Released 17 November 1987 Length 57:18 | Recorded 1979–1986 The Singles(1987) Packed!(1990) Release date 17 November 1987 | |
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The Singles is The Pretenders' 1987 compilation album and features all the band's UK single hits to that date, as well as including "I Got You Babe" which Chrissie Hynde had performed with UB40 in 1985. The album reached #69 in the US album chart and #6 in the UK.
Contents
Track listing & Chart positions
1. "Stop Your Sobbing" – 2:37 (Ray Davies) UK #34, US #65
2. "Kid" – 3:05 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #33
3. "Brass in Pocket" – 3:04 (Chrissie Hynde/James Honeyman-Scott) UK #1, US #14
4. "Talk of the Town" – 3:12 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #8
5. "I Go to Sleep" – 2:55 (Ray Davies) UK #7
6. "Day After Day" – 4:01 (Chrissie Hynde/James Honeyman-Scott) UK #45
7. "Message of Love" – 3:24 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #11
8. "Back on the Chain Gang" – 3:50 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #17, US #5
9. "Middle of the Road" – 4:12 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #81, US #19
10. "2000 Miles" – 3:38 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #15
11. "Show Me" – 4:07 (Chrissie Hynde) US #28
12. "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" – 3:39 (Richard Poindexter/Robert Poindexter/Jackie Members) UK #49, US #83
13. "Don't Get Me Wrong" – 3:48 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #10, US #10
14. "Hymn to Her" – 4:28 (Meg Keene) UK #8
15. "My Baby" – 4:07 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #84, US #65
16. "I Got You Babe" (performed by UB40 with Chrissie Hynde) – 3:11 (Sonny Bono)
Songs
1Stop Your Sobbing2:39
2Kid3:06
3Brass in Pocket3:05