Sir Rod Stewart will release ‘Ultimate Hits' on 27th June 2025, his first ever solo-career-spanning hits collection.
Available to pre-order now, the release will arrive just days before Stewart takes to the Pyramid Stage at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, where he will perform before an estimated crowd of 80,000 people during the coveted Sunday afternoon ‘Legends' slot.
‘Ultimate Hits' is part of Stewart's on-going 80th Birthday celebrations. It features stand-out moments from his career starting with his signature breakthrough songs ‘Handbags and Gladrags' and ‘Maggie May'. The collection also includes the bold social commentary of ‘The Killing of George (Part I and II)' and ‘Young Turks', the dancefloor-detonating disco smash ‘Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?', raucous rave-ups such as ‘Hot Legs' and ‘Baby Jane', and the masterful ballads ‘Sailing', ‘Rhythm of My Heart' and ‘For the First Time'.
A 2CD deluxe edition will bring the story bang up to date with ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’' and ‘Almost Like Being in Love', highlights from 2024’s ‘Swing Fever' album, Stewart’s UK No. 1 collaboration with Jools Holland.
Now, with 11 UK and four US No. 1 albums to his name – not to mention BRIT and Grammy Awards, and a double induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Stewart’s remarkable career continues to peak. In 2025, highlights include the return of his highly anticipated ‘One Last Time' tour, which launches another European leg on 23 April; a return to his record-breaking Las Vegas residency, ‘The Encore Shows', in May and September; and bringing his ‘One Last Time' tour to North America, South America and back to Europe to close out the year.
‘Ultimate Hits' is available from Warner Music, in association with Iconic Artists Group, in an array of formats, including collector’s 2LP green vinyl and ½ & ½ green-and-white vinyl variants, a 1CD and 2CD deluxe edition, store-exclusive alternative-cover variants, and limited-edition cassette and Blu-ray audio, as well as being available digitally.
Tracklisting
‘Handbags and Gladrags’
‘Maggie May’
‘In a Broken Dream’ (by Python Lee Jackson)
‘You Wear It Well’
‘Sailing’
‘I Don’t Want to Talk About It’
Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)’
‘The First Cut is the Deepest’
‘The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)’
‘You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)’
‘Hot Legs’
‘Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?’
‘Young Turks’
‘Baby Jane’
‘Some Guys Have All the Luck’
‘Forever Young’
‘Downtown Train’
‘Have I Told You Lately’
‘Rhythm of My Heart’
‘For the First Time’
2CD deluxe-edition bonus tracks
‘Oh! No Not My Baby’
‘I Was Only Joking’
‘Every Beat of My Heart’
‘The Motown Song’ (with The Temptations)
‘Sometimes When We Touch’
‘Have You Ever Seen the Rain’
‘One More Time’
‘Hold On’
‘Ain’t Misbehavin’’
‘Almost Like Being in Love’
