Ultimate Collection is the second greatest hits
compilation album by the British pop duo
Eurythmics, and was released in November 2005. This set preceded (by one week) the re-issuing of all eight Eurythmics back-catalogue albums originally released on the
RCA Records label. These re-issues include remastered tracks and bonus material. The fact that the
Ultimate Collection was closely connected to these re-issues is also the chief reason for the omission of "
Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)". While that song gave Eurythmics a No. 4 hit in the UK in 1984 and was later featured on the previous
Greatest Hits album released in 1991, it is actually taken from the 1984
Virgin Records soundtrack album
1984 (For the Love of Big Brother), Eurythmics' only album to date not to be released through RCA.