Come to My Window - wikipedia Come to My Window `` Come to My Window '' Single by Melissa Etheridge from the album Yes I Am B - side `` Ai n't It Heavy '' ( Live ) Released Format CD single Compact Cassette Recorded A&M Studios, Los Angeles Genre Rock Length 3 : 55 ( Album Version ) 3 : 35 ( Edit ) Label Island Songwriter ( s ) Melissa Etheridge Producer ( s ) Hugh Padgham Melissa Etheridge Melissa Etheridge singles chronology `` I 'm the Only One '' ( 1993 ) `` Come to My Window '' ( 1993 ) `` All American Girl '' ( 1994 ) `` I 'm the Only One '' ( 1993 ) `` Come to My Window '' ( 1994 ) `` All American Girl '' ( 1994 ) `` 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 was the second song from Etheridge that earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Contents 1 Song information 2 Music video 3 Live performances 4 Track listing 5 Credits and personnel 6 Charts 6.1 Weekly charts 6.2 Year - end charts 7 Certifications 8 Other versions 9 References 10 Sources 11 External links Song information 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 : `` I do n't care what they think. I do n't care what they say. What do they know about this love, anyway ? '' Etheridge tells both 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 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. Music video 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 the appearance was filmed, it got lost during editing. Live performances Etheridge performed `` Come to My Window '' during The Concert for New York City, the benefit concert following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Early during her performance, her microphone failed, leaving Etheridge to play her guitar without singing while an alternate mic was found. Famously, the audience, made up largely of members of the New York City fire and police departments ( and survivors of NYPD and FDNY personnel who were lost in the attacks ) sang the lyrics themselves until Etheridge 's mic was restored. The song was played by the World Wrestling Federation in the background of a tribute to fallen wrestler Owen Hart. Track listing All songs written by Melissa Etheridge. `` Come to My Window '' - 3 : 55 `` Ai n't it Heavy '' ( live ) - 4 : 20 `` The Letting Go '' ( live ) - 3 : 05 `` I 'm the Only One '' ( live ) - 5 : 30 Credits and personnel Vocals and acoustic guitar by Melissa Etheridge Drums and percussion by Mauricio Fritz Lewak Electric guitar by Waddy Wachtel Keyboards by Scott Thurston Bass by Pino Palladino Engineer - Hugh Padgham Assistant engineers - Greg Goldman, John Aguto, Mike Baumgartner Mixed by Hugh Padgham Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1993 - 95 ) Peak position Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 13 US Billboard Hot 100 25 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) 27 US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) 22 US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) 13 US Radio Songs ( Billboard ) 10 Year - end charts Chart ( 1994 ) Position Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 91 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 43 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales United States ( RIAA ) Gold 500,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone Other versions In 1997, The John Tesh Project featuring Brandon Fields on saxophone, covered the song from their album `` Sax All Night. '' References Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 2407. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 16 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Melissa Etheridge Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved 16 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Melissa Etheridge Chart History ( Adult Contemporary ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved 16 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Melissa Etheridge Chart History ( Adult Pop Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved 16 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Melissa Etheridge Chart History ( Mainstream Rock ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved 16 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Melissa Etheridge Chart History ( Pop Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved 16 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Melissa Etheridge Chart History ( Radio Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved 16 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1994 ''. RPM. Retrieved November 23, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Top 100 - 1994 ''. Archived from the original on 2009 - 03 - 01. Retrieved 2010 - 08 - 27. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- Melissa Etheridge -- Come to My Windo ''. Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH Jump up ^ `` Sax All Night overview ''. Allmusic.com. Sources Greatest Hits : The Road Less Traveled ( Bonus DVD ) Melissa Etheridge and Laura Morton : The Truth Is..., Random House 2002 The single on amazon.de External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Melissa Etheridge Albums Melissa Etheridge Brave and Crazy Never Enough Yes I Am Your Little Secret Breakdown Skin Lucky The Awakening Fearless Love 4th Street Feeling This Is M.E. Compilations Greatest Hits : The Road Less Traveled Other albums A New Thought For Christmas Notable singles `` Bring Me Some Water '' `` Like the Way I Do '' `` No Souvenirs '' `` I 'm the Only One '' `` Come to My Window '' `` If I Wanted To '' `` Your Little Secret '' `` I Want to Come Over '' `` Angels Would Fall '' `` Scarecrow '' `` I Need to Wake Up '' `` Message to Myself '' `` Fearless Love '' Featured singles `` Cry Baby '' / `` Piece of My Heart '' `` Just Stand Up ! '' `` Sing '' Related articles Discography Julie Cypher Tammy Lynn Michaels Linda Wallem Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Come_to_My_Window&oldid=832751641 '' Categories : 1993 songs 1994 singles Melissa Etheridge songs LGBT - related songs Music videos directed by Samuel Bayer Songs written by Melissa Etheridge Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canadatopsingles Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardadultcontemporary Singlechart usages for Billboardadultpopsongs Singlechart usages for Billboardmainstreamrock Singlechart usages for Billboardpopsongs Singlechart usages for Billboardradiosongs Certification Table Entry usages for United States Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 27 March 2018, at 20 : 17. 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Question: who wrote the song come to my window
Answer: Melissa Etheridge