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{{Infobox album | name = The Essential Red Collection | type = greatest | artist = Sammy Hagar | cover = Sammy Hagar - The Essential Red Collection.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2004|8|10}} | recorded = 1973–1999 | venue = | studio = | genre = *Heavy metal *hard rock *glam metal | length = {{Duration|m=78|s=40}} | label = Hip-O | producer = | prev_title = Live: Hallelujah | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = Livin' It Up! | next_year = 2006 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r702921|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot--> '''''The Essential Red Collection''''' is a greatest hits album by Sammy Hagar. It includes some of his early works, from "Bad Motor Scooter" with Montrose, released demos, film soundtrack songs to more recent material. It was released in 2004 on Hip-O Records. It excludes songs from his time with Van Halen.
==Song information== * "Thinking of You" was retooled for Hagar's first album, ''Nine on a Ten Scale'', and included with the title, "Rock 'n' Roll Romeo". * A different version of "Heavy Metal" was included on the ''Heavy Metal'' soundtrack. The version included here, however, was the re-recorded version for his ''Standing Hampton'' album. * "Winner Takes It All", "Give to Live", and "Eagles Fly" feature Edward Van Halen on bass guitar.
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''The Essential Red Collection'' track listing | all_writing = Sammy Hagar, except where noted | extra_column = Album | title1 = Bad Motor Scooter | length1 = 3:41 | extra1 = ''Montrose'' (1973) | title2 = Thinking of You | length2 = 3:42 | extra2 = (previously unreleased 1974 demo) | title3 = Call My Name | length3 = 3:03 | extra3 = (previously unreleased 1974 demo) | title4 = Red | length4 = 4:04 | extra4 = ''Sammy Hagar'' (1977) | writer4 = <small>{{flat list|* Hagar * John Carter}}</small> | title5 = I've Done Everything for You | length5 = 3:03 | extra5 = (originally released as a B-side to the 1979 "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" single) | title6 = Heavy Metal | writer6 = <small>{{flat list|* Hagar * Jim Peterik}}</small> | length6 = 3:49 | extra6 = ''Standing Hampton'' (1982) | title7 = I'll Fall in Love Again | length7 = 4:10 | extra7 = ''Standing Hampton'' | title8 = There's Only One Way to Rock | length8 = 4:14 | extra8 = ''Standing Hampton'' | title9 = Fast Times at Ridgemont High | length9 = 3:34 | extra9 = ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' (1982) | title10 = Your Love is Driving Me Crazy | length10 = 3:30 | extra10 = ''Three Lock Box'' (1982) | title11 = Two Sides of Love | length11 = 3:41 | extra11 = ''VOA (1984)'' | title12 = I Can't Drive 55 | length12 = 4:12 | extra12 = ''VOA'' | title13 = The Girl Gets Around | writer13 = <small>{{flat list|* Hagar * Dean Pitchford}}</small> | length13 = 3:21 | extra13 = ''Footloose'' (1984) | title14 = Winner Takes It All | writer14 = <small>{{flat list|* Giorgio Moroder * Thomas Whitlock}}</small> | length14 = 3:58 | extra14 = ''Over the Top'' (1987) | title15 = Give to Live | length15 = 4:22 | extra15 = ''I Never Said Goodbye'' (1987) | title16 = Eagles Fly | length16 = 4:59 | extra16 = ''I Never Said Goodbye'' | title17 = High Hopes | length17 = 5:28 | extra17 = ''Unboxed'' (1994) | title18 = Little White Lie | length18 = 2:52 | extra18 = ''Marching to Mars'' (1997) | title19 = Marching to Mars | length19 = 5:05 | extra19 = ''Marching to Mars'' | title20 = Mas Tequila | writer20 = <small>{{flat list|* Hagar * Gary Glitter * Mike Leander}}</small> | length20 = 4:10 | extra20 = ''Red Voodoo'' (1999) | total_length = }}
==Singles== * "Call My Name" b/w "Eagles Fly (Unreleased Radio Edit)" b/w "Eagles Fly (Album version)" (Hip-O)
==Versions== * Hip-O Records (US) : B0002760-02
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.redrocker.com/index.php?s=media&a=discography&aid=6 Lyrics from Hagar's official site]
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