Paint My Love - Greatest Hits

Paint My Love – Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by the Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock. It was released in October 1996 by Medley Records in Asia and South Africa. As of May 1999, the album had sold 3.4 million copies worldwide.[1] A VHS collection of all 14 music videos was also released in 1996 in the UK with distribution from EMI Medley Denmark and available in Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, with the LaserDisc released in the same year. The Video CD (released exclusively in Malaysia and Singapore), which came out in 2000 also featuring Karaoke version and all of these formats have been since long out of print.

Paint My Love – Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Michael Learns to Rock
ReleasedOctober 1, 1996
GenreSoft rock
LabelMedley, Warner Records
ProducerSteve Barri (also exec.), Poul Bruun (exec.), Jens Hofman (also exec.), Michael Learns to Rock, Randy Nicklaus (exec.), Tony Peluso, Oli Poulsen
Michael Learns to Rock chronology
Played on Pepper
(1995)		 Paint My Love – Greatest Hits
(1996)		 Nothing to Lose
(1997)
Singles from Paint My Love - Greatest Hits
  1. "Paint My Love"
    Released: 1996

The title song, "Paint My Love", is an English version of "Kun med dig" by Danish singers Dorthe Andersen and Martin Loft, which was composed by Jascha Richter. The song won the Danish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, but was one of seven entries voted off in a pre-contest semifinal, which was not televised. "Paint My Love", along with the other new song "Breaking My Heart", was later included on the band's fourth studio album, Nothing to Lose (1997).

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Paint My Love"Jascha RichterMichael Learns to Rock3:48
2."Sleeping Child" (from Colours)RichterOli Poulsen, Michael Learns to Rock3:33
3."That's Why (You Go Away)" (from Played on Pepper)RichterMichael Learns to Rock4:10
4."The Actor" (from Michael Learns to Rock)RichterPoulsen, Jens Hofman4:35
5."Wild Women" (from Colours)RichterPoulsen, Michael Learns to Rock3:53
6."Love Will Never Lie" (from Played on Pepper)Richter, Ashley MulfordMichael Learns to Rock3:34
7."I Still Carry On" (from Michael Learns to Rock)RichterPoulsen, Hofman4:36
8."Complicated Heart" (from Colours)RichterPoulsen, Michael Learns to Rock4:24
9."Breaking My Heart"RichterMichael Learns to Rock4:03
10."Someday" (from Played on Pepper)RichterMichael Learns to Rock3:52
11."Out of the Blue" (from Colours)RichterPoulsen, Michael Learns to Rock3:58
12."25 Minutes" (from Colours)RichterPoulsen, Michael Learns to Rock4:20
13."Breaking the Rules" (from Played on Pepper)RichterMichael Learns to Rock4:22
14."How Many Hours" (from Played on Pepper)RichterMichael Learns to Rock4:43
15."Crazy Dream" (from Michael Learns to Rock) (bonus track)Richter, Terry Lupton, Michael PriceSteve Barri, Tony Peluso4:00
16."Paint My Love" (acoustic version) (bonus track)RichterMichael Learns to Rock3:48
17."Breaking My Heart" (alternative version) (bonus track)RichterMichael Learns to Rock3:54

Charts
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Malaysian Albums (RIM)[2] 1

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[3] Platinum 20,000*
Malaysia — 360,000[4]
Summaries
Southeast Asia — 3,100,000[5]
Worldwide — 3,400,000[1]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Hansen, Thomas Søie (May 22, 1999). "MLTR starter forfra" [MLTR are starting over]. Berlingske (in Danish). Copenhagen: Berlingske Media.
  2. "Hits of the World: Malaysia (RIM) 10/29/96". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 45. Nielsen Business Media. November 9, 1996. p. 51. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1997". IFPI Hong Kong. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  4. "Danish Pop Act". Billboard: APQ-4. May 24, 1997. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 7, 2022 – via Google Books.
  5. "Danes Rock Asia". Billboard: APQ-14. May 16, 1998. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 7, 2022 – via Google Books.
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