Song · Lenny Kravitz
“I Built This Garden For Us” by Lenny Kravitz
“I Built This Garden For Us” by Lenny Kravitz appears on 15 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2014. Its best result is #65 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #177 alternative song of 1990 and #1,354 alternative song of all time.
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Lenny Kravitz followed the "Let Love Rule" single with "I Build This Garden for Us", issued by Virgin in 1990 as the second single from his 1989 debut album, Let Love Rule. It's full-blown psychedelic rock from someone plainly in love with the sound of vintage records.
The critics couldn't agree on it. Reviewing it in Melody Maker in February 1990, Simon Reynolds cast Kravitz as a high-fibre, organic answer to Prince, then decided the single was well made but not really music at all. John Mackie of The Vancouver Sun heard it differently, picking it as a standout on the album and saying it sounded beamed in from psychedelia's golden era. Next up on the singles front was "Mr. Cab Driver".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 65 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 825 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 876 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 877 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 877 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 874 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 874 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 874 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 1138 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1068 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1098 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1139 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1175 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1233 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1283 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
Also listed as: I Build This Garden For Us.
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