I Want to Come Over

"I Want to Come Over" is a song by Melissa Etheridge. It was released as the second single from Etheridge's fifth studio album, Your Little Secret, in late January 1996.[1]

Not to be confused with I Wanna Come Over.

"I Want to Come Over"
Single by Melissa Etheridge
from the album Your Little Secret
Released	January 1996
Recorded	1995
Genre	Rock
Length	5:25 (album version)
Label	Island Records
Songwriter(s)	Melissa Etheridge
Producer(s)	Melissa Etheridge Hugh Padgham
Melissa Etheridge singles chronology
"Your Little Secret" (1995) "I Want to Come Over" (1996) "Nowhere to Go" (1996)

The song was a commercial success, reaching number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 29 in Australia and New Zealand. It also reached number one on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart in March 1996. At the end of the year, the song appeared on the American and Canadian year-end charts at numbers 79 and 11, respectively.

Music video

The music video, directed by Pam Thomas, was shot on-location at an old hotel in Los Angeles, California.[1] Actress Gwyneth Paltrow stars in the video. In the clip, Paltrow drives to her lover's apartment, sits outside in her car and breaks down, before collecting herself and going inside the apartment building.[1] The video is interspersed with scenes of Etheridge performing in the hotel's lobby.[1]

The hotel had one resident still living in the building at the time of the shoot.[1] To keep him out of the areas of the building where they were filming, the director and crew gave the man a bottle of Chivas Regal whiskey.[1]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[2]	29
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3]	1
Germany (Official German Charts)[4]	83
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[5]	35
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6]	29
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[7]	100
US Billboard Hot 100[8]	22
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[9]	5
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[10]	17
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[11]	9
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[12]	22
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[13]	15

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[14]	11
US Billboard Hot 100[15]	79

References

1. Luck, Joyce (1997). "Melissa Etheridge: Our Little Secret (pages 194-195)". ECW Press (Google Books). Retrieved 2016-04-16.
2. "Australian-charts.com – Melissa Etheridge – I Want to Come Over". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
3. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2919." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
4. "Offiziellecharts.de – Melissa Etheridge – I Want to Come Over". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
5. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (20.1. '96 – 26.1. '96)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). January 20, 1996. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
6. "Charts.nz – Melissa Etheridge – I Want to Come Over". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
7. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
8. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
9. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
10. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
11. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
12. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
13. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
14. "RPM Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
15. "Top 100 Songs of 1996 - Billboard Year End Charts". Bobborst.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017. Retrieved November 25, 2018.