| "Jessie" | ||||
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| Single by Joshua Kadison | ||||
| from the album Painted Desert Serenade | ||||
| Released | April 1993 | |||
| Length | 5:19 | |||
| Label | SBK | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Joshua Kadison | |||
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| "Jessie" on YouTube | ||||
"Jessie" is a song by American singer-songwriter Joshua Kadison, released in April 1993 by SBK as the debut and lead single from the singer's first album, Painted Desert Serenade (1993). The song was written by Kadison, and produced by Peter Van Hooke and Rod Argent. It did not become a hit in continental Europe until 1994 and in the United Kingdom until 1995. "Jessie" became a top-10 hit in Austria, Denmark, and the Netherlands. In the US, it peaked at number 26 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100. The song's music video was directed by Piers Plowden.