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Lyrics to Here I Go Again Whitesnake

1982 single past Whitesnake

"Here I Get Again"
WhitesnakeHereIGoAgain.jpg
Single past Whitesnake
from the anthology Saints & Sinners
B-side "Bloody Luxury"
Released 1982
Recorded 1982
Studio Goodnight 50.A. Studios, Los Angeles, USA, 1989-1990
Genre Blues rock[1]
Length 5:09
Label Geffen
Songwriter(s)
  • David Coverdale
  • Bernie Marsden
Producer(south) Martin Birch
Whitesnake singles chronology
"Would I Lie to You"
(1981) 		"Here I Become Over again"
(1982) 		"Victim of Love"
(1982)
Music video
"Hither I Go Again" on YouTube
"Here I Go Again"
Hereigoagain.jpg
Single past Whitesnake
from the anthology Whitesnake
B-side "Guilty of Honey"
Released June 1987 (US)
October 1987 (UK)
Recorded 1985–1986
Genre Glam metal[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Length
  • 4:36 (anthology version)
  • iii:54 (radio edit mix)
Label Geffen
Songwriter(s)
  • David Coverdale
  • Bernie Marsden
Producer(s)
  • Mike Stone
  • Keith Olsen
Whitesnake singles chronology
"Still of the Dark"
(1987) 		"Here I Go Again"
(1987) 		"Is This Beloved"
(1987)
Music video
"Here I Become Once more '87" on YouTube

"Hither I Go Again" is a vocal past British rock band Whitesnake. Originally released on their 1982 album, Saints & Sinners, the ability ballad was re-recorded for their 1987 self-titled anthology. The song was re-recorded over again the same year in a new "radio-mix" version, which was released equally a unmarried and hit number i on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 10 Oct 1987, and number 9 on the Great britain Singles Chart on 28 November 1987. The 1987 version too hitting number one on the Canadian Singles Chart on 24 October 1987.

In 2003, Q magazine ranked information technology 962nd on their list of 1001 "Best Songs E'er".[7] In 2006, the 1987 version was ranked number 17 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s.[8] In 2012 Reader's Poll of Rolling Rock it ranked every bit 9th amongst Peak ten "The Best Pilus Metallic Songs of All Time".[ii] In 2017, The Daily Telegraph included information technology amid Top 21 best power ballads.[9]

Background and writing [edit]

The song was written past the atomic number 82 singer, David Coverdale, and quondam Whitesnake guitarist, Bernie Marsden. The about notable difference between the original and re-recorded versions are a slight change in the bluesy lyrics and pace.[10] The re-recording of the song in 1987 was advised past record labels bosses Al Coury and David Geffen as a negotiation deal with Coverdale to re-record "Crying in the Rain" for the band's self-titled album Whitesnake released in 1987.[xi] [12] [xiii]

The chorus of the original version features the lines:

And here I go once again on my own
Goin' downwardly 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 "out-of-stater" but as that was already used in different songs he chose instead "hobo", even so the latter was changed again to "out-of-stater" in the re-recorded '87 version, reportedly to ensure that it would not exist misheard as "human being".[ten] [12]

The song was used in the climax of romantic comedy film Homo Upward (2015).[ten]

Limerick [edit]

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

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 past Marty Callner.[15] The video includes, besides the band's phase performance, appearances by model Julie E. "Tawny" Kitaen, who was married to Whitesnake's David Coverdale from 1989 to 1991.[2] [12] Her notable sexual practice-entreatment was immediately recognized, having memorable unchoreographed scenes dressed "in a white negligee, writhing and cartwheeling beyond the hoods of two Jaguars XJ" which belonged to Coverdale (white) and Callner (black).[15] [16] [17] Coverdale recalls that he even brought choreographer Paula Abdul to the set to testify some moves to Coverdale's girlfriend Tawny, simply merely to positively exclaim that she couldn't "bear witness her anything".[18] [19] [20] Coverdale'south iconic white Jaguar once again appeared in the music video for single "Close Upwardly & Kiss Me" from their 2019 studio album Mankind & Blood.[eighteen] [21]

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

Unmarried versions [edit]

There are several different 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) album with John Sykes on guitar (solo by Adrian Vandenberg) (iv:36)[24]
  • A 1987 "radio-mix" version, asked by Geffen,[thirteen] which was released as a United States single with Denny Carmassi on drums and Dann Huff on guitar, who as well provided the new arrangement, which included an intro without keyboards and no Coverdale song intro poetry. This version topped the charts,[12] and appeared on the Greatest Hits album in 1994 (3:54).

In 1987, EMI released a limited Collectors Poster Edition 'USA Unmarried Remix' 7" vinyl [EMP 35], the B-side of which consists of an engraved signature version, and the sleeve of which unfolds into a poster of the ring.[25] In 1997 the band recorded an acoustic version, released on their Starkers in Tokyo live album.[12]

Personnel [edit]

Original 1982 version from Saints & Sinners:

  • David Coverdale – lead 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
  • Marker Andes – bass
  • Denny Carmassi – drums
  • Don Airey – keyboards
  • Neb Cuomo – keyboards

Nautical chart performance [edit]

This song is notable for existence the but Whitesnake song to become airplay on adult contemporary stations despite the fact "Is This Honey" reached number 38 there and this song did not chart at all on the AC charts.[26]

Charts and certifications [edit]

Embrace versions [edit]

  • A dance cover version by Frash was a small-scale hit in the UK in 1995, reaching number 69.[48]
  • In 2004, a dance/popular version of "Here I Go Once again" was recorded past Polish dancer and vocaliser Mandaryna.[49] Released as the debut single from her debut album Mandaryna.com, the song became a hit in Poland. It was subsequently remixed past Axel Konrad of Groove Coverage for the single release in High german speaking countries.

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External links [edit]

  • Here I Go Once again 2017 Official Video Remix at official YouTube channel WhitesnakeTV
  • Here I Go Again 2020 Hd at official YouTube channel WhitesnakeTV

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