David Coverdale has one of the coolest history's in rock.
From his Deep Purple beginnings to his iconic run with Whitesnake, the story of David Coverdale's career is as instant page burner. That being said one chapter that could be a movie in itself is that of "Here I Go Again". Although, it's upbeat in tempo, the song is considered to be one of the biggest rock power ballads of all time. Originally recorded by the one of the earliest line-up's of the band, the song was part of Whitesnake's 5th album, "Saints & Sinners". even though it was recorded for their 4th album "Come an' Get It".
The initial release of the original version of the song didn't make much impact on the US charts, as the band hadn't hit big in the states yet, but after recording the self titled "Whitesnake" album in 1987, Coverdale would re-record both Here I Go Again and "Crying In the Rain" to be added. Both songs are essentially about his breakup and divorce from his first wife Julia. The original song had a more Deep Purple sound, as much of the band back then had former Deep Purple members in it, when Coverdale remade the single with the band that recorded the Whitesnake album and later remixed it with Adrian Vandenberg and the band Starship's Rhythm section. Having fired the band that was on the Whitesnake album, he replaced them with his touring band of Vandenberg, Rudy Sarzo, Tommy Aldridge, and Vivian Campbell.
With his new band Coverdale shot the video for the song using his current muse and girlfriend model/actress Tawny Kitaen. He performance of dancing sensually on a car in the video, caused the song and the video to explode up the charts. Both, the song and video would hit number one on their perspective charts as the song went number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 10th 1988. The marriage of Tawny Kitaen and Whitesnake video pushed the band into the worldwide fandom, making them one of the biggest Hair Bands of the decade..
Today Here I Go Again is one of the signature songs of Hair Band history and 80's music as a whole and still remains as a sports stadium banger that causes everyone to sing the chorus when it hits.