The Hits (Will Young album) explained

The Hits
Type:	greatest
Artist:	Will Young
Cover:	The_Hits.JPEG
Released:	16 November 2009
Recorded:	2002–2009
Prev Title:	Let It Go
Prev Year:	2008
Next Title:	Leave Right Now
Next Year:	2010

The Hits is a greatest hits compilation album by British singer-songwriter Will Young. It was released on 16 November 2009.^[1] It contains twelve songs from Young's first four studio albums, From Now On (2002), Friday's Child (2003), Keep On (2005) and Let It Go (2008), plus two bonus tracks.^[1] The first is new single "Hopes & Fears", and the second is a ballad called "If It Hadn't Been for Love".

The album is noted for omitting certain single releases: "Anything Is Possible", which was a number-one hit as a double A-side with "Evergreen", the number-one duet with Gareth Gates, "The Long and Winding Road" and the single "Don't Let Me Down". Four tracks were written or co-written by Will Young.

Track listing

Notes

• The album was released as a deluxe edition, which included a DVD of the music videos for the songs featured on the album.

Charts

Year-end charts

2009 year-end chart performance for The Hits!Chart (2009)!Position

UK Albums (OCC)^[2]	26

2010 year-end chart performance for The Hits!Chart (2009)!Position

UK Albums (OCC)^[3]	165

Release history

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Date	Edition(s)	Format(s)	Label
United Kingdom	16 November 2009	Standard			^[4]
		Deluxe			^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Will set to release 'The Hits'!. RCA Label Group. 3 August 2009. 3 August 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100120195958/http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/14252/0. 20 January 2010.
2. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2009. Official Charts Company. 24 March 2021.
3. Web site: End of Year 2010. UKChartsPlus. 24 March 2021.
4. Web site: Will Young: The Hits . jpc.de. 13 January 2022.
5. Web site: Will Young – The Hits. eil.com. 13 January 2022.