The album reached No. 1 on both the Pop and Country charts in the US and featured three singles that were not included on any of Rogers' studio albums: "
Lady" (written and produced specifically for Rogers by
Lionel Richie, which was a No. 1 hit single in the same year), "Love The World Away" (a top five country and top 20 pop hit that was featured on the soundtrack of the 1980 film
Urban Cowboy) and "Long Arm of the Law" (a lesser known, but still relatively popular song among Rogers' loyal fan base). The album features a further nine hit singles from Rogers' career, omitting a number of others (including "Daytime Friends", "Sweet Music Man" and "Love or Something Like It"). This didn't stop the album from being a massive success and confirmed Rogers' status as one of the most best-selling musicians in the US. It remains the best selling compilation release in country music, beating out
Garth Brooks' 1994 limited-time-availability release
The Hits. In the UK, the album was sold with the same artwork under the title
Lady but differed slightly in the track listing, omitting "
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" and "
Reuben James" in favor of "
Goodbye Marie" and "
Sail Away". The album is not the only Kenny Rogers release to be called
Greatest Hits. In 1971, while with
The First Edition, an album under that title was released. Since 1980, many other collections by Rogers have been called
Greatest Hits, such as a 1985
Reader's Digest box set and the
1988 collection of his
RCA material. However, this 1980 collection on Liberty was the first solo offering by Rogers to be given this designation. In 1983, when Rogers changed labels to
RCA Records, Liberty quickly issued
20 Greatest Hits, a more complete look at Rogers' hit list. However, both albums remained in catalog side by side for over two decades. Also in 1983,
HBO re-released the
Greatest Hits package on special picture discs. The track listing remained identical to the 1980 US release. In the UK, where both 1981's "Lady" and the earlier
The Kenny Rogers Singles Album had served as the two main compilations of Rogers' hit material, the original 1980 US version of this album was issued under its original title of "Greatest Hits" for the first time in 1983, exclusively on the new
Compact Disc format. ==Track listings==