No Souvenirs

"No Souvenirs" is a song by American singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge, release as the second single from her second album, Brave and Crazy, in August 1989. Despite peaking at number 95 on the US Billboard Hot 100, the song experienced more success internationally, reaching number 30 in Australia and number four in Canada, where it became Etheridge's highest-charting single until "I Want to Come Over" reached number one in 1996.

"No Souvenirs"
Single by Melissa Etheridge
from the album Brave and Crazy
B-side
  • "No Souvenirs" (live)
  • "Brave & Crazy" (live)
ReleasedAugust 14, 1989 (1989-08-14)[1]
RecordedA&M (Hollywood)
GenreRock
Length4:33
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Melissa Etheridge
Producer(s)
Melissa Etheridge singles chronology
"Let Me Go"
(1989)		 "No Souvenirs"
(1989)		 "The Angels"
(1989)

Song information

"No Souvenirs" was actually written before the first album came out but Melissa Etheridge decided to keep it back until the second album since its original intro was too similar to the intro of "Bring Me Some Water". The song is about a love affair that goes by very fast and leaves "no souvenirs". The lyrics reflect a phone call the singer makes a while after the breakup reminding her lover that she can still get in touch with her but that she would also accept it if she destroys all the souvenirs of that relationship. On the bonus DVD of her greatest hits album, Etheridge states that this is the song she gets the most questions about since it names various words she has created and phrases that mean specific things to her ("Jackpot telephone", "Make the buffalo roam"...).[2]

Music video

The music video was shot in 1989 and shows the singer sitting at the dock of a bay playing the guitar with her band in the background. The video plays at night in a big city, most likely New York regarding the skyline in the background. The scene is interrupted by various short films showing her lover destroying the souvenirs of the very short love affair. To illustrate the anonymous character of that relationship, the head of the person is not visible.[3]

Track listings

All songs were written by Melissa Etheridge.

7-inch, cassette, and mini-CD single[4][5][6]

  1. "No Souvenirs" – 4:33
  2. "No Souvenirs" (live) – 4:43

US maxi-CD single[7]

  1. "No Souvenirs" – 4:33
  2. "No Souvenirs" (live) – 4:43
  3. "Like the Way I Do" (live) – 10:46

UK 12-inch and CD single[8][9]

A1. "No Souvenirs" – 4:33
B1. "Brave and Crazy" (live) – 4:47
B2. "No Souvenirs" (live) – 4:43

Credits and personnel

Charts

References
  1. "New Singles". Music Week. August 12, 1989. p. 33. Misprinted as August 17 on source. The New Albums section uses the correct date.
  2. Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled Bonus DVD at 28:01
  3. Melissa Etheridge – No Souvenirs on YouTube
  4. No Souvenirs (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). Melissa Etheridge. Island Records. 1989. 7-99176.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. No Souvenirs (US cassette single sleeve). Melissa Etheridge. Island Records. 1989. 4-99176.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. No Souvenirs (Japanese mini-CD single liner notes). Melissa Etheridge. Polydor Records. 1989. PO9D-31007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. No Souvenirs (US maxi-CD single liner notes). Melissa Etheridge. Island Records. 1989. 2-99176.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. No Souvenirs (UK 12-inch single vinyl disc). Melissa Etheridge. Island Records. 1989. 12IS431.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. No Souvenirs (UK CD single liner notes). Melissa Etheridge. Island Records. 1989. CID431.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. "Melissa Etheridge – No Souvenirs". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  11. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6617." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  12. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 6610." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  13. "Melissa Etheridge – No Souvenirs" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  14. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  15. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  16. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  17. "Top 100 Singles of '89". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
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