Here I Go Again

"Here I Go Again"
Single by Whitesnake
from the album Saints & Sinners
B-side"Bloody Luxury"
ReleasedOctober 1982[1]
Recorded1982
StudioGoodnight L.A. Studios, Los Angeles, US
Genre
Length5:09
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Martin Birch
Whitesnake singles chronology
"Would I Lie to You"
(1981)
"Here I Go Again"
(1982)
"Victim of Love"
(1982)
Music video
"Here I Go Again" on YouTube
"Here I Go Again"
Single by Whitesnake
from the album Whitesnake
B-side"Children of the Night" (US)
"Guilty of Love" (UK)
ReleasedJune 1987 (US)
October 1987 (UK)
Recorded1985–1986
GenreGlam metal[3][4][5][6][7][8]
Length
  • 4:36 (album version)
  • 3:54 (radio edit mix)
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Whitesnake singles chronology
"Still of the Night"
(1987)
"Here I Go Again"
(1987)
"Is This Love"
(1987)
Music video
"Here I Go Again '87" on YouTube

"Here I Go Again" is a song by British rock band Whitesnake. Originally released on their 1982 album, Saints & Sinners, the power ballad was re-recorded for their 1987 self-titled album. It was re-recorded again the same year in a new "radio-mix" version, which was released as a single and hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 10 October 1987 (the band's only No. 1 on that chart), and also No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart on 28 November 1987. The 1987 version also made No. 1 on the Canadian RPM singles chart on 24 October 1987. In 2018 at the BMI London Awards, it received the "5 Million Performances Award",[9] while in 2022 it garnered the "8 Million-Air Award".[10]

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  6. ^ Wake, Matt (13 June 2016). "A&R Legend John Kalodner Talks Aerosmith and Why Rock Won't Reach the Masses Again". LA Weekly. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  7. ^ Sleazegrinder (4 December 2015). "The 20 Best Hair Metal Anthems Of All Time Ever". Louder Sound. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  8. ^ Case, George (2007). Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man. Backbeat Books. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-87930-947-3.
  9. ^ "Harry Gregson-Williams and Other Top Songwriters Honored At 2018 BMI London Awards". Broadcast Music, Inc. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  10. ^ "2022 London Awards". Broadcast Music, Inc. 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

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