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Are You Gonna Go My Way (song)

{{Short description|1993 single by Lenny Kravitz}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Are You Gonna Go My Way

| cover = Lenny_Way_Disc_2.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Lenny Kravitz

| album = Are You Gonna Go My Way

| B-side = My Love

| released = {{start date|1993|02|08}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

  • Hard rock{{cite news|title= Jamar Rogers Rocks Lenny Kravitz Tune 'Are You Gonna Go My Way' on 'The Voice' |work= Loudwire |date= April 9, 2012 |url= http://loudwire.com/jamar-rogers-lenny-kravitz-are-you-gonna-go-my-way-the-voice/ |access-date= April 29, 2014}}
  • funk rock{{cite web|title= We're Gonna Go Lenny Kravitz's Way |publisher= 100.3 Jack FM. CBS Local Media |date= February 22, 2012 |access-date= June 1, 2013 |url= http://jackontheweb.cbslocal.com/2012/02/22/were-gonna-go-lenny-kravitzs-way/ |archive-date= April 29, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140429045934/http://jackontheweb.cbslocal.com/2012/02/22/were-gonna-go-lenny-kravitzs-way/ |url-status= dead}}

| length = 3:32

| label = Virgin

| writer =

| producer = Lenny Kravitz

| prev_title = What the Fuck Are We Saying?

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = Believe

| next_year = 1993

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|8LhCd1W2V0Q|"Are You Gonna Go My Way"}}}}

}}

"Are You Gonna Go My Way" is a song by American musician Lenny Kravitz, released in February 1993 by Virgin Records as the first single from his third studio album, Are You Gonna Go My Way (1993). The song was written by Kravitz and Craig Ross, while Kravitz produced it. It peaked at number one in Australia and number four on the UK Singles Chart, as well as number one on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart and number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Its music video was directed by Mark Romanek.

The success of the song and the music video led to Kravitz being nominated for and winning several awards at the 1994 Grammy Awards and the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards. Since its release, "Are You Gonna Go My Way" has been covered by numerous artists, such as Metallica, Tom Jones, Robbie Williams, Mel B, Cactus Jack and Adam Lambert.

Chart performance

"Are You Gonna Go My Way" was released as an airplay-only single in the US and thus was not eligible to chart on the Billboard Hot 100,{{cite web|first= Mike |last= Joseph |title= Lenny Kravitz Breaks Through With 'Are You Gonna Go My Way' |work= Ultimate Classic Rock |date= March 9, 2018 |access-date= September 9, 2018 |url= http://ultimateclassicrock.com/lenny-kravitz-are-you-gonna-go-my-way/}} but reached number one on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart and number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It also reached the top five in the UK, peaking at number four. It is Kravitz's most successful single in Australia, where it peaked at number one for six weeks through April and May 1993. "Are You Gonna Go My Way" is the only diamond-certified single in Brazil, with over 500,000 downloads.{{cite web|url= http://www.abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp |title= Associação Brasileira de Produtores de Disco |publisher= ABPD |url-status= dead |archive-date= September 28, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928074707/http://www.abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp}}

