The story is well known: you buy a collection of greatest hits of your favorite artist or group, and there, along with 12 favorite songs 4-5 perfectly unnecessary songs. So you yourself have to draw up a collection of your favorite songs.
Let's share our collections, perhaps, learn something new, open up new songs.
Compose your own greatest hits collection for a favorite artist (or several artists) - 15-20 songs.

My collection of hits of Pink Floyd.

1. High hopes
2. Hey You
3. On The Turrning Away
4. Wish You Were Here
5. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)/We dont need no education
6. Comfortably Numb
7. Another Brick in the Wall [Part I]
8. The Great Gig in the Sky
9. The Fletcher Memorial Home
10. A Great Day For Freedom
11. Echoes
12. Sorrow
13. What Do You Want From Me
14. Keep Talking
15. Brain Damage
16. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
17. Us And Them
18. Take It Back
19. The Fletcher Memorial Home
20. Learning To Fly

Madonna

1. Express Yourself

2. Get Into The Groove

3. Borderline

4. Like a Virgin

5. Papa Don't Preach

6. Open Your Heart

7. La Isla Bonita

8. Live To Tell

9. Like A Prayer

10. Vogue

11. Secret

12. Human Nature

13. Take A Bow

14. Ray Of Light

15. Music

16. Don't Tell Me

17. Die Another Day

18. Hung Up

19. 4 Minutes

20. Drowned World/Substitute for Love

RKJCNE said:

Madonna

You're obviously a fan of her work in the 80s.
I like her songs/videos in the 90s more, although I'm not a fan.

LiLi1992 said:

RKJCNE said:

Madonna

You're obviously a fan of her work in the 80s.
I like her songs/videos in the 90s more, although I'm not a fan.

I actually tend to love her work in the past decade the most, but it's undeniable that her strongest singles are from the 80s. Like A Prayer was the begining of her making truly strong albums. As opposed to TB or LAV which had huge hits with alot of filler.

Prince (disregarding the "hits" moniker; these are some personal faves)

1) When U Were Mine

2) Soft & Wet

3) Controversy

4) Bambi

5) Why U Wanna Treat Me So Bad

5) Lady Cab Driver

6) DMSR

7) Computer Blue

8) Beautiful Ones

Wow, this is hard

9) She's Always In My Hair

10) AnotherLoverHoleInYoHead

11) SOTT

12) Dolphin

13) She Loves Me for Me

14) Wherever You Go, Whatever U Do

15) Black Sweat

16) Somewhere Here On Earth

17) Dreamer

18) Colonized Mind

19) Here

20) Beginning Endlessly

Very hard. Should've picked a different artist

KISS (Not including anything from the four seperate 1978 solo albums)

1. Strutter

2. Comin' Home

3. I Want You

4. I Stole Your Love

5. Shock Me

6. God of Thunder

7. I'm A Legend Tonight

8. Rocket Ride

9. Shandi

10. Talk To Me

11. The Oath

12. Keep Me Comin'

13. Not For The Innocent

14. Out of the Cold (Into the Fire)

15. Who Wants To Be Lonely

16. Turn On The Night

17. I Still Love You

18. Unholy

19. Rise To It

20. In Your Face

Monkees

Tapioca Tundra

What Am I Doing Hangin' Round?

Mary Mary

Someday Man

That Was Then, This Is Now

Star Collector

Salesman

Randy Scouse Git

Goin' Down

Do I Have To Do This All Over Again?

I'm Not Your Stepping Stone

Circle Sky {Live version, not the studio one}

Pleasant Valley Sunday

Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)

Cuddly Toy

Daydream Believer

For Pete's Sake

Don't Call On Me

Papa Gene's Blues

Great topic, I'm interested to see everyones selections, here's my first entry:

Rick James

1. Mary Jane

2. You And I

3. Bustin' Out

4. High On Your Love

5. Love Gun

6. Come Into My Life

7. Big Time

8. Mary Go Round

9. Ghetto Life

10. Give It To Me Baby

11. Super Freak
12. Fire And Desire

13. Dance Wit' Me

14. Standing On The Top

15. Money Talks

16. Coldblooded

17. Ebony Eyes

18. 17

19. Somebody (The Girl's Got)

20. Moonchild

Second Entry:

