Here It Comes Again (Black song)

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"Here It Comes Again"
Black Here It Comes Again 1991 single cover.jpg
Single by Black
from the album Black
B-side "Every Waking Hour"
Released1991
Length
  • 4:22 (album version)
  • 3:58 (single version)
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Black
Producer(s) Robin Millar
Black singles chronology
"Feel Like Change"
(1991)		"Here It Comes Again"
(1991)		"Fly Up to the Moon"
(1991)
Official audio
"Here It Comes Again" on YouTube

"Here It Comes Again" is a song by English singer-songwriter Black, which was released by A&M in 1991 as the second single from his third studio album, Black (1991). The song was written by Black and produced by Robin Millar. "Here It Comes Again" reached number 70 in the UK Singles Chart. [1]

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Background

"Here It Comes Again" was released as the second single from the 1991 album Black. Initially there were disagreements between Black and A&M Records over which song from Black would be the first single. The label wanted to release "Here It Comes Again" but Black favoured "Feel Like Change". [2] [3] "Here It Comes Again" reached number 70 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1991. It was Black's last appearance in the chart. [1]

In 1991, Black described "Here It Comes Again" as "a song about inevitability". He added, "It seems to me that we live in cycles. If you look hard enough, you constantly see the repetitions in the shape and the form of everything, and sometimes it's difficult to attribute to coincidence." [4]

Critical reception

On its release, Sylvia Patterson of Smash Hits felt "Here It Comes Again" was "unsurpassably dull" and added, "Colin dribbles on in his familiar 'women, they stole my soul and now I'm a dried-out kipper-fin' demented torpor." [5] Andrew Hirst of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner described it as an "ever-so-gentle musical daydream" which is "neatly rounded off with a deft saxophone solo". [6] In a review of Black, Peter Kinghorn of the Evening Chronicle considered the song "outstanding". [7] In a retrospective review, Michael Sutton of AllMusic described it as one of a number of tracks which "unfold with a snail's velocity; nevertheless, they are beautifully sung and stylishly composed". [8]

Formats

7-inch and cassette single [9] [10]
No.TitleLength
1."Here It Comes Again"3:54
2."Every Waking Hour"3:27
12-inch and CD single [11] [12]
No.TitleNotesLength
1."Here It Comes Again" 3:58
2."Every Waking Hour" 3:27
3."Shades" 4:32
4."Wonderful Life"Christmas '88 Recording5:03
CD promotional single (US) [13]
No.TitleNotesLength
1."Here It Comes Again"Radio Version3:57
2."Every Waking Hour"CD Version4:23

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the UK CD single liner notes and the Black CD booklet. [12] [14]

Here It Comes Again

Production

Other

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [15] 70

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  2. ↑ Keeling, Andrew. "Black - Essay No. 3 in the series The Music of Black (Colin Vearncombe)". colinvearncombe.com. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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  4. ↑ Black (1991). Black (Electronic press kit). A&M Records – via YouTube.
  5. ↑ Patterson, Sylvia (12 June 1991). "Review: Singles". Smash Hits . p. 45.
  6. ↑ Hirst, Andrew (22 June 1991). "Reviews: Singles". Huddersfield Daily Examiner . p. 29.
  7. ↑ Kinghorn, Peter (21 May 1991). "Albums - Choices". Evening Chronicle . p. 15.
  8. ↑ Michael Sutton. "Black - Black | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  9. ↑ Here It Comes Again (UK and European 7-inch single sleeve notes). Black. A&M Records. 1991. AM 753, 390753-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ↑ Here It Comes Again (UK cassette single liner notes). Black. A&M Records. 1991. AMMC 753, 390753-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ↑ Here It Comes Again (UK and European 12-inch single sleeve notes). Black. A&M Records. 1991. AMY 753, 390753-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. 1 2 Here It Comes Again (UK and European CD single liner notes). Black. A&M Records. 1991. AMCD 753, 390753-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ↑ Here It Comes Again (US CD promotional single liner notes). Black. A&M Records. 1991. 75021 7274 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ↑ Black (European CD album booklet). Black. A&M Records. 1991. 397 126 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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