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine described the song as "roaring".{{cite web|first= Stephen Thomas |last= Erlewine |author-link= Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title= Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= March 27, 2020 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/are-you-gonna-go-my-way-mw0000618082}} American magazine Billboard said it is Kravitz's "hardest and fastest to date".{{cite magazine|title= Album Reviews |magazine= Billboard |volume= 105 |issue= 12 |page= 64 |date= March 20, 1993 |access-date= April 5, 2020 |url= https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-03-20.pdf}} Billboard Larry Flick described it as a "passionate" track, that is "wrapped in the kind of retro, Jimi Hendrix-style guitar riffs that album-rock programmers go wild for." He added, "Spare boogie rhythms and a simply irresistible hook provide added radio incentive."{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |author-link= Larry Flick |title= Single Reviews |magazine= Billboard |volume= 105 |issue= 10 |page= 74 |date= March 6, 1993 |access-date= October 26, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-03-06.pdf}} Tony Harris from The Corsair called it a "throwaway hit single".{{cite news|first= Tony |last= Harris |title= Kravitz Looks to the Past |newspaper= The Corsair |volume= 67 |issue= 3 |page= 5 |date= March 10, 1993 |access-date= April 25, 2020 |url= https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=CRS19930310.2.16}} David Browne from Entertainment Weekly felt that it "opens with a blast of phase-shifter electric guitar that could have been lifted directly off an old Jimi Hendrix or Isley Brothers album. And the lyrics are prime Kravitz."{{cite magazine|first= David |last= Browne |author-link= David Browne (journalist) |title= Are You Gonna Go My Way |magazine= Entertainment Weekly |date= March 19, 1993 |access-date= February 23, 2020 |url= https://ew.com/article/1993/03/19/are-you-gonna-go-my-way/}} Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report declared it as "'90s rock", adding that "it doesn't get much better than this."{{cite magazine|first= Dave |last= Sholin |title= Gavin Picks: Singles |magazine= Gavin Report |issue= 1973 |page= 58 |date= September 24, 1993 |access-date= October 16, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Gavin-Report/90/93/Gavin-1993-09-24.pdf}} Adam Sweeting from The Guardian remarked that Kravitz is "rocking it up a bit on the riffsome title track".Sweeting, Adam (February 26, 1993). "Music: The Many Selves Of Solo Frank". The Guardian. In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton wrote, "Kravitz returns to his own career in full Jimi Hendrix mode and at a stroke matching the peak of his biggest hit ever "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over"."{{cite web|first= James |last= Masterton |author-link= James Masterton |title= Week Ending February 20th 1993 |website= Chart Watch UK |date= February 14, 1993 |access-date= September 10, 2021 |url= https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1993/week-ending-february-20th-1993}}

Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "A special warning before you fasten your headphones. Kravitz cracks your nut with his hardest rocking single to date. A delicious earache."{{cite magazine|title= New Releases: Singles |magazine= Music & Media |volume= 10 |issue= 6 |date= February 6, 1993 |page= 9 |access-date= February 22, 2020 |url= https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-02-06.pdf}} John Kilgo from The Network Forty wrote that "shades of Hendrix-a nice grungy-driven guitar with a crunchy rhythm beat highlights this funked rock release."{{cite magazine|first= John |last= Kilgo |title= Music Meeting |magazine= The Network Forty |page= 22 |date= September 24, 1993 |access-date= March 24, 2020 |url= https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Network-40/93/Network-40-1993-09-24.pdf}} Rick de Yampert from The News Journal viewed it as "feverish Hendrix".{{cite news|first= Rick |last= de Yampert |title= 'Zooropa' the picture of U2's achievement |magazine= The News Journal |page= 2-D |date= July 9, 1993 |access-date= March 17, 2020 |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Zw0qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=09MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1460%2C3769043}} Rick Marin from The New York Times described the music video as a "frenzied, orgiatic performance exhuming (if not reincarnating) the spirit of Jimi Hendrix, complete with phase-shifter guitar and sexily slurred lyrics."{{cite magazine|first= Rick |last= Marin |title= Critics no longer laugh at Lenny Kravitz |magazine= Gainesville Sun |page= 5D |date= May 16, 1993 |access-date= March 17, 2020 |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hUZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=buoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1272%2C4825159}} A reviewer from Reading Evening Post declared the song as a "mixture of stomping drums and guitars, built around a grinding sub-Hendrixian riff", adding that "it's a bit too relentless and repetitive" to achieve the top 20 success of "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over".Reading Evening Post. February 4, 1993. p. 20. Jamie Parmenter from Renowned for Sound named it a "stand out" from the album, complimenting it for being an anthem of the early 90s, "a rollicking fast-paced rock masterpiece that shows Lenny's eye for a chart-topping tune and mastery at a catchy riff."{{cite web|first= Jamie |last= Parmenter |title= Album Review: Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way: Deluxe Edition |work= Renowned for Sound |access-date= April 5, 2020 |url= http://renownedforsound.com/album-review-lenny-kravitz-are-you-gonna-go-my-way-deluxe-edition}} Leesa Daniels from Smash Hits declared it as "a scorcher".{{cite magazine|first= Leesa |last= Daniels |title= New Singles |magazine= Smash Hits |page= 49 |date= April 28, 1993 |accessdate= April 27, 2021 |url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/smashhits90s/35569116372/in/album-72157685900313945/}}

