Greatest Hits (Lighthouse Family album)
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Greatest Hits is a greatest hits compilation album released by UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 duo Lighthouse Family
Lighthouse Family
Lighthouse Family are a British musical duo that rose to prominence in the mid-1990s and remained active until the early 2000s. Vocalist Tunde Baiyewu and keyboardist Paul Tucker formed the act in 1993 in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK after meeting while studying at university...

 in 18 November 2002 on Wildcard / Polydor
Polydor Records
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...

. There are two different versions of this album, one with the two bonus tracks, "Lifted" (Linslee Mix) and "End of the Sky", and one without them. This album reached gold status.

On 7 April 2003, The Very Best of Lighthouse Family was released, containing the same track listing and bonus tracks. The difference is that one can download an additional seven acoustic tracks from a website. This album reached platinum status.

This album contains all the band's singles, plus the album track "End of the Sky", the B-side "Absolutely Everything", a cover version of the Bill Withers
Bill Withers
William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...

 song "Ain't No Sunshine
Ain't No Sunshine
"Ain't No Sunshine" is a song by Bill Withers from his 1971 album Just as I Am, produced by Booker T. Jones. The record featured musicians Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass guitar and Al Jackson, Jr. on drums, as well as Withers on lead vocals and guitar. The song was released as a single in September...

" recorded for the Notting Hill
Notting Hill (film)
Notting Hill is a 1999 British romantic comedy film set in Notting Hill, London, released on 21 May 1999. The screenplay was by Richard Curtis, who had written Four Weddings and a Funeral. It was produced by Duncan Kenworthy and directed by Roger Michell...

soundtrack, and the new song "I Could Have Loved You", which was released as the new single from the album in March 2003.

Track listing

# Title Chart comment Length
1 "Lifted" (7" Version) June 1995, entered chart at #61. January 1996, re-release of Lifted entered chart at #4. 4:21
2 "Ocean Drive
Ocean Drive (Lighthouse Family song)
"Ocean Drive" is a pop song written by British duo Lighthouse Family, for their debut album Ocean Drive . The song was produced by Mike Peden. It was released as the second single in October 1995 and reached the top 40 in the United Kingdom....

" (7" Radio Mix)
August 1995, entered chart at #34. April 1996, re-release of Ocean Drive entered chart at #11. 4:01
3 "High
High (Lighthouse Family song)
"High" is the second pop single written by British duo Lighthouse Family for their second album Postcards from Heaven . The song was produced by Mike Peden. It was released in January 1998 and reached No...

" (Full-Length Version)
January 1998, entered chart at #4. 5:13
4 "Raincloud
Raincloud (song)
"Raincloud" is a song by the Lighthouse Family, released as the duo's first pop single for their second album Postcards from Heaven . The song was produced by Mike Peden. It was released as the second in September 1997 and reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom.With "Raincloud", another song...

" (7" Mix)
September 1997, entered chart at #6. 4:06
5 "Lost in Space
Lost in Space (Lighthouse Family song)
"Lost in Space" is a song by the Lighthouse Family, released as their third pop single for their second album Postcards from Heaven . The song was produced by Mike Peden...

"
May 1998, entered chart at #6. 5:23
6 "Loving Every Minute
Loving Every Minute (Lighthouse Family song)
"Loving Every Minute" is a song by the Lighthouse Family, released as the fourth and final single from their debut album Ocean Drive . The song was produced by Mike Peden. It was released in December 1996 and reached the top 20 in the United Kingdom...

" (Album Version)
November 1996, entered chart at #20. 4:12
7 "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One
(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One
" Free / One" is a song by Lighthouse Family, released as their first single from their third album, Whatever Gets You Through the Day, released in 2001. The song was originally written by Billy Taylor, with lyrics by Dick Dallas...

" (Album Version)
November 2001, entered chart at #6. 5:17
8 "Question of Faith
Question of Faith
"Question of Faith" is a song by the Lighthouse Family, released as their fourth single, from their second album Postcards from Heaven . The song was produced by Mike Peden...

" (7" Mix)
October 1998, entered chart at #21. 3:52
9 "Ain't No Sunshine
Ain't No Sunshine
"Ain't No Sunshine" is a song by Bill Withers from his 1971 album Just as I Am, produced by Booker T. Jones. The record featured musicians Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass guitar and Al Jackson, Jr. on drums, as well as Withers on lead vocals and guitar. The song was released as a single in September...

" (Album Version)
3:42
10 "Goodbye Heartbreak
Goodbye Heartbreak
"Goodbye Heartbreak" is a pop song written by British duo Lighthouse Family with former Simply Red member Tim Kellett for their debut album Ocean Drive . The song was produced by Mike Peden. It was released as the third single in September 1996 and reached the top 20 in the United Kingdom...

" (Album Version)
September 1996, entered chart at #14. 4:09
11 "Run
Run (Lighthouse Family song)
"Run" is a song by British duo Lighthouse Family, released as the second single from their third album Whatever Gets You Through the Day . The song is produced by Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quarmby...

" (Album Version)
February 2002, entered chart at #30. 4:01
12 "Postcard from Heaven
Postcard from Heaven
"Postcard from Heaven" is a song by the Lighthouse Family, released as the duo's fifth and final single, and appearing on their second album Postcards from Heaven . The song was produced by Mike Peden. It was released in January 1999 and reached the top 30 in the UK as well as being just outside...

" (7" Mix)
January 1999, entered chart at #24. 4:22
13 "Happy
Happy (Lighthouse Family song)
"Happy" is a song by Lighthouse Family, which was released as a single in July 2002. The song was the third pop single written by British duo Lighthouse Family for their third album Whatever Gets You Through the Day . The song was produced by Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quarmby...

" (Album Version)
July 2002, entered chart at #51. 4:37
14 "I Could Have Loved You
I Could Have Loved You
"I Could Have Loved You" is the final single by British duo Lighthouse Family. Taken from their compilation album Greatest Hits , it was released in March 2003 but it didn't reach in any of the singles charts worldwide. The song was produced by Mike Peden.-Track listing and formats:...

" (Album Version)
4:00
15 "Absolutely Everything" (Album Version) 4:18
16 "Lifted" (Linslee Mix) (Bonus Track) 4:02
17 "End of the Sky" (Phil Bodger Mix) (Bonus Track) 4:59

Charts

Greatest Hits
Country Date Position Sales Comments
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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November 2002 23 0.1 million+ Gold
Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 
December 2002 36 -- --
Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 
December 2002 66 -- --


The Very Best of Lighthouse Family
Country Date Position Sales Comments
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

April 2003 9 0.3 million+ Platinum
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