Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window

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"Come to My Window" is a powerful rock ballad by American singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge, released in 1993 as the second single from her breakthrough album Yes I Am. Written by Etheridge and co-produced with Hugh Padgham, it became her first major hit following her public coming out as a lesbian, resonating deeply with LGBTQ+ audiences and earning widespread radio play through listener requests. The song peaked at #25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (staying on the chart for 44 weeks), #13 in Canada, and #4 on the US Adult Contemporary chart. It won Etheridge a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1995 and was certified Gold in the US for over 500,000 units sold.
The track explores themes of intense, desperate longing in a tumultuous relationship, with lyrics imploring a lover to sneak in through the window rather than the front door—symbolizing secrecy, forbidden love, and defiance against societal judgment. Etheridge has described it as inspired by a difficult romance in her early thirties, involving struggles with fidelity and honesty. In her autobiography and interviews, she noted almost omitting it from the album, only later realizing its deeper meaning after meeting her then-girlfriend Tammy Lynn Michaels; she called its bridge her best work. The opening sound effect (coins in clash cymbals) was created by drummer Mauricio Fritz Lewak.
The black-and-white music video, directed by Samuel Bayer and featuring actress Juliette Lewis as a mental patient interspersed with Etheridge performing, was nominated for Best Clip of the Year (Rock) at the 1994 Billboard Music Video Awards. It cuts between emotional scenes, child-like drawings, and Etheridge's raw guitar and vocals.