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Greatest Hits 1974–78
Greatest Hits 1974–78
	Cover art by Kelley and Mouse
Greatest hits album by Steve Miller Band
Released	November 1978
Recorded	1973–1977
Genre	Rock
Length	43:21
Label	Capitol (US) Mercury (Europe)
Producer	Steve Miller
Steve Miller Band chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	A−^[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]

Greatest Hits 1974–78 is a compilation album by the Steve Miller Band released in November 1978, presenting the band's hits from 1973–1977.

Content

The album features the title track from 1973's The Joker plus 13 tracks taken from Fly Like an Eagle (1976) and Book of Dreams (1977). As a sign of the album-oriented rock times, all but one track came from their last two albums even though they had eleven studio albums at the time. The shorter 7-inch single versions of "Jet Airliner", "Swingtown", "The Joker", and "Fly Like an Eagle" are featured on this compilation.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Miller, except where noted.

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Release	Length
1.	"Swingtown"	Steve Miller Chris McCarty	1977 ~ Book of Dreams	3:27
2.	"Jungle Love"	Lonnie Turner Greg Douglass	1977 ~ Book of Dreams	3:02
3.	"Take The Money and Run"		1976 ~ Fly Like An Eagle	2:48
4.	"Rock'n Me"		1976 ~ Fly Like An Eagle	3:05
5.	"Serenade"	Miller Chris McCarty	1976 ~ Fly Like An Eagle	3:10
6.	"True Fine Love"		1977 ~ Book of Dreams	2:38
7.	"The Stake"	David Denny	1977 ~ Book of Dreams	3:55

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Release	Length
8.	"The Joker"	Miller Eddie Curtis Ahmet Ertegun	1973 ~ The Joker	3:36
9.	"Fly Like an Eagle"		1976 ~ Fly Like An Eagle	3:00
10.	"Threshold"	Miller Byron Allred	1977 ~ Book of Dreams	1:04
11.	"Jet Airliner"	Paul Pena	1977 ~ Book of Dreams	3:20
12.	"Dance, Dance, Dance"	Miller Joseph Cooper Brenda Cooper	1976 ~ Fly Like An Eagle	2:16
13.	"Winter Time"		1977 ~ Book of Dreams	3:09
14.	"Wild Mountain Honey"	Steve McCarty	1976 ~ Fly Like An Eagle	4:50

A later U.S. reissue cassette version of the album manufactured by Capitol Records omits four of the above tracks: "Serenade" and "The Stake" on side A, and "Threshold" and "Dance, Dance, Dance" from Side B; the order of the tracks remains the same.

All selections published by Sailor Music, except "The Joker" by Sailor Music/Unichappel Music, Inc. and "Jet Airliner" by Sailor Music/No Thought Music.^[4]

Personnel

Steve Miller – synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, vocals, producer, compilation producer
David Denny – guitar, rhythm guitar
Greg Douglass – guitar, slide guitar
John McFee – Dobro
Bob Glaub – bass guitar
Gerald Johnson – bass guitar
Lonnie Turner – bass guitar
Byron Allred – synthesizer, piano, keyboards
Joachim Jymm Young – Hammond organ
Dickie Thompson – organ, clavinet
Norton Buffalo – harmonica on tracks 7 and 13
John King – drums
Gary Mallaber – percussion, drums

Production

Roberta Ballard – production manager
Mike Fusaro – engineer
Jim Gaines – engineer, mixing
Gene Hicks – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
Steve Hoffman – remastering
Win Kutz – mixing assistant
Marcia McGovern – pre-production
John Palladino – executive producer
Jay Ranellucci – engineer, mixing

Artwork and design^[5]

Kelley and Mouse – Cover illustration & design
Sam Shepard – cover lettering
David Stahl – photography
John Van Hamersveld – design

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1978–2019)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[6]	18
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[7]	11

Year-end charts

Chart (2019)	Position
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[8]	54
Chart (2020)	Position
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[9]	42
Chart (2021)	Position
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[10]	49

Certification


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[11]	Diamond	1,000,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[12]	15× Platinum	15,000,000^‡
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.