Are You Gonna Go My Way - wikipedia Are You Gonna Go My Way For the song, see Are You Gonna Go My Way ( song ). Are You Gonna Go My Way Studio album by Lenny Kravitz Released March 9, 1993 Recorded 1992 -- 93 at Waterfront Recording Studios Genre Rock blues rock soul Length 46 : 14 Label Virgin Producer Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz chronology Mama Said ( 1991 ) Mama Said 1991 Are You Gonna Go My Way ( 1993 ) Circus ( 1995 ) Circus 1995 Singles from Are You Gonna Go My Way `` Are You Gonna Go My Way '' Released : February 22, 1993 `` Believe '' Released : July 17, 1993 `` Heaven Help '' Released : November 10, 1993 `` Is There Any Love in Your Heart '' Released : December 2, 1993 `` Heaven Help / Spinning Around Over You '' Released : January 14, 1994 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic American Songwriter Chicago Tribune Entertainment Weekly Rolling Stone The Rolling Stone Album Guide The Village Voice Are You Gonna Go My Way is the third studio album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on March 9, 1993 by Virgin Records. It was recorded at Waterfront Studios, Hoboken, New Jersey by Henry Hirsch. It became Kravitz 's first top 20 album on the United States Billboard 200, and his first number one album in both Australia and the United Kingdom, achieving massive worldwide success that helped to establish his popularity as a performer. The album was certified Platinum twice in the United States, for shipments of over 2.2 million copies, making it his third most successful album there, totalling over 4 million copies in worldwide sales. Contents 1 Album information 2 Track listing 2.1 Original edition 2.2 Vinyl edition bonus CD track listing 3 Singles 4 Music videos 5 Personnel 6 Chart performance 6.1 Charts 6.2 Certifications 7 Awards 7.1 Grammy Awards of 1994 7.2 MTV Video Music Awards 1993 8 Album credits 9 References 10 Sources Album information The album had a good reception by fans and music critics and it is still considered one of Kravitz 's best works. Musically, it contained songs inspired by classic rock artists such as Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Curtis Mayfield, Sly and Robbie, and Prince. Additional guitars were contributed by Craig Ross. The album cover features Kravitz facing a woman, whose back is turned to the viewer. This has been rumored to be Vanessa Paradis, with whom Kravitz was involved with romantically and professionally at the time. Track listing Original edition `` Are You Gonna Go My Way '' ( Kravitz, Craig Ross ) -- 3 : 31 `` Believe '' ( Kravitz, Henry Hirsch ) -- 4 : 50 `` Come on and Love Me '' ( Kravitz ) -- 3 : 52 `` Heaven Help '' ( Gerry DeVeaux, Terry Britten ) -- 3 : 10 `` Just Be a Woman '' ( Kravitz ) -- 3 : 50 `` Is There Any Love in Your Heart '' ( Kravitz, Ross ) -- 3 : 39 `` Black Girl '' ( Kravitz ) -- 3 : 42 `` My Love '' ( Kravitz, Ross ) -- 3 : 50 `` Sugar '' ( Kravitz ) -- 4 : 00 `` Sister '' ( Kravitz ) -- 7 : 02 `` Eleutheria '' ( Kravitz ) -- 4 : 48 Vinyl edition bonus CD track listing `` Ascension '' ( Kravitz, Hirsch ) -- 3 : 45 `` Brother '' ( Kravitz ) -- 4 : 16 `` Good Lovin ' '' ( DeVeaux, Britten ) -- 3 : 34 `` Someone Like You '' ( Kravitz, Ross, Hirch ) -- 4 : 14 `` All My Life '' ( Kravitz ) -- 6 : 24 `` Spinning Around Over U '' ( Kravitz ) -- 3 : 35 `` For the First Time '' ( Kravitz ) -- 3 : 38 `` Lonely Rainbows '' ( Kravitz, Hirsch ) -- 2 : 26 Singles `` Are You Gonna Go My Way '' The lead single of the album. The song peaked at number one on the Australian Singles Chart, and also peaked at number one on the US Mainstream Rock chart, becoming his first number one single in both countries, while it peaked at number 2 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks. The song was also a worldwide hit, peaking at number 4 in both the United Kingdom and France. The song is not only considered to be one of Kravitz 's greatest hits as an artist, but also as one of the biggest anthems of the 1990s. Appears in the video games Gran Turismo 3 : A-Spec ( in a GT Remix ) and Guitar Hero World Tour as well as `` Guitar Hero Live ''. `` Believe '' The second single from