Song · Melissa Etheridge
“Bring Me Some Water” by Melissa Etheridge
From the album Melissa Etheridge (1988)
“Bring Me Some Water” by Melissa Etheridge appears on 11 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1997 and 2021. It was first released in 1988 on the album Melissa Etheridge. Its best result is #174 on the WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,672 alternative song of all time.
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"Bring Me Some Water" was Melissa Etheridge's debut single in 1988, and it was written in a hurry. Her label had rejected the first version of her debut album, leaving her four days to come up with new material, and she came back with this: a song about the jealousy that burns through her at the thought of her lover with someone else, written while she lived in Los Angeles and her girlfriend lived elsewhere and the two had reluctantly agreed to an open relationship.
Musically it's classic rock with blues running through it, and Etheridge, who wrote every word and note, sings it like somebody in real pain, which she was. It caught on well beyond home, too, climbing into the top 20 in Australia and New Zealand as well as on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 174 | 102.3 WBAB | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) | 1023 |
| 1999 | 1184 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1185 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1185 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2001 | 1602 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2002 | 1184 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1169 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1169 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1169 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2009 | 650 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2021 | 271 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s | 909 |
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