The Best Of (Motörhead album)

The Best Of
Greatest hits album by Motörhead
Released	26 August 2000
Recorded	1975–1999
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	147:06
Label	Metal-Is, Sanctuary
Motörhead chronology
Deaf Forever: The Best of Motörhead (2000) The Best Of (2000) Over the Top: The Rarities (2000)

The Best Of is a 2-CD compilation album by the band Motörhead, released in August 2000 on the Sanctuary Records subsidiary label Metal-Is.

Recording

The Best Of includes 37 Motörhead tracks spanning the band's career from 1977 to 2000, including four previously unreleased live tracks recorded in 1981. It also includes three non-Motörhead tracks: Girlschool's cover version of Motörhead's "Bomber", a cover version of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates' "Please Don't Touch" performed by the Motörhead/Girlschool collaboration Headgirl, and Hawkwind's original version of "Motörhead", the song from which Motörhead frontman Lemmy took the band's name after being fired from Hawkwind. 14 of Motörhead's then-16 studio albums are represented, with March ör Die (1992) and Bastards (1993) excluded.

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Track listing

Disc 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ace of Spades" (from Ace of Spades, 1980)	Lemmy Kilmister, Eddie Clarke, Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor	2:50
2.	"Overkill" (from Overkill, 1979)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor	5:14
3.	"Bomber" (from Bomber, 1979)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor	3:44
4.	"Please Don't Touch" (performed by Headgirl; originally performed by Johnny Kidd & The Pirates; from St. Valentine's Day Massacre, 1981)	Frederick Heath, Guy Robinson	2:52
5.	"Motörhead" (originally performed by Hawkwind; from Motörhead, 1977)	Kilmister	3:13
6.	"No Class" (from Overkill)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor	2:42
7.	"Louie Louie" (originally performed by Richard Berry; from "Louie Louie", 1978)	Richard Berry	2:54
8.	"Damage Case" (from Overkill)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor, Mick Farren	3:05
9.	"Too Late Too Late" (from Overkill)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor	3:26
10.	"Dead Men Tell No Tales" (from Bomber)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor	3:08
11.	"Killed by Death" (from No Remorse, 1984)	Kilmister, Michael Burston	3:56
12.	"Metropolis" (from Overkill)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor	3:37
13.	"Emergency" (originally performed by Girlschool; from St. Valentine's Day Massacre)	Kim McAuliffe, Kelly Johnson, Denise Dufort, Enid Williams	3:02
14.	"Tear Ya Down" (from Overkill)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor	2:42
15.	"White Line Fever" (from Motörhead)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor	2:46
16.	"Iron Horse/Born to Lose" (from Motörhead)	Taylor, Mick Brown, Guy Lawrence	5:22
17.	"City Kids" (originally performed by the Pink Fairies; from On Parole, 1979)	Duncan Sanderson, Larry Wallis	3:46
18.	"Motörhead" (performed by Hawkwind; from the "Kings of Speed" single, 1975)	Kilmister	3:06
19.	"Fire Fire" (Live in 1981)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor	2:47
20.	"Bite the Bullet/The Chase Is Better Than the Catch" (Live in 1981)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor	6:56
Total length:			71:08

Disc 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Iron Fist" (from Iron Fist, 1982)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor	2:56
2.	"Heart of Stone" (from Iron Fist)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor	3:05
3.	"Bomber" (performed by Girlschool; from St. Valentine's Day Massacre)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor	3:38
4.	"Shine" (from Another Perfect Day, 1983)	Kilmister, Brian Robertson, Taylor	3:12
5.	"I Got Mine" (from Another Perfect Day)	Kilmister, Robertson, Taylor	5:26
6.	"Ain't My Crime" (from Orgasmatron, 1986)	Kilmister, Burston, Pete Gill, Phil Campbell	3:46
7.	"Doctor Rock" (from Orgasmatron)	Kilmister, Burston, Gill, Campbell	3:42
8.	"The Chase Is Better Than the Catch" (from Ace of Spades)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor	4:19
9.	"Deaf Forever" (from Orgasmatron)	Kilmister, Burston, Gill, Campbell	4:29
10.	"Orgasmatron" (from Orgasmatron)	Kilmister, Burston, Gill, Campbell	5:26
11.	"Eat the Rich" (from the Eat the Rich soundtrack, 1987)	Kilmister, Burston, Gill, Campbell	4:38
12.	"Rock 'n' Roll" (from Rock 'n' Roll, 1987)	Kilmister, Burston, Gill, Campbell	3:52
13.	"Dogs" (from Rock 'n' Roll)	Kilmister, Burston, Gill, Campbell	3:52
14.	"The One to Sing the Blues" (from 1916, 1991)	Kilmister, Burston, Campbell, Taylor	3:12
15.	"Sacrifice" (from Sacrifice, 1995)	Mikkey Dee, Kilmister, Campbell, Burston	3:19
16.	"Overnight Sensation" (from Overnight Sensation, 1996)	Dee, Kilmister, Campbell	4:13
17.	"Snake Bite Love" (from Snake Bite Love, 1998)	Dee, Kilmister, Campbell	3:35
18.	"God Save the Queen" (originally performed by the Sex Pistols; from We Are Motörhead, 2000)	Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock	3:22
19.	"Shoot You in the Back" (Live in 1981)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor	2:48
20.	"The Hammer" (Live in 1981)	Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor	3:08
Total length:			75:58