You Win Again (Bee Gees song)

"You Win Again"
UK 12-inch vinyl
Single by Bee Gees
from the album E.S.P.
B-side"Backtafunk"
Released7 September 1987 (1987-09-07)[1]
GenrePop[2]
Length
  • 4:01 (album version)
  • 3:54 (7-inch fade)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Bee Gees singles chronology
"Someone Belonging to Someone"
(1983) 		"You Win Again"
(1987) 		"E.S.P."
(1987)
Alternative cover
Japanese 7-inch vinyl artwork
Music video
"You Win Again" on YouTube

"You Win Again" is a song written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb and performed by the Bee Gees. The song was produced by the brothers, Arif Mardin and Brian Tench. It was released as the first single on 7 September 1987 by Warner Records, from their seventeenth studio album E.S.P. (1987). It was also their first single released from the record label. The song marked the start of the group's comeback, becoming a No. 1 hit in many European countries, including topping the UK Singles Chart—their first to do so in over eight years—and making them the first group to score a UK No. 1 hit in each of three decades: the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.[3]

As songwriters, the Gibb brothers received the 1987 British Academy's Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.[4] In 1988, the band received a Brit Award nomination for Best British Group.[citation needed] In a UK television special on ITV in December 2011, it was voted second (behind "How Deep Is Your Love") on The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BPI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Petridis, Alexis (19 January 2023). "The Bee Gees' 40 greatest songs – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference mix was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Lister, David (28 May 1994). "Pop ballads bite back in lyrical fashion: David Lister charts a sea change away from rap towards memorable melodies". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  5. ^ "The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song". ITV. 9 December 2011.