Bring Me Some Water
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| Single by Melissa Etheridge from the album Melissa Etheridge |
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| B-side | Occasionally | |||||||||||||
| Released | 1988 | |||||||||||||
| Format | Vinyl single (7") Cassette single |
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| Recorded | Cherokee Studio I, LA | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Rock | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:52 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Island Records | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Melissa Etheridge | |||||||||||||
| Producer | Craig Krampf Kevin McCormick Melissa Etheridge Niko Bolas |
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“Bring Me Some Water” is a 1988 Melissa Etheridge song and the first single of her debut album Melissa Etheridge.
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[edit] Song information
Melissa Etheridge wrote the song after the first suggested version of her debut album was rejected and when she had to come up with some more material, she actually only had four days to provide some new songs and a modified edition of the record. At the time, she was living in Los Angeles to produce her first record while her girlfriend Kathleen was far away from her. Etheridge had reluctantly agreed to make theirs a non-monogamous relationship. The song tells about her pain and jealousy thinking of her girlfriend being with someone else. There are many metaphors in the lyrics describing the pain, most notably the chorus line: “Somebody bring me some water - can't you see I'm burning alive”. Many other songs on the album deal with the same subject.
Musically, “Bring Me Some Water” is a classic rock song with some blues themes. During the interview on the bonus DVD of Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled she says[1]
“I remember sitting in my living room and I loved the blues, I am of the rock 'n' roll school where it comes from the rhythm and blues based music. And so there was this kind of beat that I wanted.”
—Melissa Etheridge
Furthermore she says that “Bring Me Some Water” is of all the songs she has written the one with the highest recognition value and that wherever she plays the song in the world, everybody at her concerts knows the song after the first seconds of the intro[2].
[edit] Charts
The song did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 but was a hit on the Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart where it reached #10. The single was very successful in the Canadian and Australian single charts.
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1989 | Australian single charts | 12 |
| 1989 | Canadian single charts | 32 |
| 1989 | Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart | 10 |
[edit] Tracklist
All songs written by Melissa Etheridge.
- “Bring Me Some Water” - 3:52
- “Occasionally” - 2:36
[edit] Credits and personnel
- Melissa Etheridge - acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals
- Wally Badarou - keyboard
- Craig Krampf - percussion, drums
- Kevin McCormick - bass
- Johnny Lee Schell - guitar
- Scott Thurston - keyboard
- Waddy Wachtel - guitar
- Producers: Melissa Etheridge, Niko Bolas, Craig Krampf, Kevin McCormick
- Executive producers: Chris Blackwell, Rob Fraboni
- Engineers: Allan Blazek, Jim Nipar
- Assistant engineer: David Kane
- Mixing assistants: Duane Seykora, Bob Vogt
- Mastering: Stephen Marcussen
- Arrangers: Melissa Etheridge, Craig Krampf
- Photography: George DuBose
- Cover design:Tony Wright
[edit] References
[edit] Sources
- Melissa Etheridge and Laura Morton: The truth is..., Random House 2002
- Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled bonus DVD
- Bring Me Some Water at musicmoz.com
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