Just Like Jesse James

"Just Like Jesse James"
Single by Cher
from the album Heart of Stone
B-side	"Starting Over"
Released	October 1989
Recorded	1988
Genre	Rock
Length	4:06
Label	Geffen
Songwriter(s)	Desmond Child Diane Warren
Producer(s)	Desmond Child
Cher singles chronology
"If I Could Turn Back Time" (1989) "Just Like Jesse James" (1989) "Heart of Stone" (1990)

"Just Like Jesse James" is a song recorded by American singer and actress Cher for her nineteenth album Heart of Stone (1989). It was released as the third North American and second European single in October 1989, by Geffen Records. The song was written by Desmond Child and Diane Warren, and produced by Child. It was a December 1989^[1] top-ten hit. The song's title is a reference to legendary Wild West bandit Jesse James. The title phrase previously appeared in Linda Ronstadt's hit “Poor Poor Pitiful Me”.