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"Again"
Single by Lenny Kravitz
from the album Greatest Hits
Released	September 14, 2000
Format	CD
Genre	Rock
Length	3:45
Label	Virgin America
Writer(s)	Lenny Kravitz
Producer	Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz singles chronology
"Black Velveteen" (1999) "Again" (2000) "Dig In" (2001) Alternative covers UK promo cover Australian cover

"Again" is a single by rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on his 2000 Greatest Hits album. The song is a mid-tempo rock ballad song and won Kravitz a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance in 2001, a feat he had already achieved twice consecutively, with "Fly Away" and "American Woman".^[1] The song is about losing contact with a past lover and wondering if they will ever encounter each other in the future to give the relationship another chance. The single was a hit in the United States, where it reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Kravitz's first solo top five hit in nearly nine years, the last being 1991's "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over", which peaked at number two, and this song is his most recent Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Music video

The music video for "Again", directed by Paul Hunter, features Kravitz with a girl in his apartment (Gina Gershon), whom he does not seem to be interested in. Similar to the song's lyrical content, he meets a girl (Teresa Lourenco), who works as a waitress in a restaurant/diner. At the end of the video, Kravitz goes to the restaurant to meet her again, but she is not there and Kravitz leaves. Soon after he leaves, the waitress enters the restaurant, not knowing he was there to see her. Kravitz returns to his apartment, losing the chance to meet her one more time.

Some other shots of the video show Kravitz performing the song at the Limelight club. Other scenes show Kravitz in his apartment, wandering around, shown nude after taking a shower, watching television and some sexually explicit scenes where he is seen making out with Teresa.

Chart performance

"Again" is one of Kravitz's most popular songs. On the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, the song peaked at #4, making the single the 2nd most successful song in that country by Kravitz.

Tracklisting

1. "Again"
2. "Fly away" (Live performance)
3. "Always on the run" (Live performance)
4. "Are you gonna go my way" (Live performance)

UK Edition

1. "Again"

Australian Edition

1. "Again"
2. "Fly Away" (Live)
3. "Always On The Run" (Live)
4. "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (Live)
5. "Again" (Stankonia Remix) [Clean Version]
6. "Again" (Stankonia Remix)
7. "Again" (Video)

References

1. ^ Official site of the Grammy Awards

In popular culture

• "Again" is played in one of the closing credits sequences of Gran Turismo 3. OutKast also recorded a remix to this song.