Greatest Hits (1988)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the American rock band Journey, originally released in 1988 by Columbia Records. It is the band's best-selling career disc, spending 929 weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart as of October 2026 (more than any other compilation album, except for Bob Marley and the Wailers' Legend, in history). Additionally, as of March 2026, it has logged 1,523 weeks on Billboard's Catalog Albums chart.

On January 26, 2024, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Greatest Hits 18× Platinum for sales of 18 million copies in the United States. As of January 2024, it was reported to have been the third-highest certified "greatest hits" package in the United States according to the RIAA, behind similar compilations by only the Eagles and Billy Joel.

Greatest Hits continues to be one of the most popular 'best of' packages, at times selling close to 500,000 copies globally per year. The album has been reissued several times and was digitally remastered for compact disc by Legacy Recordings, issued on August 1, 2006, with "When You Love a Woman" featured as a bonus track. In Japan, the album has been reissued as Open Arms: Greatest Hits with the song "Open Arms" appearing as the first song on the album. A second Journey compilation album, Greatest Hits 2, was released in 2011.

Personnel

• Steve Perry – lead vocals
• Neal Schon – guitar, vocals

Jonathan Cain – keyboards, vocals except on "Wheel in the Sky", "Any Way You Want It", "Lights" and "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"

Gregg Rolie – keyboards, vocals on "Wheel in the Sky", "Any Way You Want It", "Lights" and "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"

Ross Valory – bass, vocals except on "I'll Be Alright Without You", "Girl Can't Help It" and "Be Good to Yourself"

Randy Jackson – bass on "I'll Be Alright Without You", "Girl Can't Help It" and "Be Good to Yourself"

Steve Smith – drums, vocals except on "Wheel in the Sky", "Lights", "I'll Be Alright Without You", "Girl Can't Help It" and "Be Good to Yourself"

Aynsley Dunbar – drums on "Wheel in the Sky" and "Lights"

Larrie Londin – drums on "I'll Be Alright Without You", "Girl Can't Help It" and "Be Good to Yourself"

Production personnel

Mike Stone and Kevin Elson – producers on "Only the Young", "Don't Stop Believin'", "Faithfully", "Ask the Lonely", "Who's Crying Now", "Separate Ways", "Open Arms" and "Send Her My Love"

Roy Thomas Baker – producer on "Wheel in the Sky", "Lights" and "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'",

Steve Perry – producer on "I'll Be Alright Without You", "Girl Can't Help It" and "Be Good to Yourself"

Geoff Workman and Kevin Elson – producers on "Any Way You Want It"

Kevin Shirley – producer on "When You Love a Woman"