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Most Wanted: The Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by British-Irish boy band the Wanted, released on 12 November 2021 by Island Records. It marks their first album release in eight years, following the band going on an hiatus after the release of their third studio album Word of Mouth (2013). The album was supported by its lead single "Rule the World".

Most Wanted: The Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by the Wanted
Released	12 November 2021 (2021-11-12)
Length	67:00
Label	Island
The Wanted chronology
Word of Mouth (2013) Most Wanted: The Greatest Hits (2021)
Singles from Most Wanted: The Greatest Hits
"Rule the World" Released: 13 October 2021

The standard edition of the album contains 15 tracks, including their UK number ones "All Time Low" and "Glad You Came", all the group's singles, with the exception of "Glow in the Dark", "Could This Be Love", an album track from Word of Mouth and the group's most streamed non single, and two new tracks. The deluxe edition contains five newly recorded acoustic versions of songs off the album, including a cover of "Remember" by Becky Hill and David Guetta, while the extended deluxe contains a cover of "Stay Another Day" by East 17 and an alternative edit and the Shane Codd remix of "Rule the World".[1][2]

To promote the album, the group performed on Good Morning America and toured in March 2022 in the United Kingdom in support of the album and the group's reunion, with the opening act being English singer and television presenter Hrvy.[3] Most Wanted was the group's final album to feature Tom Parker, who died in 2022.

Tour

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Date	City	Country	Venue
Most Wanted: The Greatest Hits Tour[4]
3 March 2022	Glasgow	Scotland	OVO Hydro
4 March 2022	Newcastle	England	Utilita Arena
5 March 2022	Leeds		First Direct Arena
7 March 2022	Bournemouth		Bournemouth International Centre
8 March 2022	Brighton		Brighton Centre
9 March 2022	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff International Arena
11 March 2022	Nottingham	England	Motorpoint Arena
12 March 2022	Birmingham		Utilita Arena
13 March 2022	Manchester		AO Arena
15 March 2022	London		The O2 Arena
16 March 2022	Hull		Bonus Arena
17 March 2022	Liverpool		M&S Bank Arena

Set list:[5]

1. "All Time Low"
2. "Lightning"
3. "Lose My Mind"
4. Medley:
   1. "Behind Bars"
   2. "Say It On The Radio"
   3. "Replace Your Heart"
   4. "Rocket"
   5. "Demons"
   6. "In The Middle"
5. "Colours"
6. "I Found You"
7. "Heart Vacancy"
8. "Could this Be Love"
9. "Warzone"
10. "Show Me Love (America)"
11. "Rule The World"
12. "Walks Like Rihanna"
13. "Chasing The Sun"
14. "We Own The Night"
15. "Gold Forever"
16. "Glad You Came"

Background and release

The Wanted released their third studio album Word of Mouth (2013). The album received mixed reviews from music critics, and performed moderately on charts, peaking at 9 on the UK Albums Chart and 17 on the US Billboard 200. The album was supported by their Word of Mouth World Tour, their debut concert tour in 2014. Before the tour began, the band announced on their website that they'll be taking a break following the tour.[6]

On 8 September 2021, after seven years of their hiatus, The Wanted reunited after releasing a new "Wanted Wednesday" episode, and later announced the album.[7][8] They originally planned to reunite to celebrate their 10th anniversary in 2020, however, it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and band member Tom Parker's brain tumor diagnosis in August 2020.

Promotion

Singles

On 7 October 2021, The band announced the album's lead single "Rule the World" would be released on 13 October 2021 at 8AM BST, with a music video was released on the same day.[9][10] Following its release, the song failed to impact any charts, only peaking at 24 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.

Promotional singles

An acoustic cover of "Remember" by Becky Hill and David Guetta was released as the first promotional single off the album. "Colours" was released on 10 November 2021 as the second promotional single off the album, with a lyric video released on the same day. A cover of "Stay Another Day" by East 17 was released as the third promotional single off the album.

Most Wanted The Greatest Hits Tour

Following the group's reunion announcement, the group announced they will be on tour in the United Kingdom in March 2022 in support of the album, with tickets going up for sale on 17 September 2021.[11] It is set to be their first concert in seven years, following the Word of Mouth World Tour in 2014.

Other promotion

The group performed on group member Tom Parker's Inside My Head concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 20 September 2021,[12] and also announced that they will do some album live shows during the month on November.[13]

Track listing

Notes

• Tracks 3-15 are noted as "2021 Remaster".
• The vinyl version of the album excludes "Could This Be Love".[14]
• The band member cassette versions of the album have "Rule the World" and "Colours" as tracks 14 and 15 respectively.[15]

Charts

Chart performance for Most Wanted: The Greatest Hits

Chart (2021)	Peak position
Irish Albums (OCC)[16]	37
UK Albums (OCC)[17]	8

References

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