The Essential Byrds is a comprehensive two-CD compilation album by the American rock band The Byrds. It was released in 2003 as part of Sony BMG's The Essential series. The Essential Byrds did not chart in the US or the UK. The 2011 3.0 edition contains a third disc with six additional tracks: “Spanish Harlem Incident,” “I Knew I’d Want You,” “The World Turns All Around Her,” “I See You,” “Change Is Now,” and “One Hundred Years from Now.”