Song · Lenny Kravitz
“Live” by Lenny Kravitz
From the album 5 (1998)
“Live” by Lenny Kravitz appears on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2007 and 2014. It was first released in 1998 on the album 5. Its best result is #1199 on the CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,989 alternative song of all time.
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"Live" comes off Lenny Kravitz's 1998 album 5, and it's close to a one-man show: Kravitz sings lead, plays the bass, the drums, the organ and guitar, and wrote the words himself. Craig Ross adds the other guitar and shares the music credit.
What keeps it from sounding like a bedroom project is the brass. Mike Hunter's trumpet and Harold Todd's saxophone give the groove a warm, strutting lift, and Nehemiah Hield trades vocals and backing parts with Kravitz, so the whole thing feels like a band in a room even when it mostly isn't. Terry Manning engineered and mixed it, and he leaves the grain in.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1199 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1282 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1308 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1348 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1407 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1460 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1519 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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