Here I Go Again

Infobox Single
Name = Here I Go Again


Artist = Whitesnake
from Album = Whitesnake
B-side =
Released = 1987
Format = Cassette CD
Recorded = September 1985 - October 1986
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 4:36
Label = Geffen
Writer = David Coverdale Bernie Marsden
Producer = Mike Stone & Keith Olsen
Certification =
Chart position = * #1 (U.S. Hot 100)
* #9 (U.K. Singles)
Last single = "Love Ain't No Stranger" (1984)
This single = "Here I Go Again" (1987)
Next single = "Is This Love" (1987)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Whitesnake
Type = Studio album
prev_track = "Children on the Night"
prev_no = 9
this_track = "Here I Go Again"
track_no = 10
next_track = "You're Gonna Break My Heart Again"
next_no = 11Infobox Single
Name = Here I Go Again
Artist = Whitesnake
from Album = Saints & Sinners
B-side =
Released = 1982
Format = Vinyl LP
Recorded = 1982
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 5:03
Label = Geffen
Writer = David Coverdale Bernie Marsden
Producer = Martin Birch
Certification =
Chart position = * #34 (U.K. Singles)
Last single = "Would I Lie to You" (1981)
This single = "Here I Go Again" (1982)
Next single = "Guilty of Love" (1983)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Saints & Sinners
Type = Studio album
prev_track = "Crying in the Rain"
prev_no = 5
this_track = "Here I Go Again"
track_no = 6
next_track = "Love an' Affection"
next_no = 7Infobox Single |
Name = Here I Go Again


Artist = Mandaryna
from Album = Mandaryna.com
Released = 2004
Format = CD
Recorded = 2004
Genre = Pop/Dance/Techno
Length = 3:07
Label = Magic Records
Producer = Axel Konrad
Reviews =
Last single =
This single = "Here I Go Again" (2004)
Next single = "L'ete Indien" (2004)

"Here I Go Again" is a song recorded by Whitesnake. Originally released on their 1982 album, "Saints & Sinners", the song was re-recorded for their eponymous 1987 album "Whitesnake". The 1987 version is more well known as it hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 10, 1987, and number 9 on the UK Singles Chart on November 28, 1987. The 1987 version also hit number one on the Canadian Singles Chart on October 24, 1987.

Background and writing

The song was written by lead singer, David Coverdale, and former Whitesnake guitarist, Bernie Marsden. The most notable differences between the original and revamped version are the style of the music (blues versus rock) and a slight change in the lyrics. The chorus of the original version features the lines::"An' here I go again on my own:Goin' down the only road I've ever known:Like a hobo I was born to walk alone"

Whereas the newer version is::"Like a drifter I was born to walk alone"

The change was made because even before finishing writing and recording the 1987 album, Coverdale had decided to release a new version of "Here I Go Again" as one of the singles. He was afraid an American audience might think he was singing "Like a homo, I was born to walk alone" so he changed the lyricsfact|date=September 2008.

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Marty Callner [ [http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=29725 MVDbase.com] - Music video details] who directed most of Whitesnake's videos in the 1980s. It became memorable due to actress Tawny Kitaen's appearance wearing white lingerie. In the video she is seen prancing on the hood of Whitesnake lead singer David Coverdale's Jaguar and massaging him while he is trying in vain to concentrate on driving. Kitaen would later become Coverdale's wife for a couple of years.

The music video was parodied in an "American Dad!" episode. It was also parodied in Bowling for Soup's "1985" music video. Originally recorded by SR-71, the song itself contains further references with the lyrics "She was gonna shake her ass/On the hood of Whitesnake's car", referring to Tawny Kitaen's dancing on Coverdale's car.

The music video was alluded to in the film "Talladega Nights" and "Death Proof". It was also featured a number of times in the Frat Pack film "Old School".

ingle versions

There are several different versions of the song, all recorded officially by Whitesnake. They are:

# The original version from the 1982 "Saints & Sinners" album (5:03) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/669405 1982 single] - from Discogs.com]
# The 1987 re-recorded version which appears on the "Whitesnake" album (4:36)
# A 1997 acoustic version recorded for the "Starkers in Tokyo" album.

In 1987, EMI released a limited Collectors Poster Edition 'USA Single 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 band.

There are two versions recorded in the late 80's by Whitesnake, one has a long and slow keyboard and vocal intro, the other kicks straight in with the band. One was recorded for the album 1987, the other for a U.S single release. They contain two very different guitar solos, Adrian Vandenberg plays the album and video solo and Dan Huff plays the radio edit version. Of the two versions the one most widely referred too is the remastered version released in 1987.

Mandaryna version

"Here I Go Again" was rendered anew as the debut single by Polish dance/pop singer Mandaryna. Remixed by Groove Coverage, the song was a smash hit in Poland, Europe and Asia, peaking at #2 on the Polish Singles Chart.

Polish track listing

# Here I Go Again (Groove Coverage radio version)
# Here I Go Again (Groove Coverage extended version)
# Spoken bonus track 1
# Spoken bonus track 2
# Spoken bonus track 3
# Spoken bonus track 4

International track listing

#Radio Mix
#Axel Konrad RMX Cut
#Extended Mix
#Axel Konrad RMX

Other versions

Christian Rock Parody band ApologetiX released a parody of this song titled "Here I Go (Against All I've Known)" on their 2006 studio album, "Wordplay".

The song appears as a cover in the game Karaoke Revolution Party.

Eurotrance group Topmodelz covered the song on their 2008 album "Time 2 Rock" and released two remixes of their cover.

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