"My Favorite Mistake" is the first single from Sheryl Crow's third studio album, The Globe Sessions (1998), released on August 31, 1998, through A&M Records.

The song was written by Sheryl Crow and her regular collaborator Jeff Trott.

[1] As further corroboration, Crow introduces Clapton as "a really good friend of mine" in her 1999 performance in Central Park, later to be released as an album.

"[5] "My Favorite Mistake" was released in the US to rock, pop and adult alternative stations in the US on August 18.

The single was released as a two part set (sold separately) in the United Kingdom.

Larry Flick of Billboard wrote, "This first single from her imminent third album, "The Globe Sessions", isn't a radical departure, but it certainly displays a laudable degree of growth and an apparent desire to be taken seriously.

The overall tone of the song feels far more personal this time, and perhaps that's what has inspired such a restrained, almost introverted vocal, as well as an appealing but low-key arrangement.

She inspires you to go back and listen again and again—and the reward is finding something new and interesting about the track each time.

[4] The music video for the song features Crow in a room with spotlights, playing bass guitar and making all kinds of movements, wearing two identical outfits composed of a sleeveless top and leather pants, and each of a different colour, black and red.