The Best of Belinda, Volume 1

The Best of Belinda, Volume 1
Greatest hits album by Belinda Carlisle
Released	September 1992
Recorded	1986–1991
Genre	Pop
Length	50:04
Label	Virgin (UK)/MCA (North America)
Belinda Carlisle chronology
Alternative cover
	Her Greatest Hits cover art

The Best of Belinda, Volume 1 (released in the United States as Her Greatest Hits) is the fifth album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in 1992 by Virgin Records. It is Carlisle's first greatest hits compilation album and includes her hits from 1986 to 1991. It is the only Carlisle album to have topped the UK Albums Chart. The Australian and Japanese cover art differs from the International versions as does the American release.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

International version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"	Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley	Heaven on Earth (1987)	4:08
2.	"(We Want) The Same Thing"	Nowels, Shipley	Runaway Horses (1989)	4:17
3.	"Circle in the Sand"	Nowels, Shipley	Heaven on Earth	3:42
4.	"Leave a Light On"	Nowels, Shipley	Runaway Horses	4:16
5.	"Little Black Book"	Richard Feldman, Marcy Detroit, Belinda Carlisle	Live Your Life Be Free (1991)	4:12
6.	"Summer Rain"	Robbie Seidman, Maria Vidal	Runaway Horses	4:11
7.	"Vision of You"	Nowels, Shipley	Runaway Horses	4:09
8.	"Live Your Life Be Free"	Nowels, Shipley	Live Your Life Be Free	4:23
9.	"I Get Weak"	Diane Warren	Heaven on Earth	4:15
10.	"La Luna"	Nowels, Shipley	Runaway Horses	4:12
11.	"I Plead Insanity"	Nowels, David Munday, Kushla Prasad	Live Your Life Be Free	4:39
12.	"World Without You"	Warren	Heaven on Earth	4:44
13.	"Do You Feel Like I Feel?"	Nowels, Shipley	Live Your Life Be Free	4:15
14.	"Half the World"	Feldman, Eric Pressly, Shipley	Live Your Life Be Free	4:23
15.	"Runaway Horses"	Nowels, Shipley	Runaway Horses	4:42

Australian version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"	Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley	4:08
2.	"(We Want) The Same Thing"	Nowels, Shipley	4:17
3.	"Circle in the Sand"	Nowels, Shipley	3:42
4.	"Leave a Light On"	Nowels, Shipley	4:16
5.	"Little Black Book"	Richard Feldman, Marcy Detroit, Belinda Carlisle	4:12
6.	"Summer Rain"	Robbie Seidman, Maria Vidal	4:11
7.	"Live Your Life Be Free"	Nowels, Shipley	4:23
8.	"I Get Weak"	Diane Warren	4:15
9.	"La Luna"	Nowels, Shipley	4:12
10.	"I Plead Insanity"	Nowels, David Munday, Kushla Prasad	4:39
11.	"Do You Feel Like I Feel?"	Nowels, Shipley	4:15
12.	"Runaway Horses"	Nowels, Shipley	4:42

American version – Her Greatest Hits

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"	Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley	4:08
2.	"I Get Weak"	Warren	4:15
3.	"I Feel the Magic"	Charlotte Caffey, Segal	3:20
4.	"Half the World"	Feldman, Pressly, Shipley	4:23
5.	"Gotta Get to You"	Caffey, Carlisle, Paula Jean Brown, James Whelan	4:06
6.	"Leave a Light On"	Nowels, Shipley	4:16
7.	"Circle in the Sand"	Nowels, Shipley	3:42
8.	"Mad About You"	Brown, Whelan, Mitchel Young Evans	3:36
9.	"I Feel Free"	Jack Bruce, Pete Brown	4:49
10.	"Summer Rain"	Seidman, Vidal	4:11
11.	"Live Your Life Be Free"	Nowels, Shipley	4:23
12.	"Vision of You"	Nowels, Shipley	4:40
13.	"Do You Feel Like I Feel?"	Nowels, Shipley	4:15

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[2]	14
German Albums Chart[3]	35
Japanese Albums Chart[4]	9
New Zealand Albums Chart[2]	4
Swedish Albums Chart[2]	26
UK Albums Chart[5]	1

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[6]	Platinum	15,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)[7]	3× Platinum	900,000^{^}
United States	—	290,000[8]
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

Allmusic review
. australianchart.com. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
"Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. December 20, 1992. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
"Belinda Carlisle – The Best Of Belinda Vol 1". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
"New Zealand album certifications – Belinda Carisle – The Best of Belinda, Volume 1". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
"British album certifications – Belinda Carlisle – The Best of Belinda Carlisle, Volume 1". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type The Best of Belinda Carlisle, Volume 1 in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
https://web.archive.org/web/20130424053135/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/ask-billboard/268037/ask-billboard-michael-jackson-belinda-carlisle-uncle-kracker. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[1] Allmusic review

[australianchart-2] . australianchart.com. Retrieved June 25, 2011.

[3] "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. December 20, 1992. Retrieved January 9, 2012.

[5] "Belinda Carlisle – The Best Of Belinda Vol 1". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 9, 2012.

[New_ZealandBelinda_CarisleThe_Best_of_Belinda,_Volume_1albumCertRef-6] "New Zealand album certifications – Belinda Carisle – The Best of Belinda, Volume 1". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved April 7, 2019.

[United_KingdomBelinda_CarlisleThe_Best_of_Belinda_Carlisle,_Volume_1albumCertRef-7] "British album certifications – Belinda Carlisle – The Best of Belinda Carlisle, Volume 1". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type The Best of Belinda Carlisle, Volume 1 in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

[8] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20130424053135/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/ask-billboard/268037/ask-billboard-michael-jackson-belinda-carlisle-uncle-kracker. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)