Cameo

1. Rigor Mortis

2. It's Serious

3. Ugly Ego

4. I Just Want To Be

5. Sparkle

6. Energy

7. Cameosis

8. On The One

9. Shake Your Pants

10. Throw It Down

11. Your Love Takes Me Out

12. Knights By Knights

13. Freaky Dancin'

14, Flirt

15. She's Strange (Room 123 Version)

16. Attack Me With Your Love

17. Single Life

18. Candy

19. Back And Forth

20. Word Up!

Last Entry for the night

NE Crew (New Edition, Bobby Brown, BBD, Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill)

1. Candy Grl

2. Is This The End

3. Mr. Telephone Man

4. Cool It Now

5. My Secret

6. Count Me Out

7. All I Want For Christmas (Is My Girl)

8. Girlfriend

9. Don't Be Cruel

10. My Preogative

11. Every Little Step

12. Roni

13. Can You Stand The Rain

14. If It Isn't Love

15. My My My

16. Poison

17. I Thought It Was Me

18. Word To the Mutha

19. Sensitivity

20. Hit Me Off

RKJCNE said:

Madonna

1. Express Yourself

2. Get Into The Groove

3. Borderline

4. Like a Virgin

5. Papa Don't Preach

6. Open Your Heart

7. La Isla Bonita

8. Live To Tell

9. Like A Prayer

10. Vogue

11. Secret

12. Human Nature

13. Take A Bow

14. Ray Of Light

15. Music

16. Don't Tell Me

17. Die Another Day

18. Hung Up

19. 4 Minutes

20. Drowned World/Substitute for Love

Arent's those all on her greatest hits album Minus Drowed World?

Ray Of Light is my shit. her best cd imo

Dewrede said:

All My Loving

And I Love Her

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Can't Buy Me Love

Ticket To Ride

Taxman

Michelle

Here , There And Everywhere

Day Tripper

Revolution

Drive My Car

Good Morning Good Morning

Penny Lane

The Fool On The Hill

All You Need Is Love

Dear Prudence

Blackbird

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

Something

Here Comes The Sun

Across The Universe

I can dig this Beatles list

Gunsnhalen said:

Arent's those all on her greatest hits album Minus Drowed World?

Ray Of Light is my shit. her best cd imo

I guess If I had to change it to personal favorite it would be

1. Music

2. Vogue

3. Hung Up

4. Express Yourself

5. Get Into The Groove

6. Open Your Heart

7. Hollywood

8. Don't Tell Me

9. Like A Prayer

10. This Used To be My Playground

11. Live To Tell

12. Secret

13. Human Nature

14. Do You Know What It Feels Like For A Girl

15. Burning Up

16. Borderline

17. Ray Of Light

18. Drowned World/ Substitute For Love

Gunsnhalen said:

Dewrede said:

All My Loving

And I Love Her

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Can't Buy Me Love

Ticket To Ride

Taxman

Michelle

Here , There And Everywhere

Day Tripper

Revolution

Drive My Car

Good Morning Good Morning

Penny Lane

The Fool On The Hill

All You Need Is Love

Dear Prudence

Blackbird

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

Something

Here Comes The Sun

Across The Universe

I can dig this Beatles list

thanks

Dewrede said:

All My Loving

And I Love Her

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Can't Buy Me Love

Ticket To Ride

Taxman

Michelle

Here , There And Everywhere

Day Tripper

Revolution

Drive My Car

Good Morning Good Morning

Penny Lane

The Fool On The Hill

All You Need Is Love

Dear Prudence

Blackbird

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

Something

Here Comes The Sun

Across The Universe

My list
Eleanor Rigby

And I Love Her

Here Comes The Sun

Across The Universe

Dear Prudence

Hey Jude
Let It Be
The Long And Winding Road

Come Together

Michelle

From Me To You
I Want To Hold Your Hand

Can't Buy Me Love

The Ballad Of John And Yoko

Yesterday

David Bowie

Chronological order:

1. The Man Who Sold The World (1970)

2. Life On Mars? (1971)

3. The Bewlay Brothers (1971)

4. Five Years (1972)

5. Moonage Daydream (1972)

6. Starman (1972)

7. Drive In Saturday (1973)

8. Sweet Thing (1974)

9. Young Americans (1975)

10. Station To Station (1976)

11. Word On A Wing (1976)

12. Speed Of Life (1977)

13. Sound And Vision (1977)

14. Always Crashing In The Same Car (1977)

15. Warszawa (1977)

16. "Helden" (1977)

17. Sons Of The Silent Age (1977)

18. Ashes To Ashes (1980)

19. Loving The Alien (1984)

20. Strangers When We Meet (1993)

21. Dead Against It (1993)

22. Outside (1995)

23. The Hearts Filthy Lesson (1995)

24. New Killer Star (2003)

25. Bring Me The Disco King (2003)

[Edited 10/27/11 13:19pm]

[Edited 10/28/11 8:19am]

Javi said:

David Bowie

Wow, we need a double-disc ((:
Beautiful list.
Thank you.