Music video

A music video was shot to accompany the song, directed by American filmmaker Mark Romanek.{{cite web|first= Drew |last= Tewksbury |title= Mark Romanek: 'Never Let Me Go' Director On His Music Video Career |url= https://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/09/15/129890627/speaking-of-the-vmas-mark-romanek-wasn-t-there |publisher= NPR Music |date= September 16, 2010 |access-date= September 9, 2014}} It consisted of Kravitz and his band playing in a large circular arena, with three tiered balcones stepped back from the centre, filled by people dancing. Above the band and the dancers, lighting designer, director Michael Keeling created a chandelier of 983 cylindrical 23{{nbsp}}cm incandescent light tubes (originally designed for aquarium use) that could be brightened and dimmed to create patterns of light.{{cite magazine|first= Shonquis |last= Moreno |year= 2004 |title= And Then There Was Light |magazine= Frame |issue= 40 |page= 75 |access-date= March 23, 2019 |url= http://www.shonquismoreno.com/files/03frame41keelinglo.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190323144005/http://www.shonquismoreno.com/files/03frame41keelinglo.pdf |archive-date= March 23, 2019}} Cindy Blackman appears on drums in the music video, although she did not perform on the studio recording that plays in the video's audio track.{{cite magazine|first= Andrew |last= Vargas |title= Cindy Blackman |magazine= Drumhead Magazine |date= May 17, 2007 |access-date= May 1, 2020 |url= http://www.drumheadftp.com/web/feature.php?id=6 |archive-date= December 26, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071226034620/http://www.drumheadftp.com/web/feature.php?id=6 |url-status= dead}} "Are You Gonna Go My Way" was later made available by VEVO on YouTube in 2011, remastered in HD, and had generated more than 66 million views as of early 2024.{{cite web|title=Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhCd1W2V0Q|publisher=YouTube|date=May 6, 2011|access-date=April 8, 2024}}

Awards

The success of the song and the music video led to Kravitz being nominated for and winning several awards:

  • Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo: Nominated
  • Grammy Award for Best Rock Song: Nominated
  • MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction: Nominated
  • MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Artist: Won

Track listings

  • UK CD 1{{cite AV media notes|title= Are You Gonna Go My Way |others= Lenny Kravitz |year= 1993 |type= UK CD1 liner notes |publisher= Virgin Records |id= VUSDG 65}}
  1. "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
  2. "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over"
  3. "Always on the Run"
  4. "Let Love Rule"
  • UK CD 2 and Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title= Are You Gonna Go My Way |others= Lenny Kravitz |year= 1993 |type= UK CD2 & Australian CD single liner notes |publisher= Virgin Records |id= VUSCD 65}}
  1. "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
  2. "My Love"
  3. "All My Life"
  4. "Someone Like You"
  • UK 7-inch and cassette single; Japanese mini-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title= Are You Gonna Go My Way |others= Lenny Kravitz |year= 1993 |type= UK 7-inch single sleeve |publisher= Virgin Records |id= VUS 65}}{{cite AV media notes|title= Are You Gonna Go My Way |others= Lenny Kravitz |year= 1993 |type= UK cassette single sleeve |publisher= Virgin Records |id= VUSC 65}}{{cite AV media notes|title= Are You Gonna Go My Way |others= Lenny Kravitz |year= 1993 |type= Japanese mini-CD single liner notes |publisher= Virgin Records |id= VJDP-10202}}
  1. "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
  2. "My Love"

