Hot Potatoes: The Best of Devo

Greatest hits album by Devo

Released

1993

Genre

Brian Eno, Ken Scott, Robert Margouleff, Roy Thomas Baker, Devo

Devo chronology

DEVO Live: The Mongoloid Years
(1992)

Hot Potatoes: The Best of Devo
(1993)

Adventures of the Smart Patrol
(1996)

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Hot Potatoes: The Best of Devo is a compilation of songs by American new wave band Devo, released in 1993. It was released in the United Kingdom by Virgin Records as a British equivalent to the American compilation Greatest Hits. Virgin omitted "Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA" and "Here to Go (Go Mix)" from the American running order and added the singles "Mongoloid," "Be Stiff," "Secret Agent Man" and "The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize," as well as an exclusive remix of "Whip It."

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale, except where noted.

"Jocko Homo" (from Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!) (Mark Mothersbaugh) – 3:37
"Mongoloid" (from Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!) (Gerald V. Casale) – 3:44
"Satisfaction (I Can't Get No)" (from Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!) (Mick Jagger. Keith Richards) – 2:40
"Whip It" (from Freedom of Choice) – 2:39
"Girl U Want" (from Freedom of Choice) – 2:57
"Freedom of Choice" (from Freedom of Choice) – 3:28
"Peek-a-Boo!" (from Oh, No! It's Devo) – 3:03
"Through Being Cool" (from New Traditionalists) (Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, Bob Mothersbaugh) – 3:12
"That's Good" (from Oh, No! It's Devo) – 3:25
"Working in the Coal Mine" (7" single included with New Traditionalists) (Allen Toussaint) – 2:49
"Devo Corporate Anthem" (from Duty Now for the Future) (Mark Mothersbaugh) – 1:14
"Be Stiff" – 2:35 (7" single) (Gerald Casale, Bob Lewis)
"Gates of Steel" (from Freedom of Choice) (Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, Sue Schmidt, Debbie Smith) – 3:28
"Come Back Jonee" (from Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!) – 3:23
"Secret Agent Man" (from Duty Now for the Future) (Steve Barri, P.F. Sloan) – 3:36
"The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize" (from Duty Now for the Future) – 2:42
"Beautiful World" (from New Traditionalists) – 3:33
"Big Mess" (from Oh, No! It's Devo) – 2:46
"Whip It (HMS & M Mix)" (Remixed by Psychoslaphead. Original version from Freedom of Choice.) – 7:41

Devo

Gerald Casale Mark Mothersbaugh Bob Mothersbaugh Josh Freese Josh Hager Bob Casale Alan Myers Jim Mothersbaugh Bob Lewis Fred Weber Rod Reisman David Kendrick Jeff Friedl

Studio albums	Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978) Duty Now for the Future (1979) Freedom of Choice (1980) New Traditionalists (1981) Oh, No! It's Devo (1982) Shout (1984) Total Devo (1988) Smooth Noodle Maps (1990) Something for Everybody (2010)

Live albums	Now It Can Be Told: DEVO at the Palace (1989) DEVO Live: The Mongoloid Years (1992) DEV-O Live (1999) Live in Central Park (2004) Devo Live 1980 (2005) New Traditionalists – Live in Seattle 1981 (2012) Miracle Witness Hour (2014) Hardcore Devo Live! (2015)

Compilation albums	E-Z Listening Disc (1987) Devo's Greatest Hits (1990) Devo's Greatest Misses (1990) Hardcore Devo: Volume One (1990) Hardcore Devo: Volume Two (1991) Hot Potatoes: The Best of Devo (1993) Adventures of the Smart Patrol (1996) Pioneers Who Got Scalped (2000) Recombo DNA (2000) This Is the Devo Box (2008) Something Else for Everybody (2013) Social Fools: The Virgin Singles 1978 - 1982 (2015)

EPs	B Stiff EP (1977) Mechanical Man EP (1978) DEV-O Live (1981) Theme from Doctor Detroit (1983) Watch Us Work It (2008) Song Study (2010)

Singles	"Mongoloid" "Jocko Homo" "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" "Be Stiff" "Come Back Jonee" "The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize" "Secret Agent Man" "Girl U Want" "Whip It" "Gates of Steel" "Freedom of Choice" "Through Being Cool" "Beautiful World" "Working in the Coal Mine" "Peek-a-Boo!" "That's Good" "Patterns" "Are You Experienced?" "Here to Go" "Shout" "Baby Doll" "Disco Dancer" "Stuck in a Loop" "Post-Post Modern Man" "Watch Us Work It" "Fresh" "Don't Shoot (I'm a Man)" "What We Do" "Monsterman" "Don't Roof-Rack Me, Bro"

Home video releases	The Men Who Make the Music Human Highway We're All Devo The Complete Truth About De-Evolution Devo Live Devo Live in the Land of the Rising Sun Devo Live 1980 Hardcore Devo Live!

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