LiLi1992 said:

Javi said:

David Bowie

Wow, we need a double-disc ((:
Beautiful list.
Thank you.

Even a triple, but I've reduced it to 25 'cause it's a nice number.

Many of Bowie's hits are great, and I've included some in the list, but he also has more obscure material equally amazing.

LiLi1992 said:

Dewrede said:

All My Loving

And I Love Her

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Can't Buy Me Love

Ticket To Ride

Taxman

Michelle

Here , There And Everywhere

Day Tripper

Revolution

Drive My Car

Good Morning Good Morning

Penny Lane

The Fool On The Hill

All You Need Is Love

Dear Prudence

Blackbird

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

Something

Here Comes The Sun

Across The Universe

My list
Eleanor Rigby

And I Love Her

Here Comes The Sun

Across The Universe

Dear Prudence

Hey Jude
Let It Be
The Long And Winding Road

Come Together

Michelle

From Me To You
I Want To Hold Your Hand

Can't Buy Me Love

The Ballad Of John And Yoko

Yesterday

that's cool

I found it hard not to include Strawberry Fields , Lucy in the sky and I'm The Walrus

But i tried to include songs that span their entire output over the years and at least 1 song off each album

Day Tripper wasn't on any , officially but i't needs to be on the list

[Edited 10/28/11 8:25am]

Duran Duran (1 CD only of the highlights of their ENTIRE career, it will never happen, too many labels and copyrights, a real mess...)

1.Girls on Film

2.Planet Earth

3.Rio

4.Hungry Like the Wolf

5.Save a Prayer

6.Is There Something I Should Know

7.Union of the Snake

8.The Reflex

9.Wild Boys

10.A View to a Kill

11.Notorious

12.I Don't Want Your Love

13.Ordinary World

14.Come Undone

15.(Reach Out) for the Sunrise

16.Falling Down

17.The Man Who Stole a Leopard

18.All You Need is Now

Metallica is in dire need of a compilation as well:

1.Enter Sandman

2.Master of Puppets

3.From Whom the Bell Tolls

4.Seek and Destroy

5.Fade to Black

6.Sad But True

7.Until it Sleeps

8.Fuel

9.One

10.Nothing Else Matters

11.Am I Evil

12.Battery

13.Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

14.Creeping Death

15.The Day that Never Comes

16.New Track

Kylie Minogue (1CD of only pure gold pop singles, no filler/ridiculous crap like the 2CD Ultimate Kylie)

1.Better the Devil U Know

2.Can't Get You Out of My Head

3.All the Lovers

4.Spinning Around

5.I Should B So Lucky

6.In Your Eyes

7.Slow

8.Did It Again

9.Confide in Me

10.What Do I Have to Do

10.Chocolate

11.2 Hearts

12.I Believe in You

13.Come Into My World

14.In My Arms

15.On a Night Like This

16.New Track

AND this is my idea of the 1CD version of "Celebration" (which was a mess)

1. Hung Up

2. Vogue

3. Music

4. 4 Minutes

5. Holiday

6. Like a Prayer

7. Ray of Light

8. Papa Don't Preach

9. Live to Tell

10. Express Yourself

11. Frozen

12. Like a Virgin

13. La Isla Bonita

14. Borderline

15. Into the Groove

16. Material Girl

17. Take a Bow

18. Celebration

[Edited 10/28/11 10:59am]

MickyDolenz said:

Monkees

Tapioca Tundra

What Am I Doing Hangin' Round?

Mary Mary

Someday Man

That Was Then, This Is Now

Star Collector

Salesman

Randy Scouse Git

Goin' Down

Do I Have To Do This All Over Again?

I'm Not Your Stepping Stone

Circle Sky {Live version, not the studio one}

Pleasant Valley Sunday

Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)

Cuddly Toy

Daydream Believer

For Pete's Sake

Don't Call On Me

Papa Gene's Blues

No "Valerie"?!?

