ELO's Greatest Hits

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The album sleeve art features a letter written by the band's co-founder and leader, Jeff Lynne, describing the '73–'78 period and the recording of each of the songs.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jeff Lynne.

Side one

#	Title	Album	Length
1	"Evil Woman" (Single version)	Face the Music (1975)	4:10
2	"Livin' Thing"	A New World Record (1976)	3:31
3	"Can't Get It Out of My Head"	Eldorado (1974)	4:22
4	"Showdown" (U.S. single edit)	On the Third Day (U.S.) (1973) Showdown (UK) (1974)	3:51
5	"Turn to Stone"	Out of the Blue (1977)	3:48
6	"Rockaria!"	A New World Record (1976)	3:12

Side two

#	Title	Album	Length
1	"Sweet Talkin' Woman"	Out of the Blue (1977)	3:47
2	"Telephone Line"	A New World Record (1976)	4:37
3	"Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" (Single edit)	On the Third Day (1973)	3:35
4	"Strange Magic" (UK single version)	Face the Music (1975)	4:07
5	"Mr. Blue Sky"	Out of the Blue (1977)	5:05

Personnel

• Jeff Lynne – vocals, guitars
• Bev Bevan – drums, percussion
• Richard Tandy – keyboards
• Mike de Albuquerque – bass (to 1974)
• Kelly Groucutt – bass, vocals (1974 onwards)
• Mik Kaminski – violin
• Mike Edwards – cello (to 1974)
• Melvyn Gale – cello (1975 onwards)
• Hugh McDowell – cello
• Wilfred Gibson – violin on "Showdown" and "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"
• Colin Walker – cello on "Showdown" and "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"
• Marc Bolan – guitar on "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (1979–1980)	Peak position
Argentinian Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	7
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name="auchart">Template:Cite book</ref>	1
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	28

Year-end charts

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Chart (1980)	Position