstock" – 5:27
#"The Circle Game" – 4:51
#*Tracks 3-5 from "Ladies of the Canyon".
#"Carey" – 3:02
#*Released as a single.
#"California" – 3:50
#*From "Blue".
#"You Turn Me on I'm a Radio" – 2:39
#*Released as a single, from "For the Roses".
#"Raised on Robbery" – 3:05
#"Help Me" – 3:22
#"Free Man in Paris" – 3:02
#*Tracks 9-11 released as singles, from the album "Court and Spark".
#"River" – 4:04
#*From "Blue".
#"Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody" – 5:18
#*From "Wild Things Run Fast".
#"Come in from the Cold" – 7:30
#*From "Night Ride Home".
#"Both Sides Now" – 4:34
#*Joni Mitchell's signature song, originally a hit for Judy Collins and a song performed by many artists, including Frank Sinatra. From "Clouds".