The Ultimate Collection is the second greatest hits

Greatest hits

A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

 album released by pop

Pop music

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 group

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 Steps. This is the first greatest hits album to be released since the band's split in 2001. The release of the album coincides with the reformation of the band for a documentary.

The band's first recording in ten years, a cover of the Abba

Abba

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 hit "Dancing Queen

Dancing Queen

"Dancing Queen" is a pop song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in August 1976, but was first performed two months earlier, on 18 June 1976, during a Royal Variety Show in Stockholm the evening before the Swedish royal wedding. It was the follow-up single to the hit "Fernando"...

" has been recorded for inclusion.

Album information

The tracklisting takes the single release order and is similar to the 2001 Gold: Greatest Hits compilation. However, The Ultimate Collection includes the singles "I Know Him So Well" and "You'll Be Sorry", not featured on Gold but excludes the single "Words Are Not Enough" (although the music video is included on the DVD edition).

A re-recorded version of ABBA

ABBA

ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

's "Dancing Queen

Dancing Queen

"Dancing Queen" is a pop song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in August 1976, but was first performed two months earlier, on 18 June 1976, during a Royal Variety Show in Stockholm the evening before the Swedish royal wedding. It was the follow-up single to the hit "Fernando"...

" will feature as a bonus track. The group did initially record a cover version of this track in 1999, but the version featured here is a newly recorded version. The deluxe edition of the album will also be released including a DVD containing all of Steps' music videos and a live recording of "I Know Him So Well" from the Abbamania TV Special.

The standard version of the album featured a black cover with, while the deluxe edition has a white cover and both have a cardboard sleeve surrounding the jewel case. Steps have signed the booklets on both CD and deluxe editions.

In its first week of release The Ultimate Collection sold 34,200 copies entering the chart at no.1.

CD

1. 5,6,7,8
   5,6,7,8
   "5, 6, 7, 8" was the first single released by the British pop group, Steps. The verses are performed by Lee, Lisa performed the middle 8, while the rest of the group join in for the choruses. It coincided with a minor line dancing craze in the UK at the time....
   
    (Upton/Crosby) – 3:21
2. Last Thing on My Mind
   Last Thing on My Mind
   "Last Thing on My Mind" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. The song is featured on their album Please Yourself and was released as the album's second single in the UK in 1992. It was produced by Mike Stock and Pete Waterman, two-thirds of the Stock Aitken Waterman ...
   
    (Stock/Waterman/Dallin/Woodward) – 3:04
3. One for Sorrow (Topham/Twigg/Ellington) – 4:21
4. Heartbeat
   Heartbeat (Steps song)
   "Heartbeat / Tragedy" was the fourth single released by British pop group Steps. "Heartbeat", written by Jackie James was the first ballad released as a single by the group...
   
    (Jackie James) – 4:23
5. Tragedy
   Tragedy (song)
   "Tragedy" is a song recorded by the Bee Gees, included on their 1979 album Spirits Having Flown. The single reached number one in the UK in February 1979 and repeated the feat the following month on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100...
   
    (Gibb, Gibb, Gibb
   Bee Gees
   The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...
   
   ) – 4:30
6. Better Best Forgotten
   Better Best Forgotten
   "Better Best Forgotten" is a song by Steps, released on 8 March 1999 - only a month before the ABBA tribute single "Thank ABBA for the Music" was released.-Music video:...
   
    (Frampton/Waterman
   Pete Waterman
   Peter Alan Waterman OBE is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting team he wrote and produced many hit singles...
   
   ) – 3:42
7. Love's Got a Hold on My Heart
   Love's Got a Hold on My Heart
   "Love's Got a Hold on My Heart" is a song by Steps, which became a hit in the United Kingdom. It was actually written in 1991 by Pete Waterman but never surfaced as a single until Steps released it eight years later in 1999.-Music video:...
   
    (Frampton/Waterman) – 3:19
8. After the Love Has Gone
   After the Love Has Gone (Steps song)
   "After the Love Has Gone" is a song by Steps, released as their seventh single, and the third from their second album Steptacular.-Music video:...
   
    (Topham/Twigg/Ellington) – 4:34
9. Say You'll Be Mine (Frampton/Waterman) – 3:31
10. Better the Devil You Know
    Better the Devil You Know
    "Better the Devil You Know" is a dance-pop song written by Stock, Aitken & Waterman for Kylie Minogue's third studio album Rhythm of Love.-Background:...
    
