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1987 greatest hits album by George Jones
Super Hits
Greatest hits album by George Jones
Released1987
GenreCountry
Length28:55
LabelEpic
ProducerBilly Sherrill
George Jones compilation albums chronology
First Time Live
(1984)
Super Hits
(1987)
Super Hits, Volume 2
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Super Hits is an album by American country music singer George Jones, released in 1987 on the Epic Records label. It was certified platinum by the RIAA in 1992, and double platinum in 2002. It has sold 2,289,000 copies in the US as of May 2013.

This is the first of Sony Music's long-running Super Hits series of budget-priced compilations.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."White Lightning"J. P. Richardson2:36
2."Why Baby Why"George Jones, Darrell Edwards2:26
3."Window Up Above"George Jones2:56
4."A Picture of Me (Without You)"Norro Wilson, George Richey2:32
5."The Grand Tour"Norro Wilson, George Richey, Carmol Taylor3:07
6."Bartender's Blues (w/ James Taylor)"James Taylor3:45
7."He Stopped Loving Her Today"Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman3:17
8."Tennessee Whiskey"Dean Dillon, Linda Hargrove2:53
9."The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)"Gary Gentry2:31
10."Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes"Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals3:15

Chart performance

Chart (1987) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 26
Chart (2013) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 56

Year-end charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) 98

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) 2× Platinum 2,000,000

Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "George Jones". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 438. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  2. ^ "American album certifications – George Jones – Super Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.
  3. Bjorke, Matt (2013-05-29). "Country Album Chart News For May 29, 2013: Darius Rucker "True Believers" Debuts At Number One, Features "Wagon Wheel" Single". Roughstock. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  4. "Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.

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