This song was Grammy nominated in 1996 after being a huge hit song around the world in 1995.... except in the United States, where it was NOT a hit. Canada? Loved it! New Zealand? Huge hit. Spain? Top 5. United States? #75 on the Hot 100.
Let's be honest - even though Kravitz wrote and produced this song, it sounds like he lifted half the riff from "Heartbreaker" by Led Zeppelin. It's undeniable (and probably why it failed in the US). In reality, that riff was the riff from "Are You Gonna Go My Way" - which shared an album with this song - played backwards.... so, not actually lifted. But man, I sure thought it was, too.
Anyway, the song is a pretty solid rock song.
Oh yes, he plays it live, and it's perhaps more impressive as a straight-ahead rock song. Here he is performing it in 2011. Not pictured: the painting in his attic that's aging for him.
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