Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7

Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7 is a greatest hits compilation album released from S Club. Released on 2 June 2003, it includes all 13 singles from the band, plus a bonus track, "Everybody Get Pumped". A DVD was produced to coincide with the release and contained all 13 music videos, as well as bonus, rare unreleased interviews with the band on the release of each of their previous albums. The album peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart, kept off the top spot by You Gotta Go There to Come Back by Stereophonics.[1]

Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7
Original 2003 release
Greatest hits album by
Released2 June 2003 (2003-06-02)
Recorded1999–2003
Genre
Length
  • 47:43 (original international version)
  • 53:48 (original UK version)
  • 60:34 (2015 reissue)
LabelPolydor
Producer
S Club chronology
Don't Stop Movin'
(2002)
Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7
(2003)
Essential S Club 7
(2021)
Alternative cover
2015 re-release
Singles from Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7
  1. "Say Goodbye"
    Released: 26 May 2003
  2. "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You"
    Released: 26 May 2003

The album was remastered by Abbey Road Studios and re-issued on 4 May 2015, including the previously unreleased track, "Rain".

Chart performance

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The album debuted and peaked at number 2 on 14 June 2003,[2] returning to the chart at number 35 after the 2015 rerelease. As of 2015, the album has sold 371,894 copies in the United Kingdom.[3]

After band member Paul Cattermole died on 6 April 2023, the album saw a spike in sales. On 14 April 2023, Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7 charted at number 7 on the Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100.[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Bring It All Back"
S Club, 19993:29
2."S Club Party"
  • Mikkel Storleer Eriksen
  • Tor Erik Hermansen
  • Hallegir Rustan
S Club3:30
3."Two in a Million" (Boyfriends & Birthdays version)S Club3:36
4."You're My Number One" (Miami 7 version)S Club3:27
5."Reach"
  • Dennis
  • Andrew Todd
7, 20004:05
6."Natural" (single version)
  • Norma Ray
  • Jean Fredenucci
  • Dennis
  • Todd
73:16
7."Never Had a Dream Come True"
  • Dennis
  • Ellis
7 & Sunshine, 20014:01
8."Don't Stop Movin'"
Sunshine3:54
9."Have You Ever"
Sunshine3:23
10."You" (single version)
  • Kennedy
  • Percy
  • Lever
  • Tim Woodcock
Sunshine3:33
11."Alive"
  • Ellis
  • Solomon
Seeing Double, 20023:43
12."Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (single version)
  • Ellis
  • Solomon
Seeing Double3:49
13."Say Goodbye"
  • Braide
  • Dennis
Previously unreleased, 20033:54
Total length:47:43
UK edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
14."Everybody Get Pumped"Gregg AlexanderPreviously unreleased, 20013:14
15."Bring the House Down"73:02
Total length:53:48
2015 re-release edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
16."Friday Night"S Club3:49
17."Rain"
  • Rose
  • Foster
  • S Club 7
Previously unreleased, 20023:47
Total length:60:34

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Certifications for Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Platinum 371,894[3]

Release history

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Release history and formats for Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7
Country Release date Version
United Kingdom 2 June 2003 Original
4 May 2015 Re-issue

References

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  1. ^ "Debut No 1 for US Band". Sky News. 9 June 2003. Retrieved 20 November 2015.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "S Club 7 Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b Jones, Alan (11 May 2015). "Official Charts Analysis: Mumford & Sons score second No.1 with sales of 81,351". Music Week. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100 14 April 2023 - 20 April 2023". Official Charts. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  5. ^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 21, no. 26. 21 June 2003. p. 16. Retrieved 8 April 2023 – via World Radio History.
  6. ^ a b Discography S Club 7
  7. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  8. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  9. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  10. ^ "2003 UK Singles Chart" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  11. ^ "British album certifications – S Club 7 – Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 January 2021.