Films About Ghosts (The Best of...) rock band Counting Crows . It was released by Geffen Records on November 2, 2003. The album contains songs from their first four studio albums. The album takes its name from a line in "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby ": "If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts. "
Films About Ghosts (The Best Of...) track listingTitle Writer(s) 1. "Angels of the Silences " (from Recovering the Satellites Adam Duritz , Charlie Gillingham 3:39 2. "Round Here " (from August and Everything After Duritz, David Bryson , Dave Janusko, Dan Jewett, Chris Roldan 5:32 3. "Rain King " (from August and Everything After ) Duritz, Bryson 4:17 4. "A Long December " (from Recovering the Satellites ) Duritz 4:58 5. "Hanginaround " (from This Desert Life Duritz, Bryson, Dan Vickrey , Ben Mize 4:16 6. "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby " (from This Desert Life ) Duritz 7:46 7. "Mr. Jones " (from August and Everything After ) Duritz, Bryson 4:33 8. "Recovering the Satellites" (from Recovering the Satellites ) Duritz 5:25 9. "American Girls " (from Hard Candy Duritz 4:35 10. "Big Yellow Taxi " (from Hard Candy Vanessa Carlton ) Joni Mitchell 3:46 11. "Omaha" (from August and Everything After ) Duritz 3:41 12. "Friend of the Devil " (previously unreleased Grateful Dead cover) Jerry Garcia , Robert Hunter , John Dawson 4:37 13. "Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman) " (from compilation album DGC Rarities Vol.1 Duritz, Bryson 3:53 14. "Anna Begins" (from August and Everything After ) Duritz, Bryson, Marty Jones, Toby Hawkins, Lydia Holly 4:32 15. "Holiday in Spain " (from Hard Candy ) Duritz 3:50 16. "She Don't Want Nobody Near " (previously unreleased) Duritz, Brendan O'Brien 3:08 17. "Accidentally in Love " (from Shrek 2: Motion Picture Soundtrack Duritz, Vickrey, Bryson, Matt Malley , David Immerglück 3:08
Later versions of this disc include "Accidentally in Love ", the Crows' hit single from the soundtrack of DreamWorks Animation Studios' Shrek 2 Bløf . The single, in English and Dutch, went number one in the Netherlands , as did the album after the success of the single.
The original British version contained the song "Blues Run the Game ", a cover of a Jackson C. Frank song and later pressing have a version of "Four White Stallions" from New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall February 4–6, 2003 Enhanced CD data.
This album was released twice in Australia, the second release containing a DVD of live performances. A version with a second disc containing the Music-Video-Edited versions of "American Girls", "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby", "Angels of the Silences", "Round Here", "Daylight Fading", "A Long December" and "Mr. Jones" was also released in the United Kingdom.
Year
Single
Chart
Position
2004
"Accidentally in Love"
UK Singles Chart
28[citation needed
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