Steve Perry
Steve Perry
Steve Perry
Steve Perry
Steve Perry
Steve Perry
Steve Perry
Steve Perry
Steve Perry
Steve Perry
Steve Perry
Steve Perry
Steve Perry
Steve Perry
Steve Perry
“Oh Sherrie” was the debut single of then-Journey frontman Steve Perry. The song was a massive hit, reaching the top 10 in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It remains his most successful solo single to date.
The song is dedicated to Sherrie Swafford, who appears in the song’...
[Verse 1]
You should've been gone
Knowing how I made you feel
And I should've been gone
After all your words of steel
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, I must have been a dreamer
(Must have been a dreamer I know)
And I must've been someone else
(Someone else)
And we should've been over
(Over now)
[Chorus]
Oh Sherrie, our love holds on, holds on
(Our love holds on, holds on)
Oh Sherrie, our love holds on, holds on
(Our love holds on, holds on)
[Verse 2]
But I want to let go
You'll go on hurtin' me
You'd be better off alone
If I'm not who you thought I'd be
[Pre-Chorus]
But you know that there's a fever
(There's a fever I know)
That you'll never find nowhere else
(Nowhere, nowhere else)
Can't you feel it burnin' on and on
[Chorus]
Oh Sherrie, our love holds on, holds on
(Our love holds on, holds on)
Oh Sherrie, our love holds on, holds on
(Our love holds on, holds on)
Oh Sherrie
[Bridge]
But I should've been gone
Long ago, far away
And you should've been gone
Now, I know you'd lie you stay
[Chorus]
Oh Sherrie, our love holds on, holds on
(Our love holds on, holds on)
Oh Sherrie, our love holds on, holds on
(Our love holds on, holds on)
[Chorus]
Oh Sherrie, our love holds on, holds on
(Our love holds on, holds on)
(Oh Sherrie, our love Sherrie, Sherrie)
Hold on, oh Sherrie
Oh Sherrie was written by Bill Cuomo & Craig Krampf & Randy Goodrum & Steve Perry.
Oh Sherrie was produced by Bruce Botnick & Steve Perry.
Steve Perry released Oh Sherrie on Sat Apr 07 1984.
In 1996, Perry told Dick Clark:
I don’t know where it came from, just the words: “Oh Sherrie” came out and the “Hold on, hold on”. That’s all we had for the entire chorus. We had no lyrics, no nothing. We had a bunch of mumbles on tape, certain vowel sounds and things, but that sort of started the...