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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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Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled
Album cover
Greatest hits album by Melissa Etheridge
Released	October 18, 2005
Genre	Rock
Length	72:16
Label	Island
Melissa Etheridge chronology
Lucky (2004) Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled (2005) The Awakening (2007)

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

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[3]	73
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4]	61
US Billboard 200[5]	14

Singles – Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2005	"Refugee"	Pop 100	96[citation needed]
2005	"I Run for Life"	Pop 100	80[citation needed]
2005	"I Run for Life"	Adult Contemporary	10[citation needed]

References

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