“Send Her My Love” by Journey

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.