the album. It is a rock ballad, that speaks of faith and freedom. The song was another major success from the album, peaking at number 60 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 15 on the US Mainstream Rock chart, number 10 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks, number 30 in the UK, and number 8 in Australia. `` Heaven Help '' The third single from the album. An R&B and soul song, that originally peaked at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100 but later peaked at number 80, being charted as a double A-side single along with `` Spinning Around Over You ''. The double A-side format also peaked at number 92 on the Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs, while in the United Kingdom, it became Kravitz 's second top 20 single from the album, reaching number 20. `` Is There Any Love in Your Heart '' The song was released as the final single from the original album. It peaked at number 19 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, number 52 in the UK, and number 32 in Australia. `` Spinning Around Over You '' The song charted as a double A-side single along with `` Heaven Help '', peaking at number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 37 on the Hot Mainstream Rock tracks chart. The single was originally featured on the soundtrack to the film Reality Bites and was featured on the album as a bonus track, thus being the final single from the album. Music videos `` Are You Gonna Go My Way '' `` Believe '' `` Heaven Help '' `` Is There Any Love in Your Heart '' Personnel Lenny Kravitz -- vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, Mellotron, bass, drums, chimes Craig Ross -- acoustic and electric guitars Henry Hirsch -- piano, Wurlitzer organ, synthesizer, bass Tony Breit -- bass Dave Domanich -- drums on track 4, `` Heaven Help '' Michael Hunter -- French horn, flugelhorn Robert Lawrence -- violins Liuh - Wen Ting -- viola Michael `` Ibo '' Cooper -- keyboards on track 11, `` Eleutheria '' Chart performance Are You Gonna Go My Way has been very successful not only in the United States, but also worldwide, particularly in the major markets of Europe and South America. It reached number 12 on the Billboard 200 and number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Australian Albums Chart. As of March 2008, the album has sold 2.2 million units in the U.S. The title track has been considered one of Kravitz 's signature songs and was nominated for two Grammy Awards. It was also voted in at number 28 in Triple J 's Hottest 100 of 1993, an Australian music poll run by the radio station Triple J. Charts Year Chart Position Australian ARIA Albums Chart German Albums Chart 7 UK Album Chart Billboard 200 12 Certifications Country Certification ( sales thresholds ) Germany Gold Awards Grammy Awards of 1994 Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ( `` Are You Gonna Go My Way '' ) ( Nominated ) Best Rock Song ( `` Are You Gonna Go My Way '' ) ( Nominated ) MTV Video Music Awards 1993 Best Male Video ( `` Are You Gonna Go My Way '' ) ( Won ) Best Art Direction ( `` Are You Gonna Go My Way '' ) ( Nominated ) Album credits Engineered and mixed by Henry Hirsch Assistant engineer -- Greg Di Gesu Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound Studios Ar direction by Len Peltier Design by Jean Krikorian and Len Peltier Cover photography by Jean - Baptiste Mondino References ^ Jump up to : Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. `` Are You Gonna Go My Way -- Lenny Kravitz ''. AllMusic. Retrieved May 6, 2012. ^ Jump up to : Browne, David ( March 19, 1993 ). `` Are You Gonna Go My Way ''. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 6, 2012. Jump up ^ Luecking, Eric ( October 3, 2013 ). `` Lenny Kravitz : Are You Gonna Go My Way ( 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition ) ''. American Songwriter. Retrieved June 13, 2016. Jump up ^ Kampert, Patrick ( March 18, 1991 ). `` Lenny Kravitz : Are You Gonna Go My Way ( Virgin ) ''. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 13, 2016. Jump up ^ Poulson - Bryant, Scott ( April 29, 1993 ). `` Lenny Kravitz : Are You Gonna Go My Way ''. