I Build This Garden for Us

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"I Build This Garden for Us"
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Single by Lenny Kravitz
from the album Let Love Rule
ReleasedJanuary 18, 1990
Recorded1989
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length
  • 6:16 (album version)
  • 4:40 (single version)
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s) Lenny Kravitz
Producer(s) Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz singles chronology
"Let Love Rule"
(1989)
"I Build This Garden for Us"
(1990)
"Mr. Cab Driver"
(1990)

"I Build This Garden for Us" is a song by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released in 1990 by Virgin Records as the second single from his debut album, Let Love Rule (1989). [1] [2]

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Critical reception

In an review on 3 February 1990, Simon Reynolds of Melody Maker named the musician a "hi-fibre, organic version of Prince" and summarized on a single, "Well made, but not what you could call 'music'". [3] John Mackie from The Vancouver Sun declared it a "standout" from Let Love Rule , noting that the song "sounds like it was teleported in from the golden era of psychedelia". [4]

Track listing

  1. "I Build This Garden for Us" – 6:16 (Kravitz)
  2. "Flower Child" – 2:56 (Kravitz)
  3. "Fear" – 5:25 (Kravitz, Lisa Bonet)

Members

Charts

Chart performance for "I Build This Garden for Us"
Chart (1990)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [5] 83
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [6] 51
UK Singles (OCC) [7] 83
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [8] 25

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References

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