The Essential Red Collection

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.

The Essential Red Collection
Greatest hits album by Sammy Hagar
Released	August 10, 2004 (2004-08-10)
Recorded	1973–1999
Genre	Heavy metal hard rock glam metal
Length	78:40
Label	Hip-O
Sammy Hagar chronology
Live: Hallelujah (2003) The Essential Red Collection (2004) Livin' It Up! (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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

The Essential Red Collection track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Bad Motor Scooter"		Montrose (1973)	3:41
2.	"Thinking of You"		(previously unreleased 1974 demo)	3:42
3.	"Call My Name"		(previously unreleased 1974 demo)	3:03
4.	"Red"	Hagar John Carter	Sammy Hagar (1977)	4:04
5.	"I've Done Everything for You"		(originally released as a B-side to the 1979 "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" single)	3:03
6.	"Heavy Metal"	Hagar Jim Peterik	Standing Hampton (1982)	3:49
7.	"I'll Fall in Love Again"		Standing Hampton	4:10
8.	"There's Only One Way to Rock"		Standing Hampton	4:14
9.	"Fast Times at Ridgemont High"		Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)	3:34
10.	"Your Love is Driving Me Crazy"		Three Lock Box (1982)	3:30
11.	"Two Sides of Love"		VOA (1984)	3:41
12.	"I Can't Drive 55"		VOA	4:12
13.	"The Girl Gets Around"	Hagar Dean Pitchford	Footloose (1984)	3:21
14.	"Winner Takes It All"	Giorgio Moroder Thomas Whitlock	Over the Top (1987)	3:58
15.	"Give to Live"		I Never Said Goodbye (1987)	4:22
16.	"Eagles Fly"		I Never Said Goodbye	4:59
17.	"High Hopes"		Unboxed (1994)	5:28
18.	"Little White Lie"		Marching to Mars (1997)	2:52
19.	"Marching to Mars"		Marching to Mars	5:05
20.	"Mas Tequila"	Hagar Gary Glitter Mike Leander	Red Voodoo (1999)	4:10

All tracks are written by Sammy Hagar, except where noted.

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