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1993)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|1|artist=Lenny Kravitz|song=Are You Gonna Go My Way|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 1, 2013|refname="AUS"}}
{{single chart|Austria|24|artist=Lenny Kravitz|song=Are You Gonna Go My Way|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 1, 2013}}
{{single chart|Flanders|12|artist=Lenny Kravitz|song=Are You Gonna Go My Way|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 1, 2013}}
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|5|chartid=0972|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 1, 2013}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|title= Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine= Music & Media |volume= 10 |issue= 11 |page=23 |date= March 13, 1993}}

| 7

scope="row"|Europe (European Hit Radio){{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-04-17.pdf|title=EHR Top 40|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=16|date=April 17, 1993|page=30|access-date=April 7, 2024}}

| 6

scope="row"|Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book|first= Timo |last= Pennanen |year= 2006 |title= Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |edition= 1st |publisher= Tammi |isbn= 978-951-1-21053-5 |location= Helsinki |language= fi}}

| 13

{{single chart|France|4|artist=Lenny Kravitz|song=Are You Gonna Go My Way|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 1, 2013}}
{{single chart|Germany|25|artist=Lenny Kravitz|song=Are You Gonna Go My Way|songid=2588|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 13, 2019}}
scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite magazine|title= Íslenski Listinn Topp 40: Vikan 29. apríl – 5. maí |magazine= Dagblaðið Vísir |via= Timarit.is |page= 21 |date= April 29, 1993 |access-date= October 7, 2019 |url= http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=194680&lang=is&requestedFileType=Web%20display |language= is}}

| 2

{{single chart|Ireland2|6|song=Are You Gonna Go My Way|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 1, 2013}}
scope="row"|Italy Airplay (Music & Media){{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-04-17.pdf|title=Regional EHR Top 20: South|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=16|page=31|date=April 17, 1993}}

| 9

{{single chart|Dutch40|6|artist=Lenny Kravitz|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 1, 2013}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|8|artist=Lenny Kravitz|song=Are You Gonna Go My Way|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 1, 2013}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|2|artist=Lenny Kravitz|song=Are You Gonna Go My Way|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 1, 2013}}
{{single chart|Norway|7|artist=Lenny Kravitz|song=Are You Gonna Go My Way|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 1, 2013}}
{{single chart|Sweden|18|artist=Lenny Kravitz|song=Are You Gonna Go My Way|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 1, 2013}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|12|artist=Lenny Kravitz|song=Are You Gonna Go My Way|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 29, 2013}}
{{single chart|UK|4|date=19930306|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 1, 2013|refname="UK"}}
scope="row"|UK Airplay (Music Week){{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-04-03.pdf|title=Top 50 Airplay Chart|magazine=Music Week|date=April 3, 1993|page=12|access-date=April 27, 2024}}

| 3

scope="row"|US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite web|title= Are You Gonna Go My Way – Awards |publisher= AllMusic |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/are-you-gonna-go-my-way-mw0000618082/awards |access-date= June 1, 2013}}

| 1

scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)

| 2

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1993)

!Rank

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|title= ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1993 |publisher= ARIA Charts |url= https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1993/singles-chart |access-date= May 26, 2014}}

| 11

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten 1993 |publisher= Ultratop |access-date= May 26, 2014 |url= http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1993 |language= nl}}

| 75

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|title= The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1993 |magazine= RPM |via= Library and Archives Canada |volume= 58 |issue= 23 |date= December 18, 1993 |access-date= May 26, 2014 |url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2339&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2339.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2339}}

| 69

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|title= 1993 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine= Music & Media |volume= 10 |issue= 51/52 |date= December 18, 1993 |page= 15 |access-date= November 27, 2019 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-12-18.pdf}}

| 28

scope="row"|Germany (Media Control){{cite web|title= Jahrescharts – 1993 |website= Offiziellecharts.de |publisher= GfK Entertainment Charts |url= https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1993 |archive-date= May 9, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150509002250/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1993 |language= de}}

| 97

scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|title= Árslistinn 1993 |newspaper= Dagblaðið Vísir |pages= 16–17 |date= January 4, 1994 |access-date= June 1, 2020 |url= https://timarit.is/page/2621535?iabr=on#page/n15/mode/2up |language= is}}

| 9

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|title= Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1993 |url= http://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1993 |publisher= Dutch Top 40 |access-date= May 26, 2014 |language= nl}}

