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"You Win Again"
Song
B-side"Backtafunk"

"You Win Again" is a 1987 song written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb and performed by the Bee Gees. Released as a single in late 1987, it marked the start of the group's comeback, becoming a number one hit in many European countries, including the UK - their first to do so in over eight years, and made them the first group to score a UK number-one hit in each of three decades: the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.[1] As songwriters, the Gibb brothers received the 1987 British Academy's Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.[2] In a UK television special on ITV in December 2011, it was voted second (behind "How Deep Is Your Love") in "The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song".[3]

Recording

Barry Gibb wrote the melody while brother Maurice conceived the drum sounds (in his garage[4]) 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.[1]

Maurice Gibb explained "You Win Again" in a May 2001 interview with Mojo magazine:

"When we get together and write it's not like three individuals it's like one person in the room, Usually we have a book of titles and we just pick one. I loved 'You Win Again' as a title, but we had no idea how it might turn out as a song. It ended up as a big demo in my garage, and I recorded stomps and things. There was just one drum on there. The rest was just sounds. Then everybody tried to talk us out of the stomps at the start. They didn't want it. 'Take it off. Too loud! Can we have them not on the intro, just when the music starts?' All this stuff. But as soon as you hear that 'jabba-doomba, jabba-doomba' on the radio, you know it's us. It's a signal. So that's one little secret, give people an automatic identification of who it is".[1]

Release

"You Win Again" was a number-one 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 number one on 17 October 1987 in the UK, it made the Bee Gees the first group to score a UK number-one hit in each of three decades: the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.[1] It was less successful in the US however, only reaching number 75 in the Billboard Hot 100, as many American DJs were still reluctant to play any Bee Gees music due to the disco backlash of the early 1980s.[citation needed] They finally overcame that problem in 1989 with the hit single "One".[5]

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 US 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".

Track listing

7" single
  1. "You Win Again"
  2. "Backtafunk"
12" single
  1. Extended mix
  2. Fade version
  3. Backtafunk
US CD
  1. "You Win Again" (7" fade version)
Japan Mini CD
  1. "You Win Again" (7" fade version)
  2. "E.S.P."

Personnel

Chart performance

Order of precedence
Preceded by
"Balla... Balla!" by Francesco Napoli
 Austrian number-one single
15 November 1987 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Küss' die Hand, schöne Frau" by Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung
Preceded by Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
14 November 1987 – 28 November 1987 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Irish Singles Chart number-one single
15 October 1987 – 5 November 1987 (4 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by German number-one single
26 October 1987 – 30 November 1987 (6 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Swiss number-one single
18 October 1987 – 6 December 1987 (8 weeks)
Preceded by Norwegian number-one single
45/1987 – 49/1987 (5 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by UK Singles Chart number-one single
17 October 1987 – 7 November 1987 (4 weeks)

References

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  4. ^ "Maurice Gibb: down-to-earth talent behind Bee Gees' hits". Music Week. 27 January 2003. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  5. ^ Brennan, Joseph. "Gibb Songs : 1987". Columbia University. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
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