Here I Go Again (The Hollies song) explained

Here I Go Again
Cover:	The Hollies Here I Go Again.jpg
Caption:	Cover of the single released in Sweden
Type:	single
Artist:	the Hollies
B-Side:	Baby That's All
Recorded:	13 April 1964^[1]
Studio:	EMI, London
Genre:	Beat
Label:	Parlophone Imperial
Producer:	Ron Richards
Prev Title:	Just One Look
Prev Year:	1964
Next Title:	We're Through
Next Year:	1964

"Here I Go Again" is a song by British band the Hollies, released as a single in May 1964.

Background and release

"Here I Go Again" was written by Mort Shuman and Clive Westlake. It was recorded on 13 April 1964 at EMI Studios and released as a single a month later by Parlophone with the B-side "Baby That's All", written by the Hollies' Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks and Graham Nash under the pseudonym Chester Mann.^[2] The US release by Imperial Records in June 1964 saw it paired with a different B-side, a cover of Little Richard's "Lucille".^[3]

It was their first original single, with their previous four singles having all been covers. An EP including the song was later released in October 1964, also entitled Here I Go Again. In the US, an album entitled Here I Go Again was released in June 1964 and was largely based on the UK album Stay with the Hollies.

The single performed well in the UK, continuing their success there, and peaked at number 4 on the Record Retailer chart. It performed particularly well on the Mersey Beat chart, topping it in the final week of June 1964. However, in the US, "Here I Go Again" failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 or Cash Box Top 100 charts, instead bubbling under on both.

Reviewed in Record Mirror, "Here I Go Again" was described as "[having] a "Just One Look" flavour, and there's a grow-on-you melody on the vibrant beat ballad. Maybe not as powerful as their last few, but a huge hit on their name".^[4]

Track listings

7": Parlophone / R 5137

1. "Here I Go Again" – 2:19
2. "Baby That's All" – 2:16

7": Imperial / 66044 (US)

1. "Here I Go Again" – 2:17
2. "Lucille" – 2:20

Charts

Chart (1964)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[5]	24
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)^[6]	5
Sweden (Kvällstoppen)^[7]	17
Sweden (Tio i Topp)	8
UK Disc Top 30^[8]	3
UK Melody Maker Top 50^[9]	3
UK Mersey Beat Top 20^[10]	1
UK New Musical Express Top 30^[11]	4
UK Record Retailer Top 50^[12]	4
US Bubbling Under the Hot 100 (Billboard)^[13]	107
US Cash Box Looking Ahead^[14]	118

Notes and References

1. Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years: The Complete Hollies April 1963 – October 1968. 2011. booklet. 5099909624221. Parlophone.
2. Web site: The Hollies - Here I Go Again . 45cat. 2022-10-06.
3. Web site: The Hollies - Here I Go Again . 45cat. 2022-10-06.
4. 9 May 1964 . Hollies – An original . . 13 . 6 October 2022.
5. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. . 2005. 0-646-44439-5. Kent Music Report.
6. Web site: flavour of new zealand - search lever . 2022-10-05 . www.flavourofnz.co.nz.
7. Book: Hallberg, Eric. 1993. Kvällstoppen i P3. 1st. Drift Musik. Sweden. 91-630-2140-4.
8. 13 June 1964. Disc's Top Thirty. Disc.
9. 13 June 1964. National Chart. Melody Maker. 2.
10. Web site: Smith . Alan . Every No.1 in the 1960s is listed from all the nine different magazine charts! . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110510032548/http://www.davemcaleer.com/page22.htm . 10 May 2011 . 4 November 2010 . Dave McAleer's website.
11. 19 June 1964. NME Top Thirty. New Musical Express.
12. Web site: HOLLIES full Official Chart History Official Charts Company . 2022-10-06 . www.officialcharts.com.
13. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn. Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100, 1959–1985. 1992. Record Research. 0-89820-082-2.

14. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Looking Ahead – Week ending August 22, 1964. 6 October 2022. Cash Box magazine.