| The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3 | |
| Type: | greatest |
| Artist: | Van Morrison |
| Cover: | Best_of_van_morrison 3.jpg |
| Released: | 11 June 2007 |
| Recorded: | 1993–2005 |
| Length: | 143:00 |
| Label: | Manhattan EMI |
| Producer: | Van Morrison |
| Prev Title: | Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Still on Top - The Greatest Hits |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3 is a compilation album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison released on 11 June 2007 in the UK with a digital version released in the U.S. on iTunes Store on 12 June 2007. Manhattan/EMI Music Catalog Marketing released the CD version of the album on 19 June 2007 in the United States. This new two-disc collection of 31 tracks was compiled by Morrison himself. It offers an overview of his large volume of material since the release of The Best of Van Morrison Volume Two in 1993. The album's thirty-one tracks include previously unreleased collaborations with Tom Jones ("Cry For Home") and Bobby Bland ("Tupelo Honey") as well as duets with John Lee Hooker, B.B. King and Ray Charles. The 2003 duet with Ray Charles is "Crazy Love", a song originally recorded on Morrison's 1970 album Moondance. "Blue and Green" was previously donated to be used on the charity album , which raised money for relief efforts intended for Gulf Coast victims devastated by hurricane Katrina. The duet with Tom Jones, "Cry For Home", was taken from the same recording sessions that produced the "Sometimes We Cry" duet between the two artists, which featured on Jones' successful album Reload. "Cry for Home" was released as a single on 4 June 2007 in the UK, and was followed by "Blue and Green" on 27 August.
On 18 June 2007 the album was listed as No. 23 on the UK Music Charts on the Official UK Top 75 Albums.[1]