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The Song Here You Come Again

1977 single by Dolly Parton

"Hither Yous Come up Again"
Here You Come Again (song) cover.jpeg
Single by Dolly Parton
from the album Here You Come up Again
B-side "Me and Little Andy"
Released September 26, 1977
Recorded June 1977
Genre Land pop
Length 2:59
Label RCA
Songwriter(due south)
  • Barry Mann
  • Cynthia Weil
Producer(due south) Gary Klein
Dolly Parton singles chronology
"Light of a Articulate Blue Morning time"
(1977) 		"Here You Come Again"
(1977) 		"Two Doors Downwardly"
(1978)

"Here Y'all Come Once more" is a song written by Barry Isle of man and Cynthia Weil, and recorded by American entertainer Dolly Parton. It was released as a unmarried in September 1977 as the title track from Parton's album of the same name, topped the U.S. state singles nautical chart for five weeks, and won the 1978 Grammy award for Best Female Country Song Performance; information technology also reached number three on the U.Due south. Billboard Hot 100, representing Parton's outset pregnant pop crossover striking.

Composition and recording [edit]

The song was composed by Mann and Weil, and information technology was a rare case of a Parton hit that she did not write herself. The songwriting duo originally equanimous "Here You lot Come Over again" in 1975 as a potential comeback hit for Brenda Lee, but when Lee decided non to record it, the song fabricated its way to Parton, who was looking for something to broaden her appeal. Her producer, Gary Klein, who had heard the vocal on B.J. Thomas'southward recently released cocky-titled album,[one] reported that Parton had begged him to add together a steel guitar to avert sounding too pop, and he called in Al Perkins to fill that part. "She wanted people to exist able to hear the steel guitar, so if someone said it isn't country, she could say it and show information technology," Klein told announcer Tom Roland. "She was and then relieved. It was like her life sentence was reprieved."[2]

The song modulates keys four times. The commencement two verses are set up in Yard ♭ major, followed by A major for the commencement bridge, G major for the tertiary verse, B ♭ major for the second bridge, and finally A ♭ major for the last poesy and outro. The song moves at a swinging tempo of 106 beats per infinitesimal in mutual time, with Parton's vocals ranging from One thousand ♭ 3 to Dfive.[3] [iv]

Critical reception [edit]

"Here You lot Come Once more" was the centerpiece of Parton's popular crossover in the late 1970s. The single spent five weeks at the acme of the U.Due south Billboard country charts[1] and reached number three on the U.South. Billboard Hot 100. It earned Parton the laurels for "Best Female person Country Song Performance" at the Grammy Awards.[5] The song has sold 271,000 digital copies in the U.s.a. as of February 2019 since condign bachelor for digital download.[half dozen]

Chart performance [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Covers and other versions [edit]

  • B.J. Thomas recorded the vocal for his self-titled 1977 album. This version was released earlier Parton's.[ane]
  • Randy Bishop recorded the song in 1976, released as a single on A&One thousand Records.[ citation needed ]
  • Patti Labelle recorded the vocal for her 1981 "The Spirit's In It" album.
  • Kikki Danielsson covered the vocal on her 1981 album Merely Similar a Woman, with lyrics written by herself in Swedish as Här är jag igen (translated: "Here I am again").[twenty] It remains i of the few times the singer Kikki Danielsson was self-involved in songwriting.
  • In 2014, this song was covered by Katy Perry and Kacey Musgraves on a June 13, 2014 episode of CMT Crossroads. They also performed it on 2019 MusiCares Person of the Year event honoring Dolly Parton on February eight, 2019 and during the tribute performance for Parton on the 61st Almanac Grammy Awards two days subsequently.

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c Betts, Stephen 50. (December 3, 2015). "Flashback: Meet Dolly Parton's Twinkling 'Come Again' in 1978 | Rolling Stone". rollingstone.com . Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  2. ^ Roland, Tom, The Billboard Book of Number Ane Country Hits (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 (ISBN 0-82-307553-ii), p. 204.
  3. ^ Isle of man, Barry; Weil, Cynthia (March twenty, 2008). "Here You Come up Once more". Musicnotes.com . Retrieved September ii, 2019.
  4. ^ "Primal & BPM for Here Y'all Come Again past Dolly Parton | Tunebat". tunebat.com . Retrieved September ii, 2019.
  5. ^ Grammy Awards 1979, Grammy Awards.
  6. ^ Bjorke, Matt (Feb 20, 2019). "Top 30 Digital Country Singles Sales Chart: Feb xx, 2019". RoughStock . Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  7. ^ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on June ii, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  8. ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Nautical chart". Nztop40.co.nz. February 12, 1978. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top forty Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Tape Research. p. 261.
  10. ^ "Dolly Parton Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  11. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Developed Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Inquiry. p. 190.
  12. ^ "Top 100 1978-01-28". Cashbox Magazine . Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  13. ^ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  14. ^ "Top 200 Singles of '78 – Volume 30, No. 14, December xxx, 1978". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  15. ^ "Summit 100 Hits of 1978/Summit 100 Songs of 1978". Musicoutfitters.com . Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  16. ^ "Elevation 100 Year End Charts: 1978". Cashbox Magazine . Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  17. ^ "Billboard Hot Country Songs - Year-Cease Charts (1978)". Billboard . Retrieved Dec 4, 2020.
  18. ^ "Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs - Twelvemonth-End Charts (1978)". Billboard . Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  19. ^ "American single certifications – Dolly Parton – Here You Come Once again". Recording Industry Clan of America. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  20. ^ Information at Svensk mediedatabas

External links [edit]

  • Hither You Come Again lyrics at Dolly Parton On-Line
  • Dolly Parton - Here Yous Come Again on YouTube

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