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Here I Go Again
"Here I Go Again" is a song by the British rock band Whitesnake. It was originally released on their 1982 album Saints & Sinners through Liberty in October 1982. The song was written by David Coverdale and Bernie Marsden, and produced by Martin Birch.
The song was re-recorded for their 1987 self-titled album, and was released as the album's lead single. A radio-mix version of the song, featuring a different performance by the band and omitting the song's original keyboard intro was released in June 1987 in the United States and 19 October in their native UK.
"Here I Go Again" received positive reviews, with some critics referring to the song as the "signature tune for Coverdale and Whitesnake". The original recording only hit number 34 on the UK Singles Chart, and remained on the chart for five weeks, while charting in Australia and Germany, peaking at 53 and 51, respectively. In the United States, both the original song and the original Saints & Sinners album had failed to chart due to it not being released there, but the re-recording eventually reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart as a sleeper hit and remained there for one week, being the band's only number-one single of that chart in their discography to date. It also peaked at number four on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. The re-recording also peaked at number nine in the UK. "Here I Go Again" is certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It also reached number one in Canada, and the top ten in the Netherlands and Ireland, while it charted in several other countries.
In 2018 at the BMI London Awards, it received the "5 Million Performances Award", while in 2024, it garnered the "9 Million-Air Award".
The song was written by lead singer David Coverdale and former Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden in late 1981 when Coverdale had retreated to a small villa in southern Portugal. During that time, Coverdale's marriage with his then-wife Julia became strained, which "fueled my [song]writing". This provoked him to write the song within an hour and record it with the band, but troubled production and the line-up caused the band to go on a hiatus by January 1982. By August, the band had re-grouped with a slightly different line-up and introduced their fifth studio album in November. According to Coverdale, "Here I Go Again" and "Crying in the Rain" both have similar compositions as "documenting the breakdown—the breakup of my first marriage".
The composition began as a two-track demo at Marsden's residence in Buckingham, "with the opening line ‘I don't know where I'm going’, the chorus and the riff. It existed towards the end of the sessions for the previous album". He also asserted that it was written over Coverdale's divorce or "that it was written on a boat in Venezuela, which always mystified me.” "Here I Go Again" was composed at the end of the Come an' Get It recording sessions, where an attempt was made to lay down the tracks in Rock City Studios in Shepperton back in January 1981. Another attempt was made to record the song, this time at Clearwell Castle. According to Marsden, he approached Coverdale about the demo then changed some of the lyrics in Coverdale's approval completed within "an hour", simply because it "was cool, because he's the guy who's gonna sing the song."
Not long after that, the song was finished, and the composition was shown to the band, to which the members responded with approval. Jon Lord started the song with a hook into a Hammond organ, which impressed Marsden while playing guitar riffs on it. The song was the last recording the band had the instrumental tracks for Saints & Sinners before the hiatus. Coverdale said, "We mixed the single on a Tuesday, cut it, delivered it to EMI at midnight, by Wednesday it was on its way to the factory and by Friday it was on the air."
The most notable difference between the original and re-recorded versions is a slight change in the bluesy lyrics and pace. The re-recording of the song in 1987 was advised by 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.
Here I Go Again
"Here I Go Again" is a song by the British rock band Whitesnake. It was originally released on their 1982 album Saints & Sinners through Liberty in October 1982. The song was written by David Coverdale and Bernie Marsden, and produced by Martin Birch.
The song was re-recorded for their 1987 self-titled album, and was released as the album's lead single. A radio-mix version of the song, featuring a different performance by the band and omitting the song's original keyboard intro was released in June 1987 in the United States and 19 October in their native UK.
"Here I Go Again" received positive reviews, with some critics referring to the song as the "signature tune for Coverdale and Whitesnake". The original recording only hit number 34 on the UK Singles Chart, and remained on the chart for five weeks, while charting in Australia and Germany, peaking at 53 and 51, respectively. In the United States, both the original song and the original Saints & Sinners album had failed to chart due to it not being released there, but the re-recording eventually reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart as a sleeper hit and remained there for one week, being the band's only number-one single of that chart in their discography to date. It also peaked at number four on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. The re-recording also peaked at number nine in the UK. "Here I Go Again" is certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It also reached number one in Canada, and the top ten in the Netherlands and Ireland, while it charted in several other countries.
In 2018 at the BMI London Awards, it received the "5 Million Performances Award", while in 2024, it garnered the "9 Million-Air Award".
The song was written by lead singer David Coverdale and former Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden in late 1981 when Coverdale had retreated to a small villa in southern Portugal. During that time, Coverdale's marriage with his then-wife Julia became strained, which "fueled my [song]writing". This provoked him to write the song within an hour and record it with the band, but troubled production and the line-up caused the band to go on a hiatus by January 1982. By August, the band had re-grouped with a slightly different line-up and introduced their fifth studio album in November. According to Coverdale, "Here I Go Again" and "Crying in the Rain" both have similar compositions as "documenting the breakdown—the breakup of my first marriage".
The composition began as a two-track demo at Marsden's residence in Buckingham, "with the opening line ‘I don't know where I'm going’, the chorus and the riff. It existed towards the end of the sessions for the previous album". He also asserted that it was written over Coverdale's divorce or "that it was written on a boat in Venezuela, which always mystified me.” "Here I Go Again" was composed at the end of the Come an' Get It recording sessions, where an attempt was made to lay down the tracks in Rock City Studios in Shepperton back in January 1981. Another attempt was made to record the song, this time at Clearwell Castle. According to Marsden, he approached Coverdale about the demo then changed some of the lyrics in Coverdale's approval completed within "an hour", simply because it "was cool, because he's the guy who's gonna sing the song."
Not long after that, the song was finished, and the composition was shown to the band, to which the members responded with approval. Jon Lord started the song with a hook into a Hammond organ, which impressed Marsden while playing guitar riffs on it. The song was the last recording the band had the instrumental tracks for Saints & Sinners before the hiatus. Coverdale said, "We mixed the single on a Tuesday, cut it, delivered it to EMI at midnight, by Wednesday it was on its way to the factory and by Friday it was on the air."
The most notable difference between the original and re-recorded versions is a slight change in the bluesy lyrics and pace. The re-recording of the song in 1987 was advised by 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.