iTunes Originals – Patti Smith

iTunes Originals – Patti Smith
Compilation album by Patti Smith
Released	January 8, 2008
Genre	Rock
Length	91:09
Label	Sony BMG
Patti Smith compilations chronology
Land (2002) iTunes Originals (2008) Outside Society (2011)

iTunes Originals – Patti Smith is an iTunes Originals compilation album by Patti Smith, released digitally by iTunes Store on January 8, 2008.^[1] It includes interviews, new versions of pre-existing songs, and original songs that have been released before.^[2]

Track listing

#	Title	Songwriter	Length
1	"iTunes Originals"	Spoken word	0:08
2	"I Can't Remember Ever Recording It Acoustically"	Spoken word	1:23
3	"Pissing in a River" (iTunes Originals version)	Ivan Kral, Patti Smith	4:41
4	"It Was Our Most Popular Song"	Spoken word	2:55
5	"Because the Night"	Bruce Springsteen, Smith	3:22
6	"It Was Written In Memory of the Hopi Indians"	Spoken word	1:29
7	"Ghost Dance" (iTunes Originals version)	Lenny Kaye, Smith	4:29
8	"I Was Walking By the Sea Thinking of Him"	Spoken word	1:11
9	"Frederick"	Smith	3:02
10	"In the Face of Loss We Have to Be Strong"	Spoken word	2:09
11	"About a Boy"	Smith	8:15
12	"A Poem for Oliver Ray"	Spoken word	1:43
13	"Beneath the Southern Cross"	Kaye, Smith	4:34
14	"I Wanted to Sing It the Way I Ride a Horse"	Spoken word	1:31
15	"Midnight Rider" (iTunes Originals version)	Gregg Allman, Robert Payne	3:55
16	"My Inspiration Was Mother Teresa"	Spoken word	1:34
17	"One Voice"	Jay Dee Daugherty, Smith	4:04
18	"I Always Look to William Blake When I'm Having a Difficult Year"	Spoken word	1:49
19	"My Blakean Year"	Smith	5:14
20	"This Song Came to Mind"	Spoken word	2:17
21	"Tara/Peaceable Kingdom" (iTunes Originals version)	Smith, Tony Shanahan	6:33
22	"We Became Instant Friends"	Spoken word	2:15
23	"Gloria: In Excelsis Deo" (Live)	Smith, Van Morrison	6:50
24	"It's a Very Alive Song"	Spoken word	1:11
25	"Soul Kitchen" (iTunes Originals version)	Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger	4:03
26	"The Most Emotional Song on the Record"	Spoken word	3:38
27	"Smells Like Teen Spirit" (featuring Steve Earle) (iTunes Originals version)	Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic	6:54

Personnel

• Patti Smith – vocals, guitar, clarinet
• Lenny Kaye – guitar
• Richard Sohl – keyboards
• Ivan Kral – bass
• Jay Dee Daugherty – drums
• Bruce Brody – keyboards
• Tony Shanahan – bass, keyboards
• Oliver Ray – guitar

Release history

Date	Label	Format
January 8, 2008	Sony BMG	Music download

Notes

1. Allison, Tanene (2008-01-15). "Patti Smith iTunes Original and, 2008, The Year of The Rat". San Francisco Bay Area: Fog City Journal. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
2. Sellers, Dennis (2007-12-26). "Patti Smith to debut ‘iTunes Originals’". Macsimum News. Retrieved 2009-04-29.

External links

• Press release at PR Newswire