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 18, 2008. Retrieved May 6, 2012. Jump up ^ Appleford, Steve ( 2004 ). `` Lenny Kravitz ''. In Brackett, Nathan ; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 470. ISBN 0 - 7432 - 0169 - 8. Jump up ^ Christgau, Robert ( January 18, 1994 ). `` Consumer Guide ''. The Village Voice. Retrieved May 6, 2012. Jump up ^ Rock On The Net : Lenny Kravitz Jump up ^ Are You Gonna Go My Way -- Lenny Kravitz ( buy online, get all lyrics, infos, chords, guitar tabs, audio, mp3 ) Jump up ^ The Official Web Site of Guitarist Craig Ross Archived July 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Die ganze Musik im Internet : Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler - Suche, Musik - Suche, Track - Suche, Ticket - Suche ''. musicline.de. Retrieved 2012 - 01 - 09. Jump up ^ `` Gold - / Platin - Datenbank ( ' Are You Gonna Go My Way ' ) '' ( in German ). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Sources Are You Gonna Go My Way on cduniverse.com Preceded by Diva by Annie Lennox UK number - one album March 13 -- 26, 1993 Succeeded by Their Greatest Hits by Hot Chocolate Preceded by Unplugged by Eric Clapton Australian ARIA Albums Chart number - one album April 18 -- May 15, 1993 Succeeded by Breathless by Kenny G Lenny Kravitz Studio albums Let Love Rule ( 1989 ) Mama Said ( 1991 ) Are You Gonna Go My Way ( 1993 ) Circus ( 1995 ) 5 ( 1998 ) Lenny ( 2001 ) Baptism ( 2004 ) It Is Time for a Love Revolution ( 2008 ) Black and White America ( 2011 ) Strut ( 2014 ) Compilations Greatest Hits Video albums Video Retrospective Greatest Hits : Limited Tour Edition ( 2004 ) It Is Time for a Love Revolution : Deluxe Edition ( 2008 ) Related articles Discography Videography Roxie Roker ( mother ) Leonard M. Kravitz ( paternal uncle ) Zoë Kravitz ( daughter ) Al Roker ( maternal second cousin ) Lisa Bonet ( ex-wife ) Book Category Lenny Kravitz singles Let Love Rule `` Let Love Rule '' ( 1989 ) `` I Build This Garden for Us '' ( 1990 ) `` Mr. Cab Driver '' ( 1990 ) Mama Said `` Always on the Run '' ( featuring Slash ) ( 1991 ) `` It Ai n't Over ' til It 's Over '' ( 1991 ) `` Fields of Joy '' ( 1991 ) Are You Gonna Go My Way `` Are You Gonna Go My Way '' ( 1993 ) `` Heaven Help '' ( 1993 ) `` Heaven Help '' / `` Spinning Around Over You '' ( 1994 ) Circus `` Rock and Roll Is Dead '' ( 1995 ) 5 `` If You Ca n't Say No '' ( 1998 ) `` Thinking of You '' ( 1998 ) `` I Belong to You '' ( 1998 ) `` Fly Away '' ( 1998 ) `` American Woman '' ( 1999 ) `` Black Velveteen '' ( 1999 ) Greatest Hits `` Black Velveteen '' ( 1999 ) `` Again '' ( 2000 ) Lenny `` Dig In '' ( 2001 ) `` Stillness of Heart '' ( 2002 ) `` Believe in Me '' ( 2002 ) `` If I Could Fall in Love '' ( 2002 ) Baptism `` Where Are We Runnin ' ? '' ( 2004 ) `` California '' ( 2004 ) `` Calling All Angels '' ( 2004 ) `` Lady '' ( 2005 ) It Is Time for a Love Revolution `` I 'll Be Waiting '' ( 2008 ) `` Love Love Love '' ( 2008 ) `` Dancin ' Til Dawn '' ( 2008 ) Black and White America `` Stand '' ( 2011 ) Strut `` The Chamber '' ( 2014 ) Soundtracks `` American Woman '' ( 1999 ) Other singles `` Deuce '' ( featuring Stevie Wonder ) ( 1994 ) `` ( I Ca n't Make It ) Another Day '' ( featuring Michael Jackson ) ( 2010 ) `` Superlove '' ( vs. Avicii ) ( 2012 ) Book Category Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Are_You_Gonna_Go_My_Way&oldid=796999263 '' Categories : 1993 albums Lenny Kravitz albums Virgin Records albums Albums produced by Lenny Kravitz Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links CS1 German - language sources ( de ) Use mdy dates from October 2014 Articles with hAudio microformats Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from December 2007 Articles with unsourced statements from January 2012 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Deutsch Eesti Español Français Italiano Lietuvių 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Suomi Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 24 August 2017, at 10 : 14. 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Question: who did are you gonna go my way
Answer: Lenny Kravitz