Song · Melissa Etheridge
“Yes I Am” by Melissa Etheridge
From the album Yes I Am (1993)
“Yes I Am” by Melissa Etheridge appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2001 and 2021. It was first released in 1993 on the album Yes I Am. Its best result is #279 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,455 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Yes I Am" gave its name to Melissa Etheridge's fourth album, released on Island in September 1993, the record that finally broke her across the country and around the world. She wrote it on her own, words and music, and sings it while playing both acoustic and electric guitar, with Waddy Wachtel adding more electric guitar, Pino Palladino on bass, Scott Thurston on keyboards and Mauricio Lewak on drums and percussion. Hugh Padgham engineered and mixed it.
Most people heard the title as a nod to her having recently come out as a lesbian, a move that confirmed rumors that had long followed her. In 2018, the year she toured to mark the album's 25th anniversary, Etheridge set the record straight: neither the song's title nor the album's was a statement about her sexuality.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 777 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2020 | 1684 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2021 | 279 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
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