The Very Best of Macy Gray

The Very Best of Macy Gray
The Very Best of Macy Gray
Greatest hits album by Macy Gray
Released	August 30, 2004
Studio	Various Paramount (Hollywood, California); Record Plant (Hollywood, California); Aragon Ballroom (Chicago, Illinois); The Studio (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Remote Recording Services (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ameraycan (North Hollywood, California); O'Henry Sound (Burbank, California); Royaltone (North Hollywood, California); Way Station (Los Angeles, California); The Farm (Dublin, Ireland); Enterprise (Burbank, California); Capitol (Hollywood, California); Conway (Hollywood, California); D&D (New York City, New York); HMS House (Hove, England); ;
Genre	R&B; soul; neo soul;
Length	71:01
Label	Epic
Producer	Dallas Austin; Bugz in the Attic; DJ Kiilu Grand; Mike Elizondo; Damon Elliott; Fatboy Slim; Gang Starr; Macy Gray; Josh Rabinowitz; Jeremy Ruzumna; Andrew Slater; Darryl Swann; Dave Way;
Macy Gray chronology
Singles from The Very Best of Macy Gray
	"Love Is Gonna Get You"; Released: August 16, 2004;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]

The Very Best of Macy Gray is the first

Fatboy Slim. The album peaked at number 36 on the UK Albums Chart

and charted moderately in other European countries.

On December 1, 2008, the album was reissued in the United Kingdom including "

UK Singles Chart.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	" Norman Cook Radio Mix at 128BPM)	Gray Ruzumna Wilder Swann	Swann Gray Cook^[c]	3:32

Japanese edition^[4]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"We Will Rock You"	Brian May		3:03
15.	"Demons" (Fatboy Slim featuring Macy Gray)	Fatboy Slim Gray Withers	Fatboy Slim	3:14
16.	"When I See You" (Bugz in the Attic Remix)	Gray Ruzumna Indrizzo Meldal-Johnsen	Gray Austin^[a] Way^[a] Swann^[b] Bugz in the Attic^[c]	6:35
17.	"I've Committed Murder" (Gang Starr Main Mix) (featuring Mos Def)	Gray Swann Beckwith Ruzumna Harris Lai Sigman	Slater Gang Starr^[c]	4:38
18.	"Sexual Revolution" (Norman Cook Radio Mix at 128BPM)	Gray Ruzumna Wilder Swann	Swann Gray Cook^[c]	3:32

UK reissue bonus track^[5]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
18.	"Winter Wonderland"	Felix Bernard Dick Smith	Slater	2:53

Notes

^a signifies a co-producer
^{^b} signifies a vocal producer
^{^c} signifies a remixer

Sample credits

"Do Something" contains a sample of "
OutKast and "Funky for You" by Nice & Smooth
.

"I've Committed Murder" contains a sample of "Live Right Now" by Eddie Harris and an interpolation of "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" by Francis Lai & His Orchestra.
"Demons" contains a sample of "I Can't Write Left-Handed" by Bill Withers.

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)^[6]	18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[7]	52
Canadian R&B Albums ( Nielsen SoundScan)^[8]	63
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[9]	50
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[10]	58
Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[11]	23
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[12]	25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[13]	84
UK Albums (OCC)^[14]	36
UK R&B Albums (OCC)^[15]	31

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Ref.
United Kingdom	August 30, 2004	Epic	^[16]
United States	September 7, 2004	Epic	^[17]
Japan	October 20, 2004	Sony	^[4]
Germany	November 22, 2004	Sony	^[18]
United Kingdom (reissue)	December 1, 2008	Sony CMG	^[5]

Notes

^ Tracks 1–11
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tracks 6–8
^ ^a ^b ^c Tracks 9–11
^ Track 12
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Track 13
^ Track 16
^ Track 17

References

^ Theakston, Rob. "The Very Best of Macy Gray – Macy Gray". AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
ISBN 9780857125958
. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

^ "Macy Gray". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

^
HMV Japan
. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

^ ^a ^b "The Very Best Of: Macy Gray". Amazon (UK). Retrieved August 13, 2015.

Pandora Archive
.

^ "Ultratop.be – Macy Gray – The Very Best Of" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 5, 2009.

^ "R&B : Top 50". Jam!. October 7, 2004. Archived from the original on October 10, 2004. Retrieved January 29, 2023.

^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Macy Gray – The Very Best Of" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

^ "Italiancharts.com – Macy Gray – The Very Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Macy Gray – The Very Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

^ "Swisscharts.com – Macy Gray – The Very Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 8, 2018.

^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

^ "The Very Best Of Macy Gray: Macy Gray". Amazon (UK). Retrieved December 8, 2018.

^ "The Very Best of Macy Gray: Macy Gray". Amazon (US). Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

^ "The Very Best Of Macy Gray: Macy Gray" (in German). Amazon (Germany). Archived from the original on August 14, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

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Macy Gray

Discography

Studio albums

On How Life Is

The Id

The Trouble with Being Myself

Big

The Sellout

Covered

Talking Book

The Way

Stripped

Ruby

Other albums

The Very Best of Macy Gray

Live in Las Vegas

Singles

"Do Something"

"I Try"

"Still"

"Why Didn't You Call Me"

"Sweet Baby"

"Sexual Revolution"

"When I See You"

"Love Is Gonna Get You"

"Finally Made Me Happy"

"Shoo Be Doo"

"Beauty in the World"

"Kissed It"

"Lately"

Featured singles

"Demons"

"Geto Heaven Remix T.S.O.I. (The Sound of Illadelph)"

"Request + Line"

"Can't Hold Back"

Authority control databases

MusicBrainz release group

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[1] Tracks 1–11

[Tracks_6–8-2] Tracks 6–8

[Tracks_9–11-3] Tracks 9–11

[4] Track 12

[Track_13-5] Track 13

[6] Track 16

[7] Track 17

[8] Theakston, Rob. "The Very Best of Macy Gray – Macy Gray". AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2015.

[9] ISBN 9780857125958
. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[10] "Macy Gray". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

[japan-11] 
HMV Japan
. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

[UK-reissue-12] "The Very Best Of: Macy Gray". Amazon (UK). Retrieved August 13, 2015.

[13] Pandora Archive
.

[ac_Flanders_Macy_Gray-14] "Ultratop.be – Macy Gray – The Very Best Of" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 5, 2009.

[15] "R&B : Top 50". Jam!. October 7, 2004. Archived from the original on October 10, 2004. Retrieved January 29, 2023.

[ac_Netherlands_Macy_Gray-16] "Dutchcharts.nl – Macy Gray – The Very Best Of" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

[ac_Italy_Macy_Gray-17] "Italiancharts.com – Macy Gray – The Very Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

[ac_Portugal_Macy_Gray-18] "Portuguesecharts.com – Macy Gray – The Very Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

[ac_Scotland_-19] "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

[ac_Switzerland_Macy_Gray-20] "Swisscharts.com – Macy Gray – The Very Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

[ac_UK2_-21] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 8, 2018.

[ac_UKR&B_-22] "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

[23] "The Very Best Of Macy Gray: Macy Gray". Amazon (UK). Retrieved December 8, 2018.

[24] "The Very Best of Macy Gray: Macy Gray". Amazon (US). Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

[25] "The Very Best Of Macy Gray: Macy Gray" (in German). Amazon (Germany). Archived from the original on August 14, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

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