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1982 single by Whitesnake

"Here I Go Again"
WhitesnakeHereIGoAgain.jpg
Single by Whitesnake
from the album Saints & Sinners
B-side "Bloody Luxury"
Released October 1982
Recorded 1982
Studio Goodnight 50.A. Studios, Los Angeles, The states, 1989-1990
Genre Hard rock, dejection rock
Length five:09
Label Geffen
Songwriter(s)
  • David Coverdale
  • Bernie Marsden
Producer(due south) Martin Birch
Whitesnake singles chronology
"Would I Lie to Yous"
(1981) 		"Here I Get Again"
(1982) 		"Victim of Beloved"
(1982)
Music video
"Hither I Go Again" on YouTube
"Here I Go Once more"
Hereigoagain.jpg
Single past Whitesnake
from the album Whitesnake
B-side "Guilty of Love"
Released June 1987 (U.s.a.)
October 1987 (UK)
Recorded 1985–1986
Genre Glam metal[ane] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Length
  • 4:36 (album version)
  • 3:54 (radio edit mix)
Label Geffen
Songwriter(southward)
  • David Coverdale
  • Bernie Marsden
Producer(s)
  • Mike Stone
  • Keith Olsen
Whitesnake singles chronology
"Still of the Night"
(1987) 		"Here I Go Once again"
(1987) 		"Is This Love"
(1987)
Music video
"Here I Become Again '87" on YouTube

"Here I Get Again" is a song by British rock ring Whitesnake. Originally released on their 1982 album, Saints & Sinners, the power ballad was re-recorded for their 1987 self-titled album. The song was re-recorded over again the same yr in a new "radio-mix" version, which was released as a unmarried and striking number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 10 October 1987, and number nine on the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland Singles Chart on 28 November 1987. The 1987 version also hitting number one on the Canadian Singles Chart on 24 October 1987.

In 2003, Q mag ranked it 962nd on their listing of 1001 "Best Songs Ever".[7] In 2006, the 1987 version was ranked number 17 on VH1'southward 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s.[8] In 2012 Reader's Poll of Rolling Stone it ranked as ninth among Acme 10 "The Best Hair Metal Songs of All Fourth dimension".[ii] In 2017, The Daily Telegraph included it among Top 21 best power ballads.[ix]

Background and writing [edit]

The song was written by the lead vocalizer, David Coverdale, and former Whitesnake guitarist, Bernie Marsden. The almost notable divergence between the original and re-recorded versions are a slight modify in the bluesy lyrics and step.[10] The re-recording of the song in 1987 was brash past tape labels bosses Al Coury and David Geffen equally a negotiation bargain with Coverdale to re-record "Crying in the Rain" for the band's cocky-titled album Whitesnake released in 1987.[11] [12] [13]

The chorus of the original version features the lines:

And here I go again on my own
Goin' downwards the only road I've ever known
Like a hobo I was born to walk solitary

In an interview, Coverdale explained that initially the lyrics had "drifter" but as that was already used in unlike songs he chose instead "hobo", all the same the latter was changed again to "out-of-stater" in the re-recorded '87 version, reportedly to ensure that information technology would non exist misheard as "homo".[10] [12]

The song was used in the climax of romantic comedy moving picture Human being Up (2015).[10]

Limerick [edit]

The song is composed in the primal of Grand major and a tempo of 91 BPM.[14]

Music video [edit]

The '82 music video features the band performing the song onstage.[12] The music video for the '87 re-recorded version was directed by Marty Callner.[15] The video includes, besides the band's stage performance, appearances by model Julie Due east. "Tawny" Kitaen, who was married to Whitesnake'southward David Coverdale from 1989 to 1991.[two] [12] Her notable sex activity-appeal was immediately recognized, having memorable unchoreographed scenes dressed "in a white negligee, writhing and cartwheeling across the hoods of 2 Jaguars XJ" which belonged to Coverdale (white) and Callner (blackness).[15] [xvi] [17] Coverdale recalls that he even brought choreographer Paula Abdul to the set to show some moves to Coverdale'south girlfriend Tawny, but only to positively exclaim that she couldn't "testify her anything".[18] [19] [20] Coverdale's iconic white Jaguar in one case once more appeared in the music video for single "Close Up & Kiss Me" from their 2019 studio anthology Flesh & Blood.[18] [21]

The song's '87 video was placed on New York Times list of the xv Essential Hair-Metal Videos.[22]

Single versions [edit]

There are several dissimilar versions of the song, all recorded officially by Whitesnake.[12]

  • The original version from the 1982 Saints & Sinners album with Jon Lord on Hammond organ and Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody on guitar (5:03)[23]
  • The near pop version is the re-recorded version that appears on the Whitesnake (aka 1987) anthology with John Sykes on guitar (solo by Adrian Vandenberg) (iv:36)[24]
  • A 1987 "radio-mix" version, asked past Geffen,[13] which was released as a United States single with Denny Carmassi on drums and Dann Huff on guitar, who also provided the new system, which included an intro without keyboards and no Coverdale vocal intro poetry. This version topped the charts,[12] and appeared on the Greatest Hits anthology in 1994 (3:54).

In 1987, EMI released a express Collectors Poster Edition 'Usa Single Remix' vii" vinyl [EMP 35], the B-side of which consists of an engraved signature version, and the sleeve of which unfolds into a affiche of the band.[25] In 1997 the ring recorded an acoustic version, released on their Starkers in Tokyo live anthology.[12]

Personnel [edit]

Original 1982 version from Saints & Sinners:

  • David Coverdale – pb vocals
  • Bernie Marsden – guitar
  • Micky Moody – guitar, backing vocals
  • Neil Murray – bass
  • Ian Paice – drums
  • Jon Lord – keyboards
  • Mel Galley – backing vocals

1987 version from Whitesnake:

  • David Coverdale – lead vocals
  • John Sykes – guitar, backing vocals
  • Neil Murray – bass
  • Aynsley Dunbar – drums
  • Adrian Vandenberg – guitar solo
  • Don Airey – keyboards
  • Bill Cuomo – keyboards

1987 radio-mix version:

  • David Coverdale – lead vocals
  • Dann Huff – guitar
  • Marking Andes – bass
  • Denny Carmassi – drums
  • Don Airey – keyboards
  • Bill Cuomo – keyboards

Chart performance [edit]

This song is notable for being the merely Whitesnake song to go airplay on adult contemporary stations despite the fact "Is This Love" reached number 38 in that location and this song did not nautical chart at all on the AC charts.[26]

Charts and certifications [edit]

Cover versions [edit]

  • A dance cover version by Frash was a minor hit in the Uk in 1995, reaching number 69.[48]
  • In 2004, a trip the light fantastic/pop version of "Here I Go Again" was recorded past Polish dancer and vocalizer Mandaryna.[49] Released as the debut single from her debut anthology Mandaryna.com, the song became a hit in Poland. It was later remixed by Axel Konrad of Groove Coverage for the single release in German speaking countries.

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External links [edit]

  • Here I Become Over again 2017 Official Video Remix at official YouTube channel WhitesnakeTV
  • Here I Go Again 2020 Hard disk at official YouTube channel WhitesnakeTV

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_I_Go_Again