Complete List Of Melissa Etheridge Songs From A to Z

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Melissa Etheridge’s musical journey began in Leavenworth, Kansas, a Midwestern city far removed from the major centers of the music industry but rich enough in grit and character to help shape an artist with staying power. She attended Berklee College of Music in Boston before leaving to pursue her own path, eventually relocating to Los Angeles in the early 1980s. Her powerful voice and relentless club performances attracted the attention of Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, who signed her in 1986.

Her self-titled debut album followed in 1988. Its raw vocals and confessional songwriting introduced Etheridge through songs including “Bring Me Some Water,” “Like the Way I Do,” and “Similar Features.” Brave and Crazy arrived the following year and strengthened her reputation as a forceful rock singer and songwriter who could make private conflicts sound immediate and universal.

By the time Yes I Am appeared in 1993, Etheridge had refined that approach into the commercial peak of her career. “Come to My Window” joined aching vulnerability with defiant strength, while “I’m the Only One” became another defining performance. She followed the album with Your Little Secret in 1995, led by “I Want to Come Over” and its urgent depiction of desire.

Etheridge continued developing her catalog through albums including Breakdown, Skin, Lucky, The Awakening, Fearless Love, 4th Street Feeling, This Is M.E., Memphis Rock and Soul, The Medicine Show, and One Way Out. Her seventeenth studio album, Rise, returned her to a collection of newly written songs centered on grief, love, survival, and renewal.

The eleven-song Rise included “Bein’ Alive,” “Matches,” “Don’t You Want A Woman,” “The Other Side Of Blue,” a duet with Chris Stapleton, and the title track. The record extended themes that have followed Etheridge throughout her career while placing them inside a mature blend of rock, country, folk, and blues.

Etheridge has won two Grammy Awards from fifteen nominations. “Ain’t It Heavy” earned Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, and “Come to My Window” later won the same category. She also received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “I Need to Wake Up,” written for the documentary An Inconvenient Truth.

Her public life has remained closely connected to her music. Etheridge came out in 1993, becoming an important figure in LGBTQ+ visibility at a time when few major rock artists were equally open. After surviving breast cancer, she returned to the Grammy stage in 2005 and performed Janis Joplin’s “Piece of My Heart” with Joss Stone while still visibly affected by chemotherapy.

Etheridge has also advocated for LGBTQ+ rights, environmental causes, mental health, and cannabis policy. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Etheridge TV allowed her to remain connected with listeners through performances and personal conversations. Her later work has continued to treat community, recovery, and artistic purpose as connected parts of the same life.

Melissa Etheridge’s artistry is inseparable from her resilience. Her music has remained recognizable not because she avoided change, but because she never abandoned the emotional honesty at its center. The songs gathered here span studio albums, live recordings, covers, soundtracks, collaborations, holiday releases, compilation tracks, and non-album singles.

