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Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled

Album by Melissa Etheridge

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.

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Commercial performance

The album peaked at #14 on the Billboard 200.[1] 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.[2]

Track listing

All songs by Melissa Etheridge, except where noted

  1. "Refugee" (Tom Petty, Mike Campbell) – 3:37 [new track]
  2. "Similar Features" – 4:44 [remix]
  3. "Like the Way I Do" – 5:25 [remix]
  4. "Bring Me Some Water" – 3:54 [remix]
  5. "You Can Sleep While I Drive" – 3:15 [remix]
  6. "No Souvenirs" – 4:33 [remix]
  7. "Ain't It Heavy" – 4:24 [remix]
  8. "I'm the Only One" – 4:16 [single edit]
  9. "Come to My Window" – 3:35 [single edit]
  10. "If I Wanted To" – 3:55
  11. "I Want to Come Over" – 5:24 [remix]
  12. "Angels Would Fall" (Etheridge, John Shanks) – 4:39 [remix]
  13. "Lucky" – 3:58
  14. "Christmas in America" – 4:21 [new track]
  15. "Piece of My Heart" (Bert Berns, Jerry Ragovoy) – 4:19 [new track]
  16. "This Is Not Goodbye" – 3:37 [new track]
  17. "I Run for Life" – 4:21 [new track]
  18. "I Need to Wake Up" – 3:36 [new track, on re-release only]

Charts

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Singles – Billboard (United States) [6]

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Certifications

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References

  1. [1]
    "Melissa Etheridge – Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  2. [2]
    "American album certifications – Etheridge, Melissa". Recording Industry Association of America.
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    "Dutchcharts.nl – Melissa Etheridge – Greatest Hits - The Road Less Traveled" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
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    "Offiziellecharts.de – Melissa Etheridge – Greatest Hits – The Road Less Traveled" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
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    "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
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    https://www.billboard.com/artist/melissa-etheridge/chart-history/tlp/
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    "American album certifications – Melissa Etheridge – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
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