"Jessie" is a single from the album Painted Desert Serenade, released in 1993. The song was performed by Joshua Kadison

Joshua Kadison

Joshua Kadison is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and writer.- Early life :Joshua grew up in and around Los Angeles, California, the younger of two sons. His mother was of Mexican-American Indian descent. At age 12 he started playing the piano and subsequently started to write songs...

. The song describes the narrator's tumultuous relationship with Jessie and their cat Moses. It was originally composed by an unnamed artist and sold to Joshua Kadison

Joshua Kadison

Joshua Kadison is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and writer.- Early life :Joshua grew up in and around Los Angeles, California, the younger of two sons. His mother was of Mexican-American Indian descent. At age 12 he started playing the piano and subsequently started to write songs...

 in 1992

The person named Jessie in this song was rumoured to be Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker is an American film, television, and theater actress and producer.She is best known for her leading role as Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series Sex and the City , for which she won four Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Emmy Awards...

, with whom Kadison was involved at the time. But later, it was revealed to be about the artist's unnamed lover Jessica from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 49,528, making it the ninth largest city in Pennsylvania...

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Chart performance

The song peaked at #29 in Sweden 22 July 1994 and at #26 in the United States.