Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits

Not to be confused with Greatest Hits (Hank Williams Jr. album).

Greatest hits album by Hank Williams Jr.

Released

September 1982

Genre

Country

Length

33:10

Label

Elektra/Curb

Hank Williams Jr. chronology

High Notes
(1982)

Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits
(1982)

Strong Stuff
(1983)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American country music artist Hank Williams Jr. The album features ten tracks, nine of which are singles originally released from the studio albums Family Tradition, Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound, Habits Old and New, Rowdy and The Pressure Is On. The only original single from the album was "The American Dream", which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The album peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart^[2] and was released by Elektra/Curb Records in September 1982. The album has been Williams' most commercially successful album to date, having been certified 5× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA by 2003.^[3] It has sold 3,383,800 copies in the US as of November 2016 in the SoundScan era when sales figure began to be tracked starting 1991.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Hank Williams Jr. except where indicated.

"Family Tradition" – 4:02
"Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound" – 3:08
"Women I've Never Had" – 2:51
"Old Habits" – 3:02
"Kaw-Liga" (Fred Rose, Hank Williams) – 4:23
"Dixie on My Mind" – 2:39
"Texas Women" – 2:26
"The American Dream" – 2:15
"A Country Boy Can Survive" – 4:15
"All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)" – 3:54

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	5
U.S. Billboard 200	135

References

↑ Owens, Thom. "Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits review". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
↑ "Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
↑ "American album certifications – Hank Williams Jr – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
↑ Bjorke, Matt (November 2, 2016). "Special Report: Catalog Country Album Sales: October 2, 2016". Roughstock.

Hank Williams Jr.

Studio albums	Your Cheatin' Heart Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. Sing Great Country Favorites Ballads of the Hills and Plains Blues My Name A Time to Sing Songs My Father Left Me Luke the Drifter Jr. Vol. 2 Live at Cobo Hall After You, Pride's Not Hard to Swallow Hank Williams Jr. and Friends Family Tradition Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound Habits Old and New Rowdy The Pressure Is On High Notes Strong Stuff Man of Steel Major Moves Five-O Montana Cafe Hank Live Born to Boogie Wild Streak Lone Wolf Pure Hank Maverick Out of Left Field Hog Wild A.K.A. Wham Bam Sam Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts Stormy The Almeria Club Recordings I'm One of You 127 Rose Avenue It's About Time

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Fourteen Greatest Hits Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 America (The Way I See It) The Best of Hank Williams Jr. Volume One: Roots and Branches Tribute to My Father 20 Hits Special Collection, Vol. 1 Early Years, Vol. 1 Early Years, Vol. 2 The Bocephus Box That's How They Do It in Dixie: The Essential Collection

Notable singles	"Long Gone Lonesome Blues" "Nobody's Child" "All for the Love of Sunshine" "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" (with Lois Johnson) "Eleven Roses" "Rainy Night in Georgia" "I'll Think of Something" "I Fought the Law" "To Love Somebody" "Family Tradition" "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound" "Women I've Never Had" "Kaw-Liga" "Old Habits" "Texas Women" "Dixie on My Mind" "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)" "A Country Boy Can Survive" "Honky Tonkin'" "The American Dream" "Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight" "Leave Them Boys Alone" (with Ernest Tubb and Waylon Jennings) "Queen of My Heart" "Man of Steel" "Attitude Adjustment" "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" "Major Moves" "I'm for Love" "This Ain't Dallas" "Ain't Misbehavin'" "Country State of Mind" "Mind Your Own Business" (with Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Reverend Ike and Willie Nelson) "Born to Boogie" "Heaven Can't Be Found" "Young Country" "If the South Woulda Won" "Early in the Morning and Late at Night" "There's a Tear in My Beer" (with Hank Williams Sr.) "Finders Are Keepers" "Ain't Nobody's Business" "Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'" "I Mean I Love You" "If It Will, It Will" "Devil in the Bottle" "Are You Ready for the Country?" (with Eric Church)

Guest singles	"The Conversation" (with Waylon Jennings) "Bartender Song (Sittin' at a Bar)" (with Rehab)

Family	Hank Williams Audrey Williams Jett Williams Hank Williams III Holly Williams

Related articles	Discography MGM Records Elektra Records Warner Bros. Records Curb Records Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story

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