Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the American rock band Journey, originally released in 1988 by Columbia Records. Additionally, as of March 2026, it has logged 1,523 weeks on Billboard<nowiki/>'s Catalog Albums chart.

On 26 January 2024, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Greatest Hits 18× Platinum for sales of 18 million copies in the United States. As of January 2024, it was reported to have been the third-highest certified "greatest hits" package in the United States according to the RIAA, behind similar compilations by only the Eagles and Billy Joel.

Greatest Hits continues to be one of the most popular 'best of' packages, at times selling close to 500,000 copies globally per year. The album has been reissued several times and was digitally remastered for compact disc by Legacy Recordings, issued on August 1, 2006, with "When You Love a Woman" featured as a bonus track. In Japan, the album has been reissued as Open Arms: Greatest Hits with the song "Open Arms" appearing as the first song on the album. A second Journey compilation album, Greatest Hits 2, was released in 2011.

Track listing

2004 CD Open Arms: Greatest Hits - Japanese edition

  1. "Open Arms" - 3:19
  2. "Only the Young" - 4:05
  3. "Don't Stop Believin" - 4:10
  4. "Wheel in the Sky" (album version) - 4:12
  5. "Faithfully" - 4:27
  6. "I'll Be Alright Without You" (album version) - 4:50
  7. "Any Way You Want It" - 3:23
  8. "Ask the Lonely" - 3:54
  9. "Who's Crying Now" - 5:02
  10. "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" - 5:26
  11. "Lights" - 3:10
  12. "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin" - 3:54
  13. "Girl Can't Help It" - 3:50
  14. "Send Her My Love" - 3:55
  15. "Be Good to Yourself" - 3:51
  16. "When You Love a Woman" - 4:07

Total length: 65:41

Personnel

  • Steve Perry&nbsp;– lead vocals
  • Neal Schon&nbsp;– guitar, vocals
  • Jonathan Cain&nbsp;– keyboards, vocals <small>except on "Wheel in the Sky", "Any Way You Want It", "Lights" and "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"</small>
  • Gregg Rolie&nbsp;– keyboards, vocals <small>on "Wheel in the Sky", "Any Way You Want It", "Lights" and "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"</small>
  • Ross Valory&nbsp;– bass, vocals <small>except on "I'll Be Alright Without You", "Girl Can't Help It" and "Be Good to Yourself"</small>
  • Randy Jackson&nbsp;– bass <small>on "I'll Be Alright Without You", "Girl Can't Help It" and "Be Good to Yourself"</small>
  • Steve Smith&nbsp;– drums, vocals <small>except on "Wheel in the Sky", "Lights", "I'll Be Alright Without You", "Girl Can't Help It" and "Be Good to Yourself"</small>
  • Aynsley Dunbar&nbsp;– drums <small>on "Wheel in the Sky" and "Lights"</small>
  • Larrie Londin&nbsp;– drums <small>on "I'll Be Alright Without You", "Girl Can't Help It" and "Be Good to Yourself"</small>

Production personnel

  • Mike Stone and Kevin Elson – producers <small>on "Only the Young", "Don't Stop Believin'", "Faithfully", "Ask the Lonely", "Who's Crying Now", "Separate Ways", "Open Arms" and "Send Her My Love"</small>
  • Roy Thomas Baker&nbsp;– producer <small>on "Wheel in the Sky", "Lights" and "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'",</small>
  • Steve Perry&nbsp;– producer <small>on "I'll Be Alright Without You", "Girl Can't Help It" and "Be Good to Yourself"</small>
  • Geoff Workman and Kevin Elson&nbsp;– producers <small>on "Any Way You Want It"</small>
  • Kevin Shirley&nbsp;– producer <small>on "When You Love a Woman"</small>

Charts

Weekly charts

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Weekly chart performance for Greatest Hits

! scope="col"| Chart (1988–2020)

! scope="col"| Peak<br />position

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! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)

| 82

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Year-end charts

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Year-end chart performance for Greatest Hits

! scope="col"| Chart (1989)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 39

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2010)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 106

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2011)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 102

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2012)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 117

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2013)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 145

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2014)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 103

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2015)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 78

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2016)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 88

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2017)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 92

|-

! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)

| 11

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2018)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 90

|-

! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)

| 8

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2019)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 70

|-

! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)

| 11

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2020)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 71

|-

! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)

| 6

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! scope="col"| Chart (2021)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 66

|-

! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)

| 6

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! scope="col"| Chart (2022)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 93

|-

! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)

| 11

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2023)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 87

|-

! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)

| 11

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2024)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 99

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Certifications