RodeoSchro said:

No "Valerie"?!?

Nah, I've heard that one too much. Same for I'm A Believer. It's like I wouldn't put Kiss, Let's Go Crazy, When Doves Cry, Diamonds and Pearls, or Little Red Corvette on a Prince compilation. Some songs I can hear over and over and not tire of them. Valleri is not one of them.

Scorpions
1. Wind of Change
2. Send Me an Angel
3. Holiday
4. Still Loving You
5. Moment of Glory
6. Does Anyone Know
7. When You Came into My Life
8. Believe in Love
9. The Game of Life
10. Bad Boys Running Wild
11. Pictured Life
12. Rhythm of Love
13. Wild Child
14. We Will Rise Again
15. Maybe I, Maybe You
16. Raised On Rock
17. The Future Never Dies
18. Always Somewhere
19. Lonely Nights
20. Obsession

It was very difficult, they have so many wonderful songs.

Very very hard definetly missing tracks

Janet:

1. Nasty

2. Pleasure Principle

3. Rhythm Nation (Album Version)

4. Escapade

5. That's The Way Love Goes

6. If

7. Again

8. Any Time, Any Place (Album Version, Includes Rain and Are You Still Up)

9. You Want This

10. Together Again (Album Version)

11. I Get Lonely

12. Go Deep

13. What About

14. All For You

15. Would You Mind (Minus the I Didn't Get To Cum ending)

16. All Nite (Don't Stop)

17. Island Life (Includes Magic Hour)

18. R&B Junkie

19. Moist

20. Rock With U

Michael Jackson

1)Billie Jean

2)Stranger In Moscow

3)Human Nature

4)Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

5)Lady In My Life

6)Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

7)Got To Be There

8)Rock With You

9)Who Is It

10)I Can't Help It

11)The Way You Make Me Feel

12)Remember The Time

13)This Place Hotel

14)You Are Not Alone

15)Butterflies

16)Break of Dawn

17)Workin' Day and Night

18)Off The Wall

19)Maybe Tomorrow

20)Fly Away

-I left out some really good ones like "Man In The Mirror", "Will U Be There", "One Day In Your Life", "Blame It On The Boogie", "Baby Be Mine". "Dirty Diana",etc. It was really hard to pick just 20.

[Edited 10/30/11 17:09pm]

Earth, Wind & Fire

1. Keep Your Head To The Sky

2. Mighty Mighty

3. Devotion

4. Shining Star

5. Happy Feelin'

6. That's The Way Of The World

7. Reasons

8. Sing A Song

9. Sunshine

10. Can't Hide Love

11. Getaway

12. On Your Face

13. Serpentine Fire

14. Fantasy

14. Love's Holiday

15. September

16. In The Stone

17. After The Love Is Gone

18. And Loves Goes On

19. Take It To The Sky

20. Let's Groove

Prince

1. Soft And Wet

2. I Wanna Be Your Lover

3. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad

4. Uptown

5. Do It All Night

6. Controversy

7. Let's Work

8. 1999

9. Little Red Corvette

10. Let's Go Crazy

11. D.M.S.R.

12. When Doves Cry

13. The Beautiful Ones

14. Rasberry Beret

15. Kiss

16. Sign O' The Times

17. Adore

18. Diamonds And Pearls

19. Get Off

20. I Hate You

Michael Jackson

1. Rock With You

2. Don't Stop Til' You Get Enough

3. Get On The Floor

4. Workin' Day And Nigjt

5. Wanna Be Startin' Something

6. Billie Jean

7. Human Nature

8. The Lady In My Life

9. Thiller

10. Bad

11. Another Part Of Me

12. Smooth Criminal

12. Man In The Mirror

13. Jam

15. Can't Let Her Get Away

16. Remember The Time

17. Who Is It?

18. Scream (Remix)

19. Rock My World

20. Break Of Dawn

The Jacksons

1. Keep On Dancing

2. Enjoy Yourself

3. Show You The Way To Go

4. Music's Takin' Over

5. Do What You Wanna

6. Different Kind Of Lady

7.. Find Me A Girl

8.. Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground

9. Blame It On The Boogie

10.. Things I Do For You

11. Destiny

12. All Night Dancin'

13. That's What You Get (For Being Polite)

14. Can You Feel It

15. Lovely One

16. This Place Hotel

17. Your Ways

18. Everybody

19. Torture

20. Nothin' That Compare To U