Released October 18, 2005 Release date 18 October 2005 | Length 72:16 | |
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Awards GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist Similar Melissa Etheridge albums, Rock music albums | ||
Melissa etheridge refugee
Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled is a 2005 compilation album by Melissa Etheridge, released by Island Records. It featured 17 tracks from her then-17-year career, five of which were newly recorded. Eight of the other 12 tracks were specially remixed for this compilation.
Contents
Commercial performance
The album peaked at #14 on the Billboard 200. With its release, Etheridge also released the single "Refugee", a cover of the Tom Petty song; it reached #96 on the Pop 100. Also released for radio was the new song "I Run for Life", written about her struggle with breast cancer. The song reached #80 on the Pop 100 and #10 on the Adult Contemporary charts.
The album was certified Gold in December 2005, for sales of over 500,000 copies. This was Etheridge's first Gold certification since Breakdown in 1999.
Track listing
- "Refugee" - 3:37 (New track)
- "Similar Features" - 4:44 (Remix)
- "Like the Way I Do" - 5:25 (Remix)
- "Bring Me Some Water" - 3:54 (Remix)
- "You Can Sleep While I Drive" - 3:15 (Remix)
- "No Souvenirs" - 4:33 (Remix)
- "Ain't It Heavy" - 4:24 (Remix)
- "I'm the Only One" - 4:16 (Edit)
- "Come to My Window" - 3:35 (Single edit)
- "If I Wanted To" - 3:55
- "I Want to Come Over" - 5:24 (Remix)
- "Angels Would Fall" - 4:39 (Remix)
- "Lucky" - 3:58
- "Christmas in America" - 4:21 (New track)
- "Piece of My Heart" - 4:19 (New track)
- "This Is Not Goodbye" - 3:37 (New track)
- "I Run for Life" - 4:21 (New track)
- "I Need to Wake Up" - 3:36 (New track only on re-release)
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
Songs
1Refugee3:37
2Similar Features4:48
3Like the Way I Do5:25