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Billy Squier fans who wore out their copies of 16 Strokes (1995) or Absolute Hits (2005) now have a new compilation opportunity at the end of the month.

Essential Billy Squier takes 15 of the singer/guitarist’s best cuts, spanning from 1980’s Tale of the Tape to 1993’s Tell the Truth. All the usual suspects are here, including U.S. Mainstream Rock chart-toppers “Everybody Wants You” and “Rock Me Tonite”; the latter-day hit “Don’t Say You Love Me” and of course Squier’s endearing single “The Stroke.”

There’s no word on any new packaging details or remastering (a 30th anniversary edition of Don’t Say No was released last year), but we do have a track listing, yours to read after the jump. Essential Billy Squier is out March 29.

Billy Squier, Essential Billy Squier (Capitol 50999 097852 2 9, 2011)

1. The Stroke
2. In the Dark
3. My Kinda Lover
4. The Big Beat
5. Emotions in Motion
6. Everybody Wants You
7. Rock Me Tonite
8. Lonely is the Night
9. All Night Long
10. Eye on You
11. Love is the Hero
12. Don’t Say You Love Me
13. She Goes Down
14. Learn How to Live
15. Angry

Tracks 1-3 and 8 from Don’t Say No (Capitol, 1981)
Track 4 from Tale of the Tape (Capitol, 1980)
Tracks 5-6 and 14 from Emotions in Motion (Capitol, 1982)
Tracks 7 and 9-10 from Signs of Life (Capitol, 1984)
Track 11 from Enough is Enough (Capitol, 1986)
Track 12 from Hear & Now (Capitol, 1989)
Track 13 from Creatures of Habit (Capitol, 1991)
Track 15 from Tell the Truth (Capitol, 1993)