The Best of Sugar Ray is a 2005 Sugar Ray

Sugar Ray

Sugar Ray is a band from Orange County, California. The band, starting off more as an alternative metal band, first gained fame in 1997 with their release of the song "Fly". This song's success, coupled with its pop rock sound that was quite different from the rest of their material at the time,...

 greatest hits album, released by Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

, consisting of 12 previous hits and 3 new recordings. Tracks 1, 9, and 14 are new tracks. Tracks 7 and 10 are from Lemonade and Brownies

Lemonade and Brownies

Lemonade and Brownies is the name of Sugar Ray's debut album, released in 1995.DJ Lethal produced for the album, providing all of the DJing...

, Tracks 3 and 12 are from Floored, Tracks 4, 6 and 8 are from 14:59

14:59

14:59 is the third album by the band Sugar Ray, released on January 12, 1999. It entered the top 20 on the Billboard 200, peaking at #17 and certified triple-platinum by the RIAA. The album shows the band moving into a more adult contemporary style, away from their earlier alternative metal...

, Tracks 2, 5, and 11 are from Sugar Ray

Sugar Ray (album)

Sugar Ray is Sugar Ray's fourth album released on 2001. It features the hit single, "When It's Over." The album peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200 and has reached Gold status since its release.-Track listing:...

, and Tracks 13 and 15 are from In the Pursuit of Leisure

In the Pursuit of Leisure

In the Pursuit of Leisure is Sugar Ray's fifth studio album released on 2003. Hip-hop artists Esthero and Shaggy guest-start on the album. Stylistically, it represents a move away from the groups previous funk metal sound of their first few albums in the 90s towards the lighter, hook-filled...

. The 3 new songs are: "Shot of Laughter", a cover of Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper

Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...

's "Time After Time", and a song written by a teenage Howard Stern

Howard Stern

Howard Allan Stern is an American radio personality, television host, author, and actor best known for his radio show, which was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2005. He gained wide recognition in the 1990s where he was labeled a "shock jock" for his outspoken and sometimes controversial style...

, "Psychedelic Bee". "Mr. Bartender" is the only hit single absent from the album.

The international edition of the album substitutes a cover of Joe Walsh

Joe Walsh

Joseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has been a member of three commercially successful bands, the James Gang, Barnstorm, and the Eagles, and has experienced notable success as a solo artist and prolific session musician, especially with B.B...

's Life's Been Good for Time after Time.

Track listing

1. "Shot of Laughter" – 3:42
2. "Answer the Phone" – 3:58
3. "Fly
   Fly (Sugar Ray song)
   "Fly" is a song by rock band Sugar Ray. It appears on their 1997 album Floored twice: one version with reggae artist Super Cat and the other without ....
   
   " (Featuring Super Cat
   Super Cat
   Super Cat is a deejay most popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s dancehall movement. Super Cat was born in Jamaica and was nicknamed Wild Apache. His nickname, the "Wild Apache" was given to him by his mentor Early B...
   
   ) – 4:53
4. "Someday
   Someday (Sugar Ray song)
   "Someday" is a single from the rock band Sugar Ray from their album 14:59. The song reached #7 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Modern Rock Tracks, as well as #4 on the Hot 100 Airplay and #4 on Canada's RPM singles chart....
   
   " – 4:04
5. "Under the Sun" – 3:22
6. "Every Morning
   Every Morning (Sugar Ray song)
   "Every Morning" is the second track off Sugar Ray's third album 14:59. It was one of Sugar Ray's most successful singles, climbing all the way to number one on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart...
   
   " – 3:41
7. "Mean Machine" – 2:42
8. "Falls Apart
   Falls Apart (song)
   "Falls Apart" is a single from the rock band Sugar Ray from their album 14:59. The song reached #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks.-Chart positions:...
   
   " – 4:16
9. "Time After Time
   Time after Time (Cyndi Lauper song)
   "Time After Time" is a song by American singer Cyndi Lauper, released as the second single from her album She's So Unusual. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 9, 1984, and remained there for two weeks...
   
   " – 3:56
10. "Rhyme Stealer" – 2:53
11. "When It's Over
    When It's Over (Sugar Ray song)
    "When It's Over" is a single from the rock band Sugar Ray from their self-titled album, Sugar Ray. The song reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #32 on the UK Singles Chart.-Music video:...
    
    " – 3:39
12. "RPM" – 3:22
13. "Is She Really Going out with Him?" – 3:50
14. "Psychedelic Bee" – 1:54 (written by Howard Stern
    Howard Stern
    Howard Allan Stern is an American radio personality, television host, author, and actor best known for his radio show, which was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2005. He gained wide recognition in the 1990s where he was labeled a "shock jock" for his outspoken and sometimes controversial style...
    
    )
15. "Chasin' You Around" – 3:38