who wrote the song come to my window
Melissa Etheridge
title: Come to My Window text: Come to My Window "Come to My Window" is a song by Melissa Etheridge released in 1993 on her 1993 album "Yes I Am". This was the first song to be released after Etheridge publicly announced her sexual orientation of being a lesbian. With the driving force of gay rights, the song gained a lot of airplay on radio stations, mostly through call-in requests. The song debuted on the "Billboard" charts after the first week of its release, reaching number 25 on the chart. The song also charted in Canada, reaching number 13 on the "RPM" Top Singles chart. It title: Come to My Window text: in the background of a tribute to fallen wrestler Owen Hart. All songs written by Melissa Etheridge. In 1997, The John Tesh Project featuring Brandon Fields on saxophone, covered the song from their album "Sax All Night." Come to My Window "Come to My Window" is a song by Melissa Etheridge released in 1993 on her 1993 album "Yes I Am". This was the first song to be released after Etheridge publicly announced her sexual orientation of being a lesbian. With the driving force of gay rights, the song gained a lot of airplay on radio stations, mostly through call-in title: Come to My Window text: in her autobiography and during the interview on the bonus DVD of her greatest hits album that out of all songs she has written, "Come to My Window" is the one that surprises her the most, and that she almost did not put it on the album. She states that while she wrote the song, she did not realize what she was actually writing and that it was not before meeting Tammy Lynn Michaels that she understood what this song means to other people. She also says that it has the best musical bridge part of all her songs. The title: Come to My Window text: sound effect at the beginning was created by Mauricio Fritz Lewak who put coins inside of a pair of clash cymbals. This song was also about her girlfriend at the time. The black-and-white music video, directed by Samuel Bayer, cuts between a mental patient (Juliette Lewis) and Etheridge playing her guitar and singing. The video also features "child-like" drawings in certain scenes. According to an episode of VH1's "Pop Up Video", these drawings were created by a crew member's five-year-old daughter. Additionally, the video was to have included an appearance by a little girl; the mental patient's "lost childhood". While title: Come to My Window text: was the second song from Etheridge that earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. When the song was being promoted, a portion of the song's beginning was omitted. This was to help accommodate some radio stations that wanted an instrumental beginning rather than a vocal one. The song's lyrics describes the intense love that Etheridge has for another person. It describes situations that she is willing to endure and how happy the other person makes her feel. In addition, the song implicitly alludes to the singer's sexual orientation and activism by the lyrics: Etheridge tells both