Greatest Hits Volume II is a compilation CD of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic that features his best known songs that did not appear on "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits, plus the new single "Headline News" which first appeared on disc four of the boxed set Permanent Record: Al In The Box (released a month prior to Greatest Hits Volume II). The cover art for Greatest Hits Volume II was also taken from Permanent Record.