     (Stock/Aitken/Waterman
    Stock Aitken Waterman
    Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...
    
    ) – 3:48
11. Deeper Shade of Blue
    Deeper Shade of Blue
    "Deeper Shade of Blue" is a song by British group Steps, released as the band's ninth single. The song is an uptempo pop song about the darker side of life and an attempt to break free. It was the fifth song to be released from the group's second album Steptacular...
    
     (Radio Edit) (Topham/Twigg) – 3:44
12. When I Said Goodbye
    When I Said Goodbye
    "When I Said Goodbye"/"Summer of Love" is a double A-side single, the tenth single released by Steps. "When I Said Goodbye" is a ballad taken from the album Steptacular, while "Summer of Love" is a previously unavailable track. The latter is a Latino-flavoured uptempo pop song, which later appeared...
    
     (Topham/Twigg) – 3:32
13. Summer Of Love
    Summer of Love
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     (Topham/Twigg) – 3:51
14. Stomp
    Stomp (Steps song)
    "Stomp" is a song by Steps, released as a hit single, which became the group's second and last single to hit #1 on the UK charts. Debuting at #1 and spending 11 weeks on the British charts, this disco-esque song was later released in Australia, Japan, and Europe...
    
     (Topham/Twigg/Campbell) – 3:21
15. It's the Way You Make Me Feel
    It's the Way You Make Me Feel
    "It's The Way You Make Me Feel" is a song by Steps, released as their twelfth single. It is the fourth song to be released from their third album Buzz. The single's b-side, a cover of Marvin Gaye's "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby", was taken from the Motown Mania compilation...
    
     (J. Elofssen) – 3:16
16. Here And Now
    Here and Now / You'll Be Sorry
    "Here and Now"/"You'll Be Sorry" was the 13th single released by Steps, a pop group from the UK. It was their fourth double A-side release. Both tracks are taken from their third album, Buzz. It was released 28 May 2001...
    
     (Album Version) (A. Carlsson/A. Thomson) – 3:44
17. You'll Be Sorry
    Here and Now / You'll Be Sorry
    "Here and Now"/"You'll Be Sorry" was the 13th single released by Steps, a pop group from the UK. It was their fourth double A-side release. Both tracks are taken from their third album, Buzz. It was released 28 May 2001...
    
     (Album Version) (Topham/Twigg) – 4:05
18. Chain Reaction
    Chain Reaction (song)
    "Chain Reaction" is a melodic Pop song, sung by Diana Ross, written by the Bee Gees, who also provided the backing vocals for the single. The track was released on the album Eaten Alive in 1985 and as a single twice - in 1985 and again in 1986....
    
     (Gibb, Gibb, Gibb) – 3:56
19. I Know Him So Well
    I Know Him So Well
    "I Know Him So Well" is a song from the concept album and subsequent musical Chess by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. In this duet, two women – Svetlana, the Russian chess champion's estranged wife, and Florence, his mistress – express their bittersweet feelings for him and at seeing...
    
     (Andersson/Rice/Ulvaeus) – 4:15
20. Dancing Queen
    Dancing Queen
    "Dancing Queen" is a pop song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in August 1976, but was first performed two months earlier, on 18 June 1976, during a Royal Variety Show in Stockholm the evening before the Swedish royal wedding. It was the follow-up single to the hit "Fernando"...
    
     (Bonus Track) (Andersson/Ulvaeus/Anderson) – 3:25

DVD

1. "5, 6, 7, 8"
2. "Last Thing on My Mind"
3. "One for Sorrow"
4. "Heartbeat"
5. "Tragedy"
6. "Better Best Forgotten"
7. "Love's Got a Hold on My Heart"
8. "After the Love Has Gone"
9. "Say You'll Be Mine"
10. "Better the Devil You Know"
11. "Deeper Shade of Blue"
12. "When I Said Goodbye"
13. "Summer of Love"
14. "Stomp"
15. "It's the Way You Make Me Feel"
16. "Here and Now"
17. "You'll Be Sorry"
18. "Chain Reaction"
19. "Words Are Not Enough"
20. "I Know Him So Well"

Chart positions

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...	13
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	1

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	October 10, 2011	CD/DVD/Digital Download	Sony Music