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EF’s Top 10 Jewel singles

Alaskan singer-songwriter Jewel releases her Greatest Hits in the UK on Monday featuring all her biggest hits from her career to date.

Since the release of her debut album Pieces of You in 1995, Jewel has released 10 albums and 27 singles. Pretty impressive weā€™d say!

To celebrate the release weā€™ve put together our Top 10 of Jewelā€™s singles. Find out what charted where and let us know if you agree by leaving your comments in the usual place.

10. Intuition

Intuition was released as the lead single from Jewelā€™s fourth album 0304 in 2003. The track was a departure from Jewelā€™s usual sound trading acoustic melodies for dance beats. What we love about this track is how Jewelā€™s critics completely misunderstood it and its parent album. If you listen to the lyrics youā€™ll hear that the song is still typically Jewel.

9. Serve The Ego

Jewelā€™s first foray into dance rhythms, Serve The Ego was released in 2002 and taken from Jewelā€™s 2001 album This Way. Sadly not included on the Greatest Hits, Serve The Ego hinted that Jewel was ready to experiment with her sound and push the boundaries of what people expected from her. The release was backed with a variety of remixes.

8. Again and Again

Following the outcry about Jewel changing her sound on 0304, she returned to a familiar sound for Again and Again. The track was released in 2006 and was taken from her fifth album Goodbye Alice in Wonderland. We canā€™t believe this didnā€™t make it onto her Greatest Hits release as itā€™s classic Jewel.

7. Till It Feels Like Cheating

For 2008 album Perfectly Clear, critics once again claimed that Jewel had changed her sound. Fans know that Jewel has always been influenced by country music, most notably on her third album This Way, so making a country record wasnā€™t a huge leap. Till It Feels Like Cheating is gorgeous, seductive and simply beautiful.

6. Stay Here Forever

The lead single from Valentineā€™s Day, the 2010 star-packed movie, and seventh album Sweet and Wild, Stay Here Forever was a cute acoustic ditty that found Jewel at her most playful. A catchy chorus, romantic lyrics and Jewelā€™s strong vocals made this one pretty hard to forget. Sadly they forgot to put it on her Greatest Hits.

5. Down So Long

The best single to be released from Jewelā€™s 1998 second album Spirit. Down So Long is a moody, dark, acoustic-led track that fast became a live favourite. Itā€™s also one of the few songs that managed to crack the UK Top 40 peaking at 38. The track was released in the UK whilst Jewel was touring in support of Spirit.

4. Break Me

The only word to describe Break Me is ā€˜beautifulā€™. We didnā€™t care as much for the radio remix as we did the album version but regardless the songā€™s message and lyrics are stunning. Soft vocals from Jewel tug at the heartstrings. The video was pretty breath-taking too.

3. Who Will Save Your Soul

The song that launched Jewelā€™s career. Who Will Save Your Soul was the singerā€™s debut single and one of the first songs she ever wrote. Lyrically the song comments on the state of the world offering witty observational truths about society. The epic live versions of this track have kept it a firm favourite amongst fans.

2. Foolish Games

Even though it appeared on the Batman & Robin soundtrack (yeah we donā€™t know why either), Foolish Games is one of Jewelā€™s most heart-breaking songs. It was released in the US with You Were Meant For Me and entered the Guinness Book of Records for its mammoth 65 weeks on the Billboard 100 chart.

1. You Were Meant For Me

The song that started our love affair with Jewel. You Were Meant For Me was co-written by Jewel with her ex-boyfriend Steve Poltz. The simple acoustic riff combined with the optimistic and heart-warming chorus makes this a Jewel classic. We still listen to it now as frequently as we did back in 1995.

Pip Ellwood-Hughes
Pip Ellwood-Hughes
Pip is the owner and Editor of Entertainment Focus, and the Managing Director of PiƱata Media. With over 19 years of journalism experience, Pip has interviewed some of the biggest stars in the entertainment world. He is also a qualified digital marketing expert with over 20 years of experience.

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