Dear Jessie
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| "Dear Jessie" | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
||
| Single by Madonna | ||
| from the album Like a Prayer | ||
| B-side(s) | "Till Death Do Us Part" | |
| Released | December 2, 1989 | |
| Format | CD, 7", 12" Poster Bag | |
| Recorded | 1988 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 4:21 | |
| Label | Sire Records Warner Bros. Records WEA International |
|
| Writer(s) | Madonna Patrick Leonard |
|
| Producer(s) | Madonna Patrick Leonard |
|
| Certification | Silver (United Kingdom) | |
| Chart positions | ||
|
||
| Madonna singles chronology | ||
| "Oh Father" (1989) |
"Dear Jessie" (1989) |
"Keep It Together" (1990) |
| Like a Prayer track listing | ||
| "Cherish" (6) |
"Dear Jessie" (7) |
"Oh Father" (8) |
"Dear Jessie" is a single by Madonna released in December of 1989 in Europe and Australia, from the album Like a Prayer.
[edit] Song information
The song was inspired by co-writer Patrick Leonard's daughter, Jessie.
The music video was made by Animation City. The video does not feature Madonna, except as an animated fairy.
The single sold strongly in the UK during the Christmas period peaking at #5 with sales in excess of 300,000. It was Madonna's second single in a row to fail to crack the Australian Top 40, peaking at #41. Worldwide, it was her poorest selling single since "Gambler" in 1985.
The chorus of the song was used for the successful 1999 single "Dear Jessie" by a German Eurodance-project called Rollergirl.
Dear Jessie was the last Madonna song released in the 80's, the decade that gave her fame, fortune and a launching pad for a career which lasted for at at least twenty more years of success.
Studio albums: Madonna (1983) · Like a Virgin (1984) · True Blue (1986) · Like a Prayer (1989)
Erotica (1992) · Bedtime Stories (1994) · Ray of Light (1998) · Music (2000)
American Life (2003) · Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
Discography · Tours · Videography · Filmography · Achievements and Awards · Bibliography · Unreleased songs · Controversies