Complete List Of Melissa Etheridge Songs From A to Z

A–E

“4th Street Feeling” – 4th Street Feeling (2012)
“2001” – Never Enough (1992)
“A Better Me” – The Medicine Show (2019)
“A Burning Woman” (live) – I’m Not Broken (Live From Topeka Correctional Facility) (2024)
“A Disaster” – 4th Street Feeling (2012)
“A Little Bit of Me” – This Is M.E. (2014)
“A Little Hard Hearted” – This Is M.E. (2014)
“A Sacred Heart” – 4th Street Feeling (2012)
“A Simple Love” – The Awakening (2007)
“Ain’t It Heavy” – Never Enough (1992)
“Ain’t That Bad” – This Is M.E. (2014)
“All American Girl” – Yes I Am (1993)
“All The Way Home” – This Is M.E. (2014)
“All the Way to Heaven” – Your Little Secret (1995)
“All There Is” – The Awakening (2007)
“All We Can Really Do” – The Awakening (2007)
“An Unexpected Rain” – The Awakening (2007)
“An Unusual Kiss” – Your Little Secret (1995)
“Angels Would Fall” – Breakdown (1999)
“Any Other Way” – Memphis Rock and Soul (2016)
“Apartment #9” – Tammy Wynette Remembered (1998)
“As Cool as You Try” – One Way Out (2021)
“Away” – Fearless Love (2010)
“Be My Baby” – The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1996)
“Be Real” – 4th Street Feeling (2012)
“Bein’ Alive” – Rise (2026)
“Beloved” – Breakdown (1999)
“Blue Christmas” – A New Thought For Christmas (2008)
“Born to Run” – The Concert for New York City (2001)
“Born Under a Bad Sign” – Memphis Rock and Soul (2016)
“Brave and Crazy” – Brave and Crazy (1989)
“Breakdown” – Breakdown (1999)
“Breathe” – Lucky (2004)
“Bring Me Some Water” – Melissa Etheridge (1988)
“Bring Me Some Water (live version)” – Grammy’s Greatest Moments Volume IV (1994)
“Burning Love” – It’s Now or Never: The Tribute to Elvis (1994)
“California” – The Awakening (2007)
“Call You” – Rise (2026)
“Change” – Your Little Secret (1995)
“Change the World” – 4th Street Feeling (2012)
“Cherry Avenue” – Breakdown (1999)
“Chocolate Cake” – Non-album single (2022)
“Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” – A New Thought For Christmas (2008)
“Christmas in America” – A New Thought For Christmas (2008)
“Chrome Plated Heart” – Melissa Etheridge (1988)
“Come on Out Tonight” – Lucky (2004)
“Come to My Window” – Yes I Am (1993)
“Company” – Fearless Love (2010)
“Dance Without Sleeping” – Never Enough (1992)
“Davina” – Rise (2026)
“Do It Again” – This Is M.E. (2014)
“Don’t Look at Me” – Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael (1990)
“Don’t You Need” – Melissa Etheridge (1988)
“Don’t You Want A Woman” – Rise (2026)
“Down to One” – Skin (2001)
“Drag Me Away” – Fearless Love (2010)
“Enough Me” – Breakdown (1999)
“Enough Rain” – 4th Street Feeling (2012)

F–J

“Faded by Design” – The Medicine Show (2019)
“Falling Up” – 4th Street Feeling (2012)
“Favorite Song” – This Is M.E. (2014)
“Fearless Love” – Fearless Love (2010)
“Feels Like Home” (with Josh Kelley) – Brother Bear 2 (2006)
“For the Last Time” – One Way Out (2021)
“Gently We Row” – Fearless Love (2010)
“Giant” – Lucky (2004)
“Glorious” – A New Thought For Christmas (2008)
“God Is in the People” – The Awakening (2007)
“Goodnight” – Skin (2001)
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” – A New Thought For Christmas (2008)
“Heal Me” – Skin (2001)
“Heaven on Earth” – Fearless Love (2010)
“Here Comes the Pain” – The Medicine Show (2019)
“Heroes and Friends” – The Awakening (2007)
“Hold On, I’m Coming” – Memphis Rock and Soul (2016)
“How Would I Know” – Breakdown (1999)
“I Can Wait” – 4th Street Feeling (2012)
“I Could Have Been You” – Your Little Secret (1995)
“I Forgot to Be Your Lover” – Memphis Rock and Soul (2016)
“I Know a Place (I’ll Take You There)” – Memphis Rock and Soul (2016)
“I Know You” – The Medicine Show (2019)
“I’m a Lover” – Memphis Rock and Soul (2016)
“I’m No Angel Myself” – One Way Out (2021)
“I’m the Only One” – Yes I Am (1993)
“I Need to Wake Up” – An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
“I Really Like You” – Your Little Secret (1995)
“I Run for Life” – Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled (2005)
“I Take You with Me” – Boys on the Side (1995)
“I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)” – Memphis Rock and Soul (2016)
“I’ve Got Dreams to Remember” – Memphis Rock and Soul (2016)
“I’ve Loved You Before” – The Awakening (2007)
“I Want to Be in Love” – Skin (2001)
“I Want to Come Over” – Your Little Secret (1995)
“I Want You” – Melissa Etheridge (1988)
“I Will Never Be the Same” – Yes I Am (1993)
“I Won’t Be Alone Tonight” – This Is M.E. (2014)
“If I Wanted To” – Yes I Am (1993)
“If You Ever Leave Me” – Rise (2026)
“If You Want To” – Lucky (2004)
“In Roxy’s Eyes (I Will Never Be the Same)” – Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael (1990)
“Indiana” – Fearless Love (2010)
“Into the Dark” – Breakdown (1999)
“It’s Christmas Time” – A New Thought For Christmas (2008)
“It’s for You” – Never Enough (1992)
“It’s Only Me” – Skin (2001)
“It Will Be Me” – Brother Bear 2 (2006)
“Juliet” – On Broadway EP (2023)
“Just Stand Up!” (with Artists Stand Up to Cancer) – Non-album single (2008)
“Just What You Asked For” – 4th Street Feeling (2012)

