Here You Come Again (song)

"Here You Come Again"
Single by Dolly Parton
from the album Here You Come Again
B-side	"Me and Little Andy"
Released	September 1977
Recorded	June 1977
Genre	Country, Pop
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Barry Mann Cynthia Weil
Producer	Gary Klein
Dolly Parton singles chronology
"Light of a Clear Blue Morning" (1977) "Here You Come Again" (1977) "Two Doors Down"/"It's All Wrong, But It's All Right" (1978)

"Here You Come Again" is a 1977 single by Dolly Parton, which topped the U.S. country singles chart and won the 1979 Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance; it also reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, representing Parton's first significant pop crossover hit. The song, a mid-tempo pop/country number, was a rare example of a Parton hit that she did not write herself (it was composed by the songwriting team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil). It was the title song of Parton's 1977 album Here You Come Again, and was the centerpiece of Parton's now famous pop crossover move in the late 1970s.

The recording earned Parton the award for best female country vocal at the Grammy Awards of 1979.

The song peaked at #1 for the week of December 3, 1977 and stayed there for a consecutive 5 weeks. it peaked at #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in January 1978.

Chart performance

Chart (1977)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	3
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles	7
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
U.K. Singles Chart	75

Cover versions

• B.J. Thomas recorded the song for his eponymous 1977 album. Since that album was released before Dolly Parton's, his version could be considered the original version, although it was not released as a single.
• Millie Jackson covered the song on her 1978 album Get It Out'cha System.
• Kikki Danielsson covered the song on her 1981 album Just Like a Woman, with lyrics written by herself in Swedish as Här är jag igen (translated: "Here I am again") . It remains one of the few times the singer Kikki Danielsson was self involved in songwriting.
• Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins performed the tune on his 1981 recording No Problem
• Maureen McGovern recorded a slower, sensual bluesy version for her 1988 CBS album, State of the Heart.
• In 2006 Clay Aiken covered this song on his album A Thousand Different Ways.
• In 2006, Canadian Idol winner Eva Avila performed the song on the Top 5 Country themed week.
• Jade Valerie of the band Sweetbox covered this song for her album Sweetbox Meets Avex which is extremely rare. The song was to be placed on her album, Jade.
• In the 2007 season of American Idol, contestant Carly Smithson performed a slowed-down version of the song to which Dolly commended that Carly's voice was the type of voice that the song was written for.^{[citation needed]} A full-length studio version is available for download.
• In 2009, Jill Johnson recorded the song on the cover album Music Row II .

External links

• Here You Come Again lyrics at Dolly Parton On-Line

References

Preceded by "The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)" by Waylon Jennings	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single December 3-December 31, 1977	Succeeded by "Take This Job and Shove It" by Johnny Paycheck
	RPM Country Tracks number-one single December 10-December 17, 1977	Succeeded by "Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring" by Conway Twitty
Preceded by "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" (Crystal Gayle, 1978)	Best Female Country Vocal Performance 1979	Succeeded by "Blue Kentucky Girl" (Emmylou Harris, 1980)