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 (main edition) 68:43 (limited tour edition)
Label	Virgin
Producer	Lenny Kravitz
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Lenny Kravitz chronology
5 (1998) Greatest Hits (2000) Lenny (2001)
Alternate cover
Limited tour edition cover

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Lenny Kravitz, released in October 2000 (see 2000 in music). The album featured an unreleased track for promotion called "Again".

Kravitz reported in an interview for VivaMusic.com^[1] that the selection of the songs were led by his record company, Virgin Records, which only chose the songs that were successful on the charts. The tracks were sequenced by Kravitz's engineer, Henry Hirsch.

The album reached #2 on the Billboard 200 and #12 on the UK Album Chart. As of March 2008, Greatest Hits has sold 4.5 million units in the U.S, approximately 10 million in worldwide sales.

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

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Main 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

The Japanese edition of the album includes the song "Is There Any Love in Your Heart" as a bonus track.

[edit] Limited tour edition

On November 8, 2005, the album was re-released due to Kravitz's 2005 Tour, including the songs "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 six 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

"Again" was released as the promotional single for this compilation, along with a music video. The single reached number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming Kravitz's highest-charting song since 1991 "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over".

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