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Fearless Love (song)

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"Fearless Love"
Single by Melissa Etheridge
from the album Fearless Love
Released2010
GenreRock
Length4:13
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Melissa Etheridge
Producer(s)John Shanks
Jeremy Sullivan
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge singles chronology
"Message to Myself"
(2007)
"Fearless Love"
(2010)
"Falling Up"
(2012)

"Fearless Love" is a song by Melissa Etheridge and the first single of her 2010 album Fearless Love.

Background

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Etheridge wrote the song after her young daughter suggested the title for her album. Etheridge explained to Spinner the inspiration for the lyric "I was 17, you kissed my lips":

"It was the first time I kissed a girl. I try to put my own experiences in my songs, of course, and yet have them remain universal. It was intense going through that experience and having the fireworks go off: 'Oh my God, this is greatest thing ever! This is what all my girlfriends have been talking about when they kiss boys' and stuff. I was like, 'Hmmm I don't feel that' and then all of a sudden I felt it and I had to keep it in to myself. It will eat you up. It's horrible to have to put a lid on something."[1]

Music video

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The video for "Fearless Love" features actress Willa Holland[2] and was directed by Jay Martin.

Charts

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Chart (2010) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary[3] 18
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[4] 10

Notes

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  1. ^ Melinda Newman. "Melissa Etheridge Returns to Rock on 'Fearless Love'". AOL. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
  2. ^ "Melissa Etheridge Takes You Behind The Scenes of Her "Fearless Love" video". Logo Television. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  3. ^ "Billboard: Fearless Love - Melissa Etheridge". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
  4. ^ "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 13, 2024.