You Win Again (song)
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| Single by the Bee Gees | ||||
| from the album E.S.P. | ||||
| B-side | "Backtafunk" | |||
| Released | August 1987 (US) September 1987 (UK) |
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| Format | 7", 12", cassette, CD | |||
| Recorded | 1987 Middle Ear, Miami Beach |
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| Genre | Rock, Adult contemporary | |||
| Length | 4:01 (album version) | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Writer(s) | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb | |||
| Producer | Arif Mardin, Barry Gibb Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb Brian Tench |
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"You Win Again" is a 1987 song written and performed by the Bee Gees. Barry Gibb wrote the melody while brother Maurice conceived the drum sounds (in his garage[1]) that open the track.
On "1000 UK #1 Hits" by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh, Robin Gibb said "We absolutely thought that 'You Win Again' was going to be a big hit. It took us a month to cut it and get the right mix."
It was a #1 single in Britain, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Denmark and Norway, as well as making the top 10 in Italy, the Netherlands, Australia and Sweden. It also topped the Eurochart for 4 weeks. When this reached #1 on October 17, 1987 in the UK, it made the Bee Gees the first group to score a UK #1 hit in each of three decades: the 1960s, '70s, and '80s.[2] It was less successful in the US however, only reaching #75 in the singles charts as many American DJs were still reluctant to play any Bee Gees music due to the disco backlash on the early '80s. They finally overcame that problem in 1989 with the hit single "One".
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[edit] Formats
As CD singles were not common in the late 1980s, "You Win Again" was released commercially on vinyl and cassette, though a 1-track CD single was produced as a promotional-only copy in the USA and a 2-track Mini CD single was released in Japan.
The song also appeared as a bonus track on the American version of One, replacing the song "Wing and a Prayer". All current versions of the album feature the song as a bonus track.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] 7"
- "You Win Again"
- "Backtafunk"
[edit] 12"
- Extended mix
- Fade version
- Backtafunk
[edit] US CD
- "You Win Again" (7" fade version)
[edit] Japan Mini CD
- "You Win Again" (7" fade version)
- "E.S.P."
[edit] Chart performance
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| Chart | Peak position |
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| Australia | 10 |
| Austria | 1 |
| Belgium | 3 |
| China | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 |
| Finland | 14 |
| France | 26 |
| Germany | 1 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| Italy | 8 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| New Zealand | 18 |
| Norway | 1 |
| South Africa | 2 |
| Spain | 18 |
| Sweden | 8 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
| United States | 75 |
[edit] Certifications
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified[3] |
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| Germany[4] | Platinum | 1989 | 500,000 |
[edit] References
- ^ Maurice Gibb: down-to-earth talent behind Bee Gees’ hits, MusicWeek, January 27, 2003
- ^ You Win Again Songfacts
- ^ "Certification for every country in the world" (pdf). IFPI. http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('You Win Again')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=You+Win+Again&strInterpret=&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
| Preceded by "Pump Up the Volume" by MARRS |
UK number-one single 18 October 1987 - 8 November 1987 |
Succeeded by "China in Your Hand" by T'Pau |
- Bee Gees songs
- 1987 singles
- UK Singles Chart number-one singles
- European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
- Number-one singles in Germany
- Number-one singles in Switzerland
- Number-one singles in Norway
- Songs written by Barry Gibb
- Songs written by Maurice Gibb
- Songs written by Robin Gibb
- Singles certified platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie
- Songs produced by Arif Mardin
