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Greatest hits album by Billy Joel
Released July 1, 1985
Recorded 1973–1985
Genre Rock
Length 87:12 (LP/Cassette)
1:53:45 (CD)
1:57:38 (2017)
Label Family Productions/Columbia
Producer Michael Stewart, Billy Joel, Phil Ramone
Billy Joel chronology
An Innocent Man
(1983) Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II
(1985) The Bridge
(1986)

Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II is the first greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on July 1, 1985.[4] The album has been certified double diamond by the RIAA, selling over 11.5 million copies (23 million units) as sixth most certified album of all time in the US.[5] The album includes hits from 1973 to 1985 in chronological order with one exception. Some foreign pressings include `Honesty` in place of `Don`t Ask Me Why`.[6]

The compilation includes two previously unreleased tracks, `You`re Only Human (Second Wind)` and `The Night Is Still Young`. These two songs were also available as singles and, in 1989, on the 5-disc box set Souvenir: The Ultimate Collection which included the entire Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II.[7] `You`re Only Human (Second Wind)` later featured on the compilation The Ultimate Collection released in 2000, and on disc 15, Collected Additional Masters, of The Complete Albums Collection box set, released in 2011. `The Night Is Still Young` was also included on that same disc 15. Contrary to some sources, the sax solo on `New York State of Mind` was never re-recorded by Phil Woods for the release of Greatest Hits. The only time that Phil Woods performed on a Billy Joel recording was the song `Just the Way You Are` in 1977.

Twelve years later, this compilation was followed by Greatest Hits Volume III (1997) which included hits from 1983 to 1997. Chronologically, Greatest Hits Volume III continues from where Volume II left off.

Disc one
No. Title Original album Length
1. `Piano Man` Piano Man 5:36
2. `Captain Jack` Piano Man 7:15
3. `The Entertainer` Streetlife Serenade, 1974 3:38
4. `Say Goodbye to Hollywood` (Live edited version) Songs in the Attic; originally from Turnstiles 3:54
5. `New York State of Mind` Turnstiles 6:02
6. `The Stranger` The Stranger 5:07
7. `Scenes from an Italian Restaurant` The Stranger 7:33
8. `Just the Way You Are` (Radio edit) The Stranger 3:36
9. `Movin` Out (Anthony`s Song)` The Stranger 3:28
10. `Only the Good Die Young` The Stranger 3:53
11. `She`s Always a Woman` The Stranger 3:17
Total length: 53:19
Disc two
No. Title Original album Length
1. `My Life` (Radio edit) 52nd Street 3:51
2. `Big Shot` (Radio edit) 52nd Street 3:43
3. `You May Be Right` Glass Houses 4:09
4. `It`s Still Rock and Roll to Me` Glass Houses 2:54
5. `Don`t Ask Me Why` Glass Houses 2:57
6. `She`s Got a Way` (Live version) Songs in the Attic; originally from Cold Spring Harbor, 1971 3:00
7. `Pressure` (Radio edit) The Nylon Curtain 3:15
8. `Allentown` The Nylon Curtain 3:48
9. `Goodnight Saigon` The Nylon Curtain 7:00
10. `Tell Her About It` (Radio edit) An Innocent Man 3:35
11. `Uptown Girl` An Innocent Man 3:15
12. `The Longest Time` An Innocent Man 3:36
13. `You`re Only Human (Second Wind)` Previously unreleased 4:48
14. `The Night Is Still Young` Previously unreleased 5:28
Total length: 55:19