21st Century Hits: Best of 2000–2012

21st Century Hits: Best of 2000–2012
Compilation album by Dwight Yoakam
Released	October 1, 2013 (2013-10-01)
Genre	Country
Length	47:50
Label	New West
Producer	Pete Anderson John Shanks Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam chronology
3 Pears (2012) 21st Century Hits: Best of 2000–2012 (2013) Second Hand Heart (2015)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

21st Century Hits: Best of 2000–2012 is the fourth greatest hits compilation album by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was released by New West Records on October 1, 2013.[2] It includes songs from the albums Tomorrow's Sounds Today, Population Me, Blame the Vain, Dwight Sings Buck and 3 Pears, as well as a previously unreleased duet with Michelle Branch and a cover of "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" from his previous greatest hits collection, the 1999 Last Chance for a Thousand Years, that also appeared on the soundtrack to the 2006 film The Break-Up.[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Sad Side of Town"	Dwight Yoakam, Buck Owens	2:51
2.	"The Late Great Golden State"	Mike Stinson	2:28
3.	"The Back of Your Hand"	Gregg Lee Henry	3:07
4.	"If Teardrops Were Diamonds" (with Willie Nelson)	Yoakam	3:18
5.	"Long Goodbye" (with Michelle Branch)	Michelle Branch, Hillary Lindsey	3:40
6.	"Intentional Heartache"	Yoakam	4:25
7.	"Blame the Vain"	Yoakam	3:39
8.	"I Wanna Love Again"	Yoakam	2:57
9.	"Just Passin' Time"	Yoakam	3:44
10.	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"	Freddie Mercury	2:20
11.	"Close Up the Honky Tonks"	Red Simpson	6:24
12.	"My Heart Skips a Beat"	Owens	2:24
13.	"Act Naturally"	Voni Morrison, Johnny Russell	2:33
14.	"A Heart Like Mine"	Yoakam	4:00

Personnel

• Pete Anderson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone, mandolin, percussion
• Al Bonhomme – acoustic guitar
• Michelle Branch – duet vocals on "Long Goodbye"
• Jim Christie – drums
• Jonathan Clark – background vocals
• Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
• Skip Edwards – Fender Rhodes, pedal steel guitar, keyboards, piano
• Tommy Funderburk – background vocals
• Keith Gattis – bass guitar, electric guitar
• Bob Glaub – bass guitar
• Josh Grange – keyboards, pedal steel guitar
• Bobbye Hall – percussion
• Beck Hansen – handclapping
• Don Heffington – drums
• Scott Joss – fiddle
• Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums
• Gerry McGee – acoustic guitar, soloist
• Mitch Marine – drums
• Cole Marsden – bass guitar
• Gary Morse – banjo, dobro, lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar
• "Good" Grief Neill – bass guitar
• Willie Nelson – duet vocals on "If Teardrops Were Diamonds"
• Buck Owens – background vocals
• Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
• Eddie "Scarlito" Perez – electric guitar, electric sitar, background vocals
• Taras Prodaniuk – bass guitar
• Raul "Criminal" Mischeif – handclapping
• Dave Roe – background vocals
• Timothy B. Schmit – background vocals
• John Shanks – bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
• Kevin C. Smith – bass guitar
• Cassidy Turbin – drums, handclapping
• Dwight Yoakam – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, soloist, lead vocals, background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (2013)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3]	59

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "21st Century Hits: Best of 2000-2012 – Dwight Yoakam". AllMusic. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
2. Wyland, Sarah (September 25, 2013). "Dwight Yoakam Compilation Album Set for October 1 Release". Great American Country. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013.
3. "Dwight Yoakam Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.