I Remember You (Skid Row song)

"I Remember You"
Single by Skid Row
from the album Skid Row
Released	November 18, 1989
Recorded	1988
Genre	Hard Rock, glam metal
Length	5:14
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Rachel Bolan Dave Sabo
Producer	Michael Wagener
Skid Row singles chronology
"18 and Life" (1989) "I Remember You" (1989) "Monkey Business" (1991)

"I Remember You" is the third and final single from Skid Row's 1989 eponymous debut album. The power ballad was released in November 1989 and written by bandmates Rachel Bolan and Dave "the Snake" Sabo. It reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and number twenty-three on the Mainstream Rock Tracks in early 1990. The song also charted at #36 on the UK Singles chart.

In 2003, Skid Row, this time featuring new lead singer Johnny Solinger, recorded a second version of the song entitled "I Remember You Two." The song appears in the album Thickskin. Solinger's version was widely panned by critics and fans alike.

In a 2007 interview, vocalist Sebastian Bach commented, "'I Remember You' was the #1 prom song in the United States of America in the year 1990....You talk about making memories! Literally the whole country of America did their prom dance to 'I Remember You' one year, and that's a real heavy memory to beat."

In popular culture

"I Remember You" appeared on the ABC series October Road, FOX's Reunion, Comedy Central's South Park and NBC's Friday Night Lights.

In 2000, the punk rock band The Ataris covered the song for the compilation album Punk Goes Metal. The cover featured a few sampled bars of the original Skid Row version at the beginning and Sebastian Bach's high note at the climax of the song.

The song was covered on Californication at the end of the episode "The Recused" by fictional band Queens of Dogtown. This version also appears on the show's Season 4 soundtrack.

Track listing

1. "I Remember You"
2. "Makin' a Mess"
3. "Big Guns" (Live)

Charts

End of year chart (1990)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	72