| 60

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten – Single 1993 |publisher= Single Top 100 |access-date= May 26, 2014 |url= http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1993&cat=s |language= nl}}

| 76

scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web|title= End of Year Charts 1993 |publisher= Recorded Music NZ |access-date= December 3, 2017 |url= https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1993-12-31}}

| 5

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|title= Top 100 Singles 1993 |magazine= Music Week |page= 24 |date= January 15, 1994}}

| 47

scope="row"|UK Airplay (Music Week){{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-01-15.pdf|title=Airplay Top 50 1993|magazine=Music Week|date=January 15, 1994|page=41|access-date=May 3, 2024}}

| 19

scope="row"|US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|title= The Year in Music |magazine= Billboard |volume= 105 |issue= 52 |page= YE-39 |date= December 25, 1993}}

| 2

scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)

| 14

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Certifications and sales

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|artist=Lenny Kravitz|title=Are You Gonna Go My Way|award=Platinum|relyear=1993|certyear=1993|certref={{cite web|title= Australian Fun Countdowns – Accreditation Awards |publisher= Australian Fun Countdowns |url= http://australianfuncountdowns.blogspot.fr/2010/01/accreditation-awards.html |date= April 7, 2011 |access-date= May 26, 2014 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131212114158/http://australianfuncountdowns.blogspot.fr/2010/01/accreditation-awards.html |archive-date= December 12, 2013}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=single|artist=Lenny Kravitz|title=Are You Gonna Go My Way|award=Diamond|relyear=1993|certyear=2008|digital=true}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|artist=Lenny Kravitz|title=Are You Gonna Go My Way|award=Gold|relyear=1993|certyear=1994}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|artist=Lenny Kravitz|title=Are You Gonna Go My Way|award=Gold|relyear=1993|certyear=2024|access-date=January 22, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Lenny Kravitz|title=Are You Gonna Go My Way|award=Gold|relyear=1993|id=1993-06-04|source=newchart|access-date=November 20, 2024|certyear=1993}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Lenny Kravitz|title=Are You Gonna Go My Way|award=Gold|relyear=2005|certyear=2023|id=568-3334-1|access-date=November 3, 2023}}

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Release history

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scope="row"|United Kingdom

|February 8, 1993

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}

|rowspan="2"|Virgin

|{{cite magazine|title= New Releases: Singles |magazine= Music Week |page= 27 |date= February 6, 1993}}

scope="row"|Japan

|February 26, 1993

|Mini-CD

|{{cite web|title= 自由への疾走 {{!}} レニー・クラヴィッツ |trans-title= Sprinting to Freedom {{!}} Lenny Kravitz |publisher= Oricon |access-date= January 21, 2024 |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/184377/products/298545/1/ |language= ja}}

Covers

The song has been covered by numerous artists, such as Metallica, in a medley for "MTV Hits" at the 2003 MTV Music Video Awards, Tom Jones for the Jerky Boys OST, Robbie Williams on Jones' 1999 album Reload and Mel B in her solo section of the Spice Girls 2007 Reunion Tour. Serbian hard rock band Cactus Jack recorded a version on their live cover album DisCover in 2002. A remixed version is played as the opening theme song in Gran Turismo 3: A-spec. Adam Lambert covered the song in November 2012 in his swing through South Africa.{{cite web|first= Caitlin |last= White |title= Adam Lambert: Lenny Kravitz 'Are You Gonna Go My Way' Cover Rocks Cape Town (Video) |publisher= AOL Music Blog |date= November 15, 2012 |access-date= November 16, 2012 |url= http://m.aol.com/music/blog/blogmusic/2012/11/15/adam-lambert-lenny-kravitz-cover/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= December 3, 2012 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20121203192555/http://m.aol.com/music/blog/blogmusic/2012/11/15/adam-lambert-lenny-kravitz-cover/}} Australian punk band Private Function covered the song on their 2020 album "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"Discogs entry for "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" https://www.discogs.com/master/1797106-Private-Function-Whose-Line-Is-It-Anyway Retrieved February 4, 2025.

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Lenny Kravitz singles}}

{{MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video}}

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