Are You Gonna Go My Way (song)

"Are You Gonna Go My Way" is the first single to be released by Lenny Kravitz from the album Are You Gonna Go My Way. It was released in February 1993. It was written by Lenny Kravitz and Craig Ross. The single has been covered by numerous artists, such as Metallica, in a medley for "MTV Hits" at the 2003 MTV Music Video Awards, Tom Jones for the Jerky Boys OST, Robbie Williams on Jones' 1999 album Reload and Melanie Brown in her solo section, on the Spice Girls Reunion Tour. Serbian hard rock band Cactus Jack recorded a version on their live cover album DisCover in 2002. A remixed version is played as the opening theme song in Gran Turismo 3. Adam Lambert covered the song in November 2012 in his swing through South Africa. The song was featured in one episode of Fox animated series The Simpsons. It was also featured in the music video game Guitar Hero World Tour.

Music video
The music video was directed by Mark Romanek. It consisted of Kravitz and his band playing, surrounded by people dancing.

Awards
The success of the song and the music video led to Kravitz being nominated for and winning several awards:
 * Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo: Nominated
 * Grammy Award for Best Rock Song: Nominated
 * MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction: Nominated
 * MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Artist: Won

Personnel

 * Lenny Kravitz – lead vocals, background vocals, drums
 * Craig Ross – electric guitar
 * Tony Breit – bass

Track listings

 * CD 1
 * 1) "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
 * 2) "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over"
 * 3) "Always on the Run"
 * 4) "Let Love Rule"


 * CD 2
 * 1) "Are You Gonna Go My Way" – 3:32
 * 2) "My Love" – 3:52
 * 3) "All My Life" – 6:16
 * 4) "Someone Like You" – 4:14

Chart performance
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but reached number one on the Album Rock Tracks and number 2 on the Modern Rock Tracks. It also reached the top 5 in the UK, peaking at number 4. It is still Kravitz's most successful single in Australia, where it peaked at number-one for 6 weeks through April and May 1993. "Are You Gonna Go My Way" is the only Diamond certified single in Brazil, with over 500,000 downloads.