Greatest Hits (Lenny Kravitz album)

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Greatest Hits
Greatest hits by Lenny Kravitz
Released	October 24, 2000
Genre	Rock
Length	62:25 (Standard Edition) 68:43 (Tour Edition)
Label	Virgin America
Producer(s)	Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz chronology
5 (1998)	Greatest Hits (2000)	Lenny (2001)

The album Greatest Hits by Lenny Kravitz is his first retrospective collection. It was released in October, 2000. The album featured an unreleased track for promotion called "Again".

Lenny reported on an interview for VivaMusic.com[1] that the selection of the songs were led by his record company, Virgin America, which only chose the songs that were successful on charts from all over the world. Besides, the tracks were sequenced by Lenny's engineer, Henry Hirsch.

This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

[edit] Standard Edition

1. "Are You Gonna Go My Way", from Are You Gonna Go My Way
2. "Fly Away", from album 5
3. "Rock and Roll Is Dead", from Circus
4. "Again", previously unreleased
5. "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over", from Mama Said
6. "Can't Get You Off My Mind", from Circus
7. "Mr. Cab Driver", from Let Love Rule
8. "American Woman", from 5
9. "Stand By My Woman", from Mama Said
10. "Always On The Run", from Mama Said
11. "Heaven Help", from Are You Gonna Go My Way
12. "I Belong To You", from 5
13. "Believe", from Are You Gonna Go My Way
14. "Let Love Rule", from Let Love Rule
15. "Black Velveteen", from 5

[edit] Special 2005 Tour Edition

In 2005, the album was re-released due to Lenny's 2005 Tour, including the both lead-singles, "Dig In" and "Where Are We Runnin'?", from his latest albums, "Lenny" and "Baptism" respectively.

1. "Are You Gonna Go My Way", from Are You Gonna Go My Way
2. "Fly Away", from album 5
3. "Rock and Roll Is Dead", from Circus
4. "Again", previously unreleased
5. "Dig In", from Lenny
6. "It Ain't Over Til It's Over", from Mama Said
7. "Can't Get You Off My Mind", from Circus
8. "Heaven Help", from Are You Gonna Go My Way
9. "Mr. Cab Driver", from Let Love Rule
10. "American Woman", from 5
11. "Where Are We Runnin'?", from Baptism
12. "Stand By My Woman", from Mama Said
13. "Always On The Run", from Mama Said
14. "I Belong to You", from 5
15. "Believe", from Are You Gonna Go My Way
16. "Let Love Rule", from Let Love Rule
17. "Black Velveteen", from 5

• The special edition also contained a DVD with only six selected videos:

1. "Always On The Run"
2. "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
3. "Fly Away"
4. "American Woman"
5. "Dig In"
6. "Where Are We Runnin'?"

[edit] Promotion

Lenny released "Again" as the promotional single for this compilation, along with a music video for it. The single reached the fourth position in U.S, on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, making it his most successful song there since "It Ain't Over Til It's Over".