| You'll Accomp'ny Me | |
| Cover: | YoullAccompnyMe.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
| Album: | Against the Wind |
| B-Side: | Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight |
| Released: | July 1980 |
| Studio: | Criteria (Miami) |
| Genre: | Soft rock, country rock |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Punch Andrews, Bob Seger |
| Prev Title: | Against the Wind |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | The Horizontal Bop |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
"You'll Accomp'ny Me" is a song written and recorded by American rock singer Bob Seger. It appears on his album Against the Wind.[1]
The song is in the key of E major with a main chord pattern of A–E.[2]
It reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3]
An entry in the Encyclopedia of Classic Rock describes the song as "forecast[ing] his career direction by crossing over onto Billboards Adult Contemporary chart".[4] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote in a review of Against the Wind that "the record really starts to kick into high gear with 'You'll Accomp'ny Me,' a ballad the equal of anything on its two predecessors."[5] Jim Harrington of The Mercury News selected "You'll Accomp'ny Me" as one of Seger's 10 best songs and as his "best love song."[6] Billboard said that it "starts out as a melodic ballad and gains almost inspirational momentum" by the end.[7] Cash Box called it a "genteel mid-tempo romance," stating that "drum and woodblock set the rhythm, but piano and swelling organ provide the passion."[8] Record World predicted the single would reach the Top 10, saying that Seger's inimitable vocals are backed by gospel-like chorus colors."[9]
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Seger's 1994 Greatest Hits compilation.[10]
The Silver Bullet Band
Additional musicians
| Chart (1980) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[11] | 23 | |
| Canadian RPM Top 100 | 8 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] | 14 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[13] | 17 |
Country music artist Frankie Ballard covered the song for his 2016 album El Río, and it was released to country radio in February 2017.[14] The song charted at number 57, becoming Ballard's lowest-peaking single of his career.
French-Canadian Folk singer Anna McGarrigle wrote a French-language version of the song titled "Tu Vas M'Accompaneger". She performed it regularly at concerts during the 1980s,[15] and it was included on Kate and Anna McGarrigle's 1982 album Love Over and Over.[16]
Christine Albert included a version of the song where she altered between Bob Seger's original lyrics and Anna McGarrigle's French translation on her album Texafrance in 2008.[17]
