Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology is a greatest-hits compilation from the 80s New Wave rock group The Cars.

Track listing

Disc One

1. Just What I Needed
2. My Best Friend's Girl
3. Good Times Roll
4. You're All I've Got Tonight
5. Don't Cha Stop
6. Moving in Stereo - (Ocasek/Greg Hawkes)
7. Take Me Now [#]
8. Cool Fool [#] - (Ocasek/Elliot Easton)
9. Let's Go
10. Candy-O
11. Dangerous Type
12. Double Life
13. Got a Lot on My Head
14. It's All I Can Do
15. Nightspots
16. Slipaway [#]
17. That's it [B side "Let's Go"]
18. Panorama
19. Gimme Some Slack
20. Don't Go to Pieces [B side "Don't Tell Me No"] (Ocasek/Greg Hawkes)

Disc Two

1. Touch and Go
2. Don't Tell Me No
3. Shake it Up
4. Since You're Gone
5. I'm Not the One
6. Cruiser
7. The Little Black Egg [#] - (Michael Stone)
8. Funtime [#] - (David Bowie/Iggy Pop)
9. You Might Think
10. Drive
11. Magic
12. Hello Again
13. Why Can't I Have You
14. Breakaway [B side of "Why Can't I Have You"]
15. Tonight She Comes
16. You Are the Girl
17. Strap Me in
18. Door to Door
19. Leave or Stay (Demo) [#]
20. Ta Ta Wayo Wayo (Demo) [#]

Personnel

• Elliot Easton – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Greg Hawkes – keyboards, backing vocals
• Ric Ocasek – rhythm guitar, lead vocals on Disc One tracks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19; Disc Two tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
• Benjamin Orr – bass guitar, lead vocals on Disc One tracks: 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 17, 20; Disc Two tracks: 2, 6, 8, 10
• David Robinson – drums, percussion