You Were Meant for Me (Jewel song)

"You Were Meant for Me"
US CD cardboard variant of standard artwork
Single by Jewel
from the album Pieces of You
B-side
ReleasedNovember 12, 1996 (1996-11-12)
GenrePop
Length
  • 4:13 (album version)
  • 3:45 (radio edit)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
  • Jewel Kilcher
  • Steve Poltz
Producer(s)
  • Ben Keith
  • Peter Collin
Jewel singles chronology
"Who Will Save Your Soul"
(1996)
"You Were Meant for Me"
(1996)
"Foolish Games"
(1997)
Music video
"You Were Meant for Me" on YouTube

"You Were Meant for Me" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Jewel, released on her first album, Pieces of You (1995). It was written by Jewel and Steve Poltz. It describes a failed relationship and the narrator's inadequate attempts at moving on with her life.

"You Were Meant for Me" was released as the second single from Pieces of You. It reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, and number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for a single week. In 1997, a reissue of the single containing the unreleased "Foolish Games" allowed the song to rebound to number seven on the Hot 100, eventually totaling 65 weeks in the top 100, which at the time was a record. "You Were Meant for Me" reached number three in Australia, number two in Canada and number 32 in the United Kingdom.

"Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me" ranked at number 15 on Billboard's "All Time Top 100" list in 2008.[1] When the All Time chart was retabulated for the chart's 55th anniversary in 2013, it remained in the top 20 at number 17.[2] The song was also re-recorded for Jewel's Greatest Hits album with backing vocals from the country trio Pistol Annies.

  1. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 Chart 50th Anniversary - All-Time Top Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008.
  2. ^ "Hot 100 55th Anniversary: The All-Time Top 100 Songs | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 3, 2013.