I Build This Garden for Us
1990 single by Lenny Kravitz
"I Build This Garden for Us" | ||||
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Single by Lenny Kravitz | ||||
from the album Let Love Rule | ||||
Released | January 18, 1990 | |||
Recorded | 1989 | |||
Genre | Psychedelic rock | |||
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Label | Virgin | |||
Songwriter(s) | Lenny Kravitz | |||
Producer(s) | Lenny Kravitz | |||
Lenny Kravitz singles chronology | ||||
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"I Build This Garden for Us" is a song by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released in 1990 by Virgin Records as the second single from his debut album, Let Love Rule (1989).[1][2]
Critical reception
In an review on 3 February 1990, Simon Reynolds of Melody Maker named the musician a "hi-fibre, organic version of Prince" and summarized on a single, "Well made, but not what you could call 'music'".[3] John Mackie from The Vancouver Sun declared it a "standout" from Let Love Rule, noting that the song "sounds like it was teleported in from the golden era of psychedelia".[4]
Track listing
- "I Build This Garden for Us" – 6:16 (Kravitz)
- "Flower Child" – 2:56 (Kravitz)
- "Fear" – 5:25 (Kravitz, Lisa Bonet)
Members
- Lenny Kravitz – vocals, guitar, drums
- Jean McClain – backing vocals
- Yolanda Pittman – backing vocals
- Tisha Campbell – backing vocals
- Nancy Ives – cello
- Henry Hirsch – bass, organ, electric piano (Rhodes piano)
- Eric Delente – violin
Charts
Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[5] | 83 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] | 51 |
UK Singles (OCC)[7] | 83 |
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[8] | 25 |
References
- ^ "Lenny Kravitz – I Build This Garden For Us". Discogs. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Lenny Kravitz: I Build This Garden for Us". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (3 February 1990). "Review: Lenny Kravitz – "I Build This Garden for Us" (Virgin America)". Melody Maker. London: IPC Limited. p. 38. ISSN 0025-9012. Retrieved 4 January 2023 – via Flickr.
- ^ Mackie, John (20 January 1990). "Surprise, surprise - there's more to Kravitz than looks". The Vancouver Sun.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 158.
- ^ "Lenny Kravitz – I Build This Garden for Us" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ^ "Lenny Kravitz Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
External links
- Lenny Kravitz official site
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- "Let Love Rule" (1989)
- "I Build This Garden for Us" (1990)
- "Mr. Cab Driver" (1990)
- "Always on the Run" (featuring Slash) (1991)
- "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" (1991)
- "Fields of Joy" (1991)
- "Stand by My Woman" (1991)
- "What the Fuck Are We Saying?" (1991)
- "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (1993)
- "Believe" (1993)
- "Heaven Help" (1993)
- "Is There Any Love in Your Heart" (1993)
- "Heaven Help" / "Spinning Around Over You" (1994)
- "Rock and Roll Is Dead" (1995)
- "Circus" (1995)
- "Can't Get You Off My Mind" (1996)
- "If You Can't Say No" (1998)
- "I Belong to You" (1998)
- "Fly Away" (1998)
- "American Woman" (1999)
- "Black Velveteen" (1999)
- "Again" (2000)
- "Dig In" (2001)
- "Stillness of Heart" (2002)
- "Believe in Me" (2002)
- "If I Could Fall in Love" (2002)
- "Where Are We Runnin'?" (2004)
- "California" (2004)
- "Lady" (2004)
- "Calling All Angels" (2004)
- "I'll Be Waiting" (2008)
- "Love Love Love" (2008)
- "Stand" (2011)
- "Rock Star City Life" (2011)
- "Black and White America" (2011)
- "Push" (2011)
- "The Chamber" (2014)
- "Sex" (2014)
- "New York City" (2014)
- "The Pleasure and the Pain" (2015)
- "Low" (2018)
- "Johnny Cash" (2019)
- "Here to Love" (2019)
- "TK421" (2023)
- "Human" (2024)
- "American Woman" (1999)
- "The Buddha of Suburbia" (vs. David Bowie) (1993)
- "Deuce" (featuring Stevie Wonder) (1994)
- "Show Me Your Soul" (2003)
- "Storm" (2004)
- "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" (featuring Michael Jackson) (2010)
- "Superlove" (vs. Avicii) (2012)
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