"The Very Best Of The Smiths"
4 June 2001
Panic
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (single mix)
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Ask (single version, slightly longer)
Bigmouth Strikes Again
How Soon Is Now?
This Charming Man
What Difference Does It Make?
William, It Was Really Nothing
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Girlfriend In A Coma
Hand In Glove(John Porter version)
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
I Know It's Over
Sheila Take A Bow
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
Still Ill
Shakespeare's Sister
Shoplifters Of The World Unite
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (edit)
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
Argentina CD [Warner Music Argentina 88948-2]
Australia CD [WEA 88948-2]
Europe CD [WEA 88948-2]
Japan CD [WEA WPCR-13036]
Taiwan CD [Warner Music Taiwan 0010072]

 

Additional information:
This is more or less the "Singles" album repackaged with five more tracks after the latter compilation went out of print in Europe and other WEA territories.

 

Artwork information:
Cover artist is Charles Hawtrey star of many Carry On films.

 

Additional release date information:
Australia: 1 October 2001
Japan: 8 March 2006

 

Chart peak information:
UK: 31
(reentered chart in June 2003 and reached #90)

 

Certifications:
UK: Gold UK on 16 January 2004

 

Promotion:
UK: A 30 second television ad was dispatched to the relevant stations to promote this album.

Europe: Stock cds with a promo sticker on the back were used to promote the album in certain countries, perhaps the UK or Germany.

Mexico: "Panic" was included on a various artists promo cd distributed by WEA at the time of release of this compilation.