Here I Go Again
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| Single by Whitesnake | ||||||||||
| from the album Saints & Sinners | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Bloody Luxury" | |||||||||
| Released | 15 November 1982 | |||||||||
| Format | Vinyl LP | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||||||||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||||||||
| Length | 5:09 | |||||||||
| Label | Geffen | |||||||||
| Writer(s) |
David Coverdale Bernie Marsden |
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| Producer(s) | Martin Birch | |||||||||
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| B-side | "Guilty of Love" | |||||||||
| Released | October 1987 | |||||||||
| Format | Vinyl LP Cassette CD |
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| Recorded | 1985–1986 | |||||||||
| Genre | Heavy metal, hard rock | |||||||||
| Length | 4:36 (Album Version) 3:54 (Radio Edit Mix) |
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| Label | Geffen | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Mike Stone, Keith Olsen | |||||||||
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"Here I Go Again" is a song by British rock band Whitesnake. Originally released on their 1982 album, Saints & Sinners, the song was re-recorded for their eponymous 1987 album Whitesnake. The song was re-recorded again that year in a new "radio-mix" version. The 1987 album version hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 10 October 1987, and number nine on the UK Singles Chart on 28 November 1987. The 1987 version also hit number one on the Canadian Singles Chart on 24 October 1987. In 2006, the 1987 version was ranked number 17 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s.
The song was written by the lead singer, David Coverdale, and former Whitesnake guitarist, Bernie Marsden. The most notable differences between the original and re-recorded versions are a slight change in the lyrics. The chorus of the original version features the lines:
In an interview, Coverdale explained that "hobo" was changed to "drifter" in the re-recorded version to ensure that it would not be misheard as "homo."
The Song is Composed in the Key of G Major and a Tempo of 91 BPM. Source:https://www.audiokeychain.com/track/yV/whitesnake-here-i-go-again
The first music video was made for the original 1982 version. It starts with Coverdale sitting in a concert hall seat and singing the first verses. The video continues as a lip synced "live" video showing the 1982 line-up (Ian Paice who was drumming for the recording is replaced by Cozy Powell) of Whitesnake performing the song.
The music video for the re-recorded version was directed by Marty Callner, who directed most of Whitesnake's videos in the 1980s. In the video actress Tawny Kitaen is seen posing on the hoods of two Jaguar XJs and seducing Coverdale while he is driving. Kitaen and Coverdale would later marry.
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