Unlike the CD version of earlier singles compilation Substance 1987, the B-sides are not included.

The album includes three early singles that have never appeared on CD in their original form: "Ceremony", "Everything's Gone Green" and "Temptation".

Additionally, an edit of the "Rough mix" of the song "Confusion" was created exclusively for this compilation.

An updated edition of Singles was released on 9 September 2016, which adds "I'll Stay with You" from the 2013 album Lost Sirens and replaces the versions of "1963", "Run 2", "Bizarre Love Triangle", "True Faith", "Spooky", "Confusion", and "The Perfect Kiss".

The reissue was remastered by Frank Arkwright,[5] and fixes the compression issues prevalent on the 2005 version.