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“Fields of Joy” by Lenny Kravitz

From the album Mama Said (1991)

“Fields of Joy” by Lenny Kravitz appears on 15 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2014. It was first released in 1991 on the album Mama Said. Its best result is #597 on the CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,157 alternative song of all time.

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#597best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1999–2014years charted

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"Fields of Joy" was Lenny Kravitz's remake of a 1971 song by the New York Rock Ensemble, written by Hal Fredericks and Michael Kamen, and Mama Said, his second album, gave it up as its third single on July 16, 1991. It's a dreamy escape fantasy about leaving your troubles behind and wandering off through the fields with a lover, drenched in Mellotron haze and vintage psychedelic glow.

Kravitz produced it and played almost everything, bass, guitars, Mellotron and drums, and arranged it with Doug Neslund. The guitar solo belongs to Slash. The two had been classmates at Beverly Hills High School without really being friends, then reconnected at the American Music Awards; Slash stopped by the Mama Said overdub sessions, nailed the solo in one take, and Kravitz refused to let him try again.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

#1,157 of all time

All Rock Formats

#2,194 of all time

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	1061	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	1062	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	1064	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	1063	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2002	1740	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2003	1048	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	1048	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	1048	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	617	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	597	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	619	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	639	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	661	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	689	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	721	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013

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