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Send Her My Love by Journey

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• This is about a guy who had a girlfriend, but had to let her go. He thought she deserved better, and they both knew that the love wasn't real. When he dreams, he calls out her name; he's still in love with her and he sees her face everywhere. >> Suggestion credit : Michelle - Anaheim, CA
• According to the liner notes in Journey's compilation Time3 , during the band's three-month vacation following the "Escape" tours, their keyboard player Jonathan Cain listened to a lot of Beatles records. He played the chords for this song on the piano in his front room one afternoon for lead singer Steve Perry. "He could magically weave a melody over anything I could play," Cain said. Eventually released as the fourth single off Frontiers , it is one of Perry's personal favorites.
• In his Songfacts interview, Jonathan Cain talked about what inspired this song. "I had a girlfriend when I was a teenager and somebody had called backstage to one of the shows and said, 'Virginia still talks about you and your relationship.' It was just one of those offhanded comments. I looked at her and just said, 'Send her my love.' I walked out, and it hit me: 'Wait a minute, that's a song!' I went home and I called Steve Perry up and I said I came up with this idea, and we wrote it on the spot. A lot of this stuff we wrote was just on the spot. Very, very spontaneous. We kind of wrote with an urgency because we didn't have a lot of time together. The road was hard enough. When we did write, we wrote very intense. All the lyrics were, like, within hours. We didn't mess around."
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• Jesus from Miami This song makes me wanna cry sometimes too. One of the best love songs of Journey.
• Hailey from Hobart, Indiana this song makes me wanna cry sometimes. Just thinking in perspective of someone from the '80s and losing someone from that time just sounds terrible. I wish I was alive and wished I was able to grow old with the start fo rock.
• Jeff from Austin, Tx Tremendous song!! Way underrated.
• Chip from Stratford, Ct This song takes me right back to the 80's and early MTV. An amazing time.
• Courtney from Salt Lake City, Ut Amazing song. I am experiencing this right now except the situation is turned. I am the girl missing the guy that I let go years ago. I am still in love with him.
• Eamon from Motherwell, Scotland Classic rock love ballad song that remains a favourite for every Journey fan. Our life is filled with regrets and most about "Lost Love Opportunities". This track captures the mood and the moment and sets your mind off into a reflective frenzy. If only....... Eamon. Motherwell. Scotland.
• Amber from Castro Valley, Ca I can't remember which band member it was, i think it was Jonathon Cain, was told by someone they seen or knew this girl(girlfriend??). He responded "Send her my love" the Next time they saw her. It is a great song.
• Hailey from Madison Heights, Va i thought that this song was about him having to leave her because he needed to leave or something like that. and that he has to find out about her through a friend of his.
• Mike from Hueytown , Al Probably Journey's best song
• Stacey from St.petersburg, Fl I love this song so sad
• Sara Mackenzie from Middle Of Nowhere, Fl great song, but so, so sad
• Belkis from Caracas, Other I guess this is one of the finest songs ever sung Syteve Perry. To you Steve, Belkis (Caracas, Venezuela)

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“Send Her My Love” by Journey

by Amanda London · Published April 18, 2022 · Updated April 18, 2022

On Journey’s “Send Her My Love”, we find the vocalist in his feelings concerning his ex. Apparently, this is not due to him being the victim of a dumping or even particularly expressing a desire to have her back, as such pieces are usually premised. Instead, it’s more like he misses her and has a guilty conscience.

As presented, the two of them parted ways under less-than-ideal circumstances. Obviously, Steve did not want her to go. But in the grand scheme of things, Steve comes off as one of those types of individuals who felt that his girl was too good for him. And he was also confident that as time progressed, “broken hearts can always mend”. So all things considered, it would appear that, if anything, he cut her off.

But alas, the aforementioned philosophy pertaining to broken hearts has not proven true in his case, as the vocalist remains ‘haunted’ by what he did to his ex. So all of those factors combined culminates in him currently ‘sending her his love’.

Creation of “Send Her My Love”

According to Jonathan Cain, this song came about after the demise of a real relationship he was in as a teenager. He said he was a teenager when this happened. According to him, not long after breaking up with his girlfriend, one of his associates casually told him that his ex still often talked about him. It was at this point that he casually told this person this: “send her my love”. According to him, moments after saying this, it dawned on him that those words could be used as a song. He contacted Steve Perry and the two of them composed a song on the spot centering around the phrase and its idea.

Thus the composing of “Send Her My Love” is formally credited to the following:

• Jonathan Cain
• Steve Perry

The production, on the other hand, is credited to renowned record producers Kevin Elson and Mike Stone.

When was “Send Her My Love” released?

It was released on the 13th of February, 1983 from the album, “Frontiers”. This song happens to be one of four singles released prior to the official release of “Frontiers”.

Did this single chart?

Yes. It charted in the United States. Here, it peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The “Frontiers” Album

“Frontiers” is a 14-tracked album by Journey, recorded in 1982 and released on the 1st of February, 1983. It happens to be the American band’s eighth studio album.

Recording of the album took place at the Fantasy Studios in Berkeley,  California.

“Frontiers” was jointly produced by the aforementioned record producers (M. Stone and K. Elson). It was released through Columbia Records, an American record label.

The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart, making it the band’s best performing album in the UK. It was also very successful in Canada. Thus far, the album has gone 6x platinum in the United States and platinum in Canada.  

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I absolutely love this song. I want to get a rose tattoo with Roses Never Fade written under the 🌹

Personally one of the best (ballards) songs ever made for anyone who let that one get away

“Send Her My Love” was NOT released on February 13, 1983. It was released in September 1983.

This song was the fourth single released from the ‘Frontiers’ album, which was released February 1, 1983.

The first single released was “Separate Ways – January 5, 1983. The second was “Faithfully – April 16, 1983. Third was the single “After the Fall,” released July 1, 1983.

Since “Send Her My Love” was the last single released, there is no way it could have been February 13. Plus, the song made it’s debut listing on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart on September 24, 1983, which notes that it was probably only out for about two to three weeks.

All of these dates were researched. Might need to change your write-up.

YEP, u r 100% correct mate!

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