K–O

“Kansas City” – 4th Street Feeling (2012)
“Keep It Precious” – Never Enough (1992)
“Kingdom of Heaven” – The Awakening (2007)
“Kiss Me” – Lucky (2004)
“Last Hello” – The Medicine Show (2019)
“Leader of the Pack” – The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1996)
“Let Me Go” – Brave and Crazy (1989)
“Life Goes On (live)” – One Way Out (2021)
“Light a Light” – A New Thought For Christmas (2008)
“Like a Preacher” – This Is M.E. (2014)
“Like the Way I Do” – Melissa Etheridge (1988)
“Love Child” – The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1996)
“Love Walks Through the Rain” – Non-album single (2021)
“Love Will Live” – The Medicine Show (2019)
“Lover Please” – Skin (2001)
“Lucky” – Lucky (2004)
“Mama I’m Strange” – Breakdown (1999)
“Map of the Stars” – The Awakening (2007)
“Matches” – Rise (2026)
“Maybe” – The Medicine Show (2019)
“Meet Me in the Back” – Never Enough (1992)
“Meet Me in the Dark” – Lucky (2004)
“Memphis Train” – Memphis Rock and Soul (2016)
“Mercy” – Lucky (2004)
“Merry Christmas Baby” – A New Thought For Christmas (2008)
“Message to Myself” – The Awakening (2007)
“Miss California” – Fearless Love (2010)
“Monster” – This Is M.E. (2014)
“More Love” – Rise (2026)
“Must Be Crazy for Me” – Never Enough (1992)
“My Back Door” – Brave and Crazy (1989)
“My Lover” – Breakdown (1999)
“Nervous” – Fearless Love (2010)
“No Souvenirs” – Brave and Crazy (1989)
“Nowhere to Go” – Your Little Secret (1995)
“O Night Divine” – A New Thought For Christmas (2008)
“Occasionally” – Melissa Etheridge (1988)
“On Broadway” – On Broadway EP (2023)
“One Way Out” – One Way Out (2021)
“Only Love” – Fearless Love (2010)
“Open Your Mind” – The Awakening (2007)

