Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates

Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates
Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates
Greatest hits album by Daryl Hall & John Oates
Released	March 16, 2004
Recorded	1973–2002
Genre	Pop rock
Length	156:00
Label	BMG Heritage
Daryl Hall & John Oates chronology
Reissue cover
	The Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates cover (2005)

Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates is a 2004 two-CD compilation album by Daryl Hall & John Oates, released by Sony BMG on their Heritage label. It charted at No. 63 on the Billboard 200, remaining in the charts for three weeks.^[2] The album was reissued the following year as The Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates. In 2009, Essential was reissued with a bonus disc as a limited edition.

ReleasedMarch 16, 2004

Recorded1973–2002

GenrePop rock

Length156:00

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"She's Gone"	Daryl Hall John Oates	Abandoned Luncheonette, 1973	5:16
2.	"Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)"	Oates	Abandoned Luncheonette	2:59
3.	"When the Morning Comes"	Hall	Abandoned Luncheonette	3:13
4.	"Camellia"	Oates	Daryl Hall & John Oates, 1975	2:49
5.	"Sara Smile"	Hall Oates	Daryl Hall & John Oates	3:09
6.	"Do What You Want, Be What You Are"	Hall Oates	Bigger Than Both of Us, 1976	4:35
7.	"Rich Girl"	Hall	Bigger Than Both of Us	2:25
8.	"Back Together Again"	Oates	Bigger Than Both of Us	3:27
9.	"It's a Laugh" (single version)	Hall	Along the Red Ledge, 1978	3:46
10.	"I Don't Wanna Lose You"	Hall Oates	Along the Red Ledge	3:48
11.	"Wait for Me"	Hall	X-Static, 1979	4:03
12.	"How Does It Feel to Be Back"	Oates	Voices, 1980	4:35
13.	"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"	Barry Mann Phil Spector Cynthia Weil	Voices	4:37
14.	"Kiss on My List"	Hall Janna Allen	Voices	4:26
15.	"You Make My Dreams"	Hall Oates Sara Allen	Voices	3:10
16.	"Everytime You Go Away"	Hall	Voices	5:24
17.	"Private Eyes"	Hall J. Allen S. Allen Warren Pash	Private Eyes, 1981	3:37
18.	"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"	Hall Oates S. Allen	Private Eyes	5:08
19.	"Did It in a Minute"	Hall J. Allen S. Allen	Private Eyes	3:37
20.	"Your Imagination"	Hall	Private Eyes	3:33

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"Maneater"	Hall Oates S. Allen	H₂O, 1982	4:32
2.	"One on One"	Hall	H₂O	4:17
3.	"Family Man"	Tim Cross Rick Fenn Mike Frye Mike Oldfield Morris Pert Maggie Reilly	H₂O	3:27
4.	"Say It Isn't So"	Hall	Rock 'n Soul Part 1, 1983	4:17
5.	"Adult Education" (promotional 12" version)	Hall Oates S. Allen	Rock 'n Soul Part 1	4:34
6.	"Out of Touch" (single version)	Hall Oates	Big Bam Boom, 1984	4:08
7.	"Method of Modern Love"	Hall J. Allen	Big Bam Boom	5:32
8.	"Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid"	Hall	Big Bam Boom	5:25
9.	"Possession Obsession" (single version)	Hall Oates S. Allen	Big Bam Boom	4:07
10.	"Everything Your Heart Desires"	Hall	Ooh Yeah!, 1988	5:01
11.	"Missed Opportunity"	Hall Oates S. Allen	Ooh Yeah!	4:47
12.	"Downtown Life"	Hall Oates S. Allen Rick Iantosca	Ooh Yeah!	4:28
13.	"So Close"	Hall George Green Jon Bon Jovi Danny Kortchmar	Change of Season, 1990	4:41
14.	"Don't Hold Back Your Love"	Gerald O'Brien Richard Page, David Tyson	Change of Season	5:14
15.	"Starting All Over Again"	Phillip A. Mitchell	Change of Season	4:08
16.	"Promise Ain't Enough"	Hall Oates Porter Howell Dwayne O'Brien	Marigold Sky, 1997	5:47
17.	"Do It for Love"	Hall Oates Billy Mann Paul Pesco	VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection, 2002	3:58

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart?"	Hall S. Allen	Beauty on a Back Street, 1977	3:15
2.	"The Last Time"	Hall	Along the Red Ledge	2:53
3.	"Halfway There"	Hall	Change of Season	5:32
4.	"Guessing Games"	Hall J. Allen	H₂O	3:17
5.	"Running from Paradise"	Hall S. Allen	X-Static	6:36
6.	"All American Girl"	Hall Oates S. Allen	Big Bam Boom	4:28
7.	"Someone Like You" (Daryl Hall solo)	Hall	Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine, 1986	5:30

Chart (2004)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	63
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	98

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[5]	Gold	100,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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