Bring Me Some Water

Bring Me Some Water

Infobox Single
Name = Bring Me Some Water


Artist = Melissa Etheridge
from Album = Melissa Etheridge
B-side = Occasionally
Released = 1988
Format = Vinyl single (7") Cassette single
Recorded = Cherokee Studio I, LA
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:52
Label = Island Records
Writer = Melissa Etheridge
Producer = Craig Krampf Kevin McCormick Melissa Etheridge Niko Bolas
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = -
This single = Bring Me Some Water
Next single = Like the Way I Do (1988)Extra album cover|Upper caption = Alternate covers


Lower caption = Cassette single cover

“Bring Me Some Water” is a 1988 Melissa Etheridge song and the first single of her debut album "Melissa Etheridge.

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 "" she says [Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled at 15:30]

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 [Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled at 17:30] .

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.

Tracklist

All songs written by Melissa Etheridge.

#“Bring Me Some Water” - 3:52
#“Occasionally” - 2:36

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

References

Sources

*Melissa Etheridge and Laura Morton: "The truth is...", Random House 2002
*Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled bonus DVD
* [http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/E/Etheridge,_Melissa/Discography/Singles/Bring_Me_Some_Water/ Bring Me Some Water at musicmoz.com]


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