Here We Go Again! (song)
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| "Here We Go Again!" | ||||
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| Single by Portrait | ||||
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Genre | New jack swing | |||
| Length | 4:20 (album version) 3:55 (radio edit) | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
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"Here We Go Again!" is a song by the American R&B group Portrait. It was released in 1992 as both their debut single as a group and as the lead single from their debut self-titled studio album, which was also released that year. It is a new jack swing song which samples three other songs, including "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy, and is written about recurring arguments with a significant other. It peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 to become the group's biggest hit and has since been included on lists of the best new jack swing songs and in an episode of the sitcom Family Matters in 1993.
"Here We Go Again!" was released through Capitol Records in 1992 as the debut single of the Los Angeles-based R&B quartet Portrait, who wrote and produced the song, and as the lead single from their self-titled debut album. Its members at the time were singers Phillip Johnson, Eric Kirkland, Irving Washington III, and Michael Angelo Saulsbery.[1] Its genre is new jack swing, a subgenre that melds R&B with the rhythm and sampling of hip hop. It also has jazz influences and its lyrics are about frequently arguing with an envious lover. It features samples of Chuck D's voice on the Public Enemy song "Bring the Noise", the bass line from the Michael Jackson song "I Can't Help It"—which would be used again on the De La Soul song "Breakadawn" the following year—and the hand clapping beat from "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground.[2][3]