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[Chorus:] Send her my love, memories remain Send her my love, roses never fade Send her my love

The same hotel, the same old room I'm on the road again She needed so much more Than I could give We knew our love could not pretend Broken hearts can always mend.

Callin' out her name I'm dreamin' Reflections of a face I'm seein' It's her voice That keeps on haunting me

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It's been so long, since I've seen her face You say she's doin' fine I still recall a sad cafe How it hurt so bad to see her cry I didn't wanna say goodbye Send her my love, memories remain Send her my love, roses never fade Send her my love The same hotel, the same old room Journey's on the road again She needed so much more, than I could give We knew our love could not pretend Broken hearts can always mend Send her my love, memories remain Send her my love, roses never fade Send her my love Callin' out her name, I'm dreamin' Reflections of a face I'm seein' It's her voice that keeps on haunting me, yeah Send her, send her my love Roses never fade Memories remain Send her, send her my love

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I agree with Jrny, This song's about saying goodbye to your long lost love but never really ever being able to let go. Steve Perry really sings with such raw emotion here, not sure if he's singing about anyone specifically but you believe him entirely.

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This is my favorite song. You can almost feel the pain of whoever wrote the song by the words and by Steve Perry's voice. (I believe steve perry was cowriter) I would like to know the background of the song like if it was written about someone specifically. The song reminds me of a breakup I had where we still loved each other but just couldnt be together.

IMO this is one of the most under-rated power ballads ever to be written. Send Her My Love reminds me of my first girlfriend, we broke up after 7 months because of the distance. I don't think Steve Perry wrote this song for anyone specific, however he puts so much emotion into the song, you can't help but wonder, especially on the last verse: "Calling out her name I'm dreaming, reflections of her face I'm seeing, it's her voice that keeps on haunting me".

This is about Steve's daughter, and how much he regrets not being with her for so long. It's about the memories that haunt him of saying goodbye to her, and echoes of her voice while he hits the road again with the band for months on end. Incredibly sad. It kind of puts his strenuous attempts to make the Sherrie relationship work in a new light I think (taking her on the road for instance)..

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@patsysmith and makes sense with the "insinuation of the " same hotel same room" I always wondered, like you , and everyone, if the incredible "love song" was incestuous or just about a chick. Glad you known the insights deep within the minds and hearts, (and pants apparently) of these artists!

An underrated ballad in my opinion, and should of charted higher than it did. The way Steve's emotions come through in this song are hauntingly brilliant. Whilst Faithfully deals with being in love with someone whilst being on the road, this deals with the breakup of a relationship due to the same circumstances.

In the song, he recalls the 'sad cafe' where the breakup most likely happened. He then goes on to recount the 'same hotel' and 'the same old room' where he spent his nights whilst on tour. After which he says that she needed so much more than he could give, meaning that he couldn't see her as often as he would like. The last chorus is where I think his emotion really shines through. He obviously still thinks about this girl and still cares very deeply about her, as he calls out her name in his sleep, and can still see reflections of her face, as well as the sound of her voice haunting him.

even soft rock can ROCK! great song off the Frontiers album(1983). very slow,haunting song. only Steve Perry can sing stuff like this, and i can't believe no one's fucking commented on this.

heavy on the keyboards (nice work Johnathan Cain), but hey it was the 80s.

Neal Schon is the fucking MAN. man he KILLS on that solo.

beautiful goodbye song, it means a lot more to me than the typical "bye i love you" songs and there are a zillion of those

i agree with master of puppets, another bad ass solo by a bad ass guitarist.steve perry's voice adds that extra "mood setting tone".fucking untouchable band!!!!!!

love this song AND STEVE

I love this song....it's so beautiful.....the softness of it.....I love it....

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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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GOLDSBERRY : Unlike the Dawn character where you’re watching someone who is obviously a genius songwriter, try to learn how to write songs, with air quotes, with Wickie, you’re watching somebody that you know is a singer, sing. I sing obnoxiously on the show, but I am not trying to sing badly. My riff rolodex that I got to do in Season 2, if you think the riffs are corny and trite, it’s not because I wasn’t trying to make good ones. That’s just what I had in the moment.

DEADLINE: You have your own album coming out too, right?

GOLDSBERRY : I have an album of original music that I wrote, and to get to have been writing it while I’m on a show with Sara Bareilles, watching her creative process has been a true gift to me. She’s just been a great sister to me in terms of her encouragement on the journey. And it’s not lost on me that any hesitation I might have in putting it out there, I really have to ignore it, because the part of me that plays Wickie is standing up.

It feels sometimes dangerous, unnecessarily dangerous, to ask for more every year I get older. And so, I believe god put this in my life, to not let me settle. And even if it wasn’t for Wickie and Girls5eva , everywhere I look I see women — Paula Pell, Busy Philipps, Sara Bareilles — but I mean everywhere else, JLO, Beyoncé, Dolly Parton. Everywhere I look, there are women that are not retiring. It’s like they’re saying, “My future will be even greater.”

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