P–T

“Piece of My Heart” – Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled (2005)
“Place Your Hand” – Never Enough (1992)
“Please Forgive Me” – Skin (2001)
“Precious Pain” – Melissa Etheridge (1988)
“Pulse” – Non-album single (2016)
“Refugee” – Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled (2005)
“Resist” – Yes I Am (1993)
“Respect Yourself (People Stand Up)” – Memphis Rock and Soul (2016)
“Ring the Bells” – A New Thought For Christmas (2008)
“Rise” – Rise (2026)
“Rock and Roll Me” – 4th Street Feeling (2012)
“Rock Me Baby” – Memphis Rock and Soul (2016)
“Royal Station 4/16” – Brave and Crazy (1989)
“Ruins” – Yes I Am (1993)
“Saturday Dancing” – This Is M.E. (2014)
“Save Myself” – One Way Out (2021)
“Scarecrow” – Breakdown (1999)
“Secret Agent” – Lucky (2004)
“Shaking” – The Medicine Show (2019)
“Shout Now” – 4th Street Feeling (2012)
“Shriner’s Park” – Your Little Secret (1995)
“Silent Legacy” – Yes I Am (1993)
“Similar Features” – Melissa Etheridge (1988)
“Sin tener a donde ir” – Red Hot + Latin: Silencio = Muerte (1997)
“Skin Deep” – Brave and Crazy (1989)
“Sleep” – Breakdown (1999)
“Soul Brothers” – This Is M.E. (2014)
“Stranger Road” – This Is M.E. (2014)
“Stronger Than Me” – Breakdown (1999)
“Suede” – The Medicine Show (2019)
“Sympathy” – 4th Street Feeling (2012)
“Take My Number” – This Is M.E. (2014)
“Talking to My Angel” – Yes I Am (1993)
“Testify” – Brave and Crazy (1989)
“That Would Be Me” – One Way Out (2021)
“The Angels” – Brave and Crazy (1989)
“The Angels” (Earl Scruggs with Melissa Etheridge) – Earl Scruggs and Friends (2001)
“The Awakening: Imagine That” – The Awakening (2007)
“The Awakening: The Universe Listened” – The Awakening (2007)
“The Awakening: What Happens Tomorrow” – The Awakening (2007)
“The Beating of Your Heart” – 4th Street Feeling (2012)
“The Boy Feels Strange” – Never Enough (1992)
“The Different” – Skin (2001)
“The Green Grass Grew All Around” – For Our Children – The Concert (1992)
“The Heart of a Woman” – Fearless Love (2010)
“The Late September Dogs” – Melissa Etheridge (1988)
“The Letting Go” – Never Enough (1992)
“The Medicine Show” – The Medicine Show (2019)
“The Other Side Of Blue” (featuring Chris Stapleton) – Rise (2026)
“The Prison” – Skin (2001)
“The Shadow of a Black Crow” – 4th Street Feeling (2012)
“The Wanting of You” – Fearless Love (2010)
“The Weakness in Me” – Ain’t Nuthin’ but a She Thing (1995)
“These Arms of Mine” – Memphis Rock and Soul (2016)
“This Human Chain” – The Medicine Show (2019)
“This Is Not Goodbye” – Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled (2005)
“This Moment” – Lucky (2004)
“This War Is Over” – Your Little Secret (1995)
“This War Is Over” – The Devil’s Own (1997)
“Threesome” – The Awakening (2007)
“To Be A Woman” – Rise (2026)
“To Be Loved” – Fearless Love (2010)
“Tomboy” – Rise (2026)
“Touch and Go” – Breakdown (1999)
“Tried to Rock and Roll Me” (Dolly Parton featuring Melissa Etheridge) – Rockstar (2023)
“Truth of the Heart” – Breakdown (1999)
“Tuesday Morning” – Lucky (2004)

U–Z

“Uprising of Love” – Non-album single (2014)
“Wait a Minute” – Memphis Rock and Soul (2016)
“Walking on Water” – Skin (2001)
“Watching You” – Melissa Etheridge (1988)
“We Are the Ones” – Fearless Love (2010)
“Welcome to This Day” – Brother Bear 2 (2006)
“Welcome to This Day (Reprise)” (with Josh Kelley) – Brother Bear 2 (2006)
“What I Do” – This Is M.E. (2014)
“When You Find the One” – Lucky (2004)
“Who Are You Waiting For” – This Is M.E. (2014)
“Who’s Making Love” – Memphis Rock and Soul (2016)
“Wild and Lonely” – The Medicine Show (2019)
“Wild Wild Wild” – One Way Out (2021)
“Will You Still Love Me” – Lucky (2004)
“Woman Like You” – The Medicine Show (2019)
“Yes I Am” – Yes I Am (1993)
“You Can Sleep While I Drive” – Brave and Crazy (1989)
“You Have No Idea (live)” – One Way Out (2021)
“You Used to Love to Dance” – Brave and Crazy (1989)
“You Will” – 4th Street Feeling (2012)
“Your Good Thing (Is About to End)” – Memphis Rock and Soul (2016)
“Your Little Secret” – Your Little Secret (1995)