The Very Best of Sheryl Crow is a greatest hits album by American singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). The album was a commercial success, reached #2 on both the UK Album Chart and the Billboard 200, selling 4 million units in the US as of January 2008 [93350]. The album also received a Gold accreditation in Australia during 2005 [93351].

Track listing

1. "All I Wanna Do" (David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Wyn Cooper, Crow, Kevin Gilbert) – 4:34
2. "Soak Up the Sun" (Crow, Jeff Trott) – 4:52
3. "My Favorite Mistake" (Crow, Trott) – 4:07
4. "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (Cat Stevens) – 3:47
5. "Everyday Is a Winding Road" (Crow, Brian MacLeod, Trott) – 4:17
6. "Leaving Las Vegas" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, David Ricketts) – 5:10
7. "Strong Enough" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, MacLeod, Ricketts) – 3:12
8. "Light in Your Eyes" (Crow, John Shanks) – 4:02
9. "If It Makes You Happy" (Crow, Trott) – 5:25
10. "The Difficult Kind" (Crow) – 6:20
11. "Picture" with Kid Rock (Crow, Robert James Ritchie) – 4:58
12. "Steve McQueen" (Crow, Shanks) – 3:26
13. "A Change Would Do You Good" (Crow, MacLeod, Trott) – 3:51
14. "Home" (Crow) – 4:51
15. "There Goes the Neighborhood" (Crow, Trott) – 5:04
16. "I Shall Believe" (Bottrell, Crow) – 5:38
17. "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (Country Version)" (Stevens) – 3:44

International release

Internationally some tracks were changed:

• "The Difficult Kind" was replaced by "Run Baby Run"
• "Steve McQueen" was replaced by "C'mon C'mon (with The Corrs)"
• "The First Cut Is The Deepest (Country Version)" was replaced by "Let's Get Free" (This last only for UK Edition).
• The international version's last track was "I Shall Believe".

There is an international version where track 17, "The First Cut Is the Deepest", is replaced by "It's So Easy". This version contains also a 18^th track: "Tomorrow Never Dies", the theme song of the homonymous James Bond movie.

Digital release

Digital versions of the album at Amazon.com and the iTunes Store omit track 11, "Picture". All the subsequent tracks shift their numbering back accordingly.

Personnel

• Sheryl Crow - acoustic guitar, piano, bass, vocals, background vocals, 12 string guitar
• Jimmie Bones - keyboards
• Tom Bukovac - electric guitar
• Joel Derouin - concert master
• Shannon Forrest - drums
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar
• Shirley Hayden - background vocals
• Kid Rock - rhythm guitar, vocals
• Abraham Laboriel Jr. - drums
• Misty Love - background vocals
• Jamie Muhoberac - keyboards
• Kenny Olson - guitar
• Michael Rhodes - bass
• Matt Rollings - piano
• John Shanks - bass, electric guitar, background vocals

Production

• Producers: Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell, Garth Fundis, Kid Rock, John Shanks, Jeff Trott
• Engineers: Matt Andrews, Marc DeSisto, Jeff Rothschild, Al Sutton
• Mixing: Chuck Ainlay, Kid Rock, Jeff Rothschild, Al Sutton, Dave Way
• Production coordination: Shari Sutcliffe
• String arrangements: Patrick Warren
• Assistant: Josh Muncy
• Contractor: Shari Sutcliffe
• Photography: Naomi Kaltman, Peter Lindbergh, Mark Seliger
• Liner notes: David Wild

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2004	The Billboard 200	2
2004	Top Canadian Albums	2
2004	Top Internet Albums	2
2004	U.K Albums Chart	2

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2004	"Light in Your Eyes"	Adult Contemporary	37
2004	"Light in Your Eyes"	Adult Top 40	10
2004	"The First Cut Is the Deepest"	Adult Contemporary	1
2004	"The First Cut Is the Deepest"	Adult Top 40	1
2004	"The First Cut Is the Deepest"	Hot Country Singles & Tracks	35
2004	"The First Cut Is the Deepest"	The Billboard Hot 100	14
2004	"The First Cut Is the Deepest"	Top 40 Adult Recurrents	1
2004	"The First Cut Is the Deepest"	Top 40 Mainstream	10
2004	"The First Cut Is the Deepest"	Top 40 Tracks	10
2003	"The First Cut Is the Deepest"	Australian Singles Chart	50 [93352].

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