Here We Go Around Again
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{{Infobox song
| name = Here We Go Around Again
| cover = "Here We Go Around Again" cassette single.jpg
| type = single
| artist = Mariah Carey
| album = The Rarities
| B-side = "Loverboy" (Firecracker – original version)
| released = {{start date|2020|12|11}}
| recorded = 1989
| studio = Sanctuary Studios, Albany, NY
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=55}}
| label =
| writer =
- Mariah Carey
- Ben Margulies
| producer =
- Mariah Carey
- Ben Margulies
| prev_title = Oh Santa!
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = Where I Belong
| next_year = 2021
| misc = {{External music video|header=Audio video|{{YouTube|FHJH3m3fPpU|"Here We Go Around Again"}}}}
}}
"Here We Go Around Again" (listed as "Here We Go Round Again" on Carey's demo tape) is a song recorded by American singer Mariah Carey. It was released in Japan on December 11, 2020, as the third single from her eighth compilation album, The Rarities (2020) by Columbia and Legacy Records as a cassette single with "Loverboy (Firecracker – Original Version)".{{Cite web|title=Mariah Carey/ヒア・ウィ・ゴー・アラウンド・アゲイン/ラヴァーボーイ (Firecracker Original Version)＜完全生産限定盤＞|url=https://tower.jp/item/5108484/%E3%83%92%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3-%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4-(Firecracker-Original-Version)%EF%BC%9C%E5%AE%8C%E5%85%A8%E7%94%9F%E7%94%A3%E9%99%90%E5%AE%9A%E7%9B%A4%EF%BC%9E|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=tower.jp|archive-date=November 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121080622/https://tower.jp/item/5108484/%E3%83%92%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3-%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4-(Firecracker-Original-Version)%EF%BC%9C%E5%AE%8C%E5%85%A8%E7%94%9F%E7%94%A3%E9%99%90%E5%AE%9A%E7%9B%A4%EF%BC%9E|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7916209/mariah-carey-is-releasing-here-we-go-around-again-on-cassette-single?chrome=1|title=Mariah Carey Is Releasing "Here We Go Around Again" On Cassette Single|access-date=November 22, 2020|website=Idolator|date=November 20, 2020 |archive-date=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624234537/https://www.idolator.com/7916209/mariah-carey-is-releasing-here-we-go-around-again-on-cassette-single?chrome=1|url-status=live}} The song was written and produced by Carey and Ben Margulies. According to Carey, the song was the first track on her demo tape.{{Cite web|title=The Rarities booklet.|url=http://mariahcareynetwork.com/gallery/artwork/booklets/booklet-therarities-1.jpg|access-date=November 20, 2020|archive-date=December 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228204411/http://mariahcareynetwork.com/gallery/artwork/booklets/booklet-therarities-1.jpg|url-status=live}}
Background and release
"Here We Go Around Again" was recorded by Dana Jon Chappelle and mixed by Brian Garten. According to the album's liner notes, Carey "[had] always liked it and did want it to be included on my first album. I don't remember why it wasn't, except we felt that we never quite captured the magic of that first demo. This recording is as close as we got." In an interview with Fred Bronson, Margulies revealed that their first collaboration, “Here We Go Around Again,” was recorded in the back of his father's cabinetry factory in Chelsea, New York City: "It was this real Motown thing. She wrote all the verses out. We were very excited because she sounded incredible. That was the beginning of the collaborating."{{Cite web|title=Here We Go Around Again|url=https://www.mariahrecords.com/blog/2020/9/9/here-we-go-around-again|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120035731/https://www.mariahrecords.com/blog/2020/9/9/here-we-go-around-again|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 20, 2020|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=For The Record|language=en-US}}
"Here We Go Around Again" was first teased on August 21, 2020, on a Zoom chat with reporters, influencers and fans to promote "Save the Day".{{Cite magazine|title=Mariah Carey's Ms. Lauryn Hill Collab 'Save the Day' Is Here: Stream It Now|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9437856/mariah-carey-save-the-day-lauryn-hill|access-date=November 20, 2020|magazine=Billboard|language=en|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912230830/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9437856/mariah-carey-save-the-day-lauryn-hill|url-status=live}} On November 19, 2020, it was announced that the song would be paired with "Loverboy (Firecracker – Original Version)" and released as a limited edition cassette single in Japan, set to be officially released on December 11, 2020. The next day, however, the cassette was made available worldwide on Carey's official online store, included in bundles with clothing items and accessories.
Critical reception
Billboard writer Joe Lynch described the first teaser of "Here We Go Around Again" which was premiered on Carey's Zoom chat for "Save the Day" as "a snippet of a Jackson 5-esque song that dates back to her 1990 debut". Idolator writer Mike Wass stated was "hard to understand how something this effortlessly charming and catchy didn’t make the tracklist of Mariah’s debut album."{{Cite web|date=October 4, 2020|title=Album Review: Mariah Carey's 'The Rarities'|url=https://www.idolator.com/7915038/album-review-mariah-careys-the-rarities|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=idolator|archive-date=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624234717/https://www.idolator.com/7915038/album-review-mariah-careys-the-rarities|url-status=live}} Carey channeled The Jackson 5 on this "buoyant bop from 1990, sounding so innocent that she can barely contain the sheer joy of relishing in her own melismatic powers."{{Cite web|last=Arnold|first=Chuck|date=October 1, 2020|title=The best tracks from Mariah Carey's 'The Rarities' album|url=https://nypost.com/2020/10/01/the-best-tracks-from-mariah-careys-the-rarities-album/|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=New York Post|language=en-US|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111232543/https://nypost.com/2020/10/01/the-best-tracks-from-mariah-careys-the-rarities-album/|url-status=live}} Los Angeles Times pop-music critic Mikael Wood praised the song stating that her vocals were "precise as always" and praised her writing style saying that it was "already in a tune whose darting melody evokes the comings and goings of a guy who can’t make up his mind about her."{{Cite web|date=October 2, 2020|title=The 7 must-hear tracks from Mariah Carey's 'The Rarities' album: Listen|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-10-02/mariah-carey-rarities|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002212139/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-10-02/mariah-carey-rarities|url-status=live}}
Track listings and formats
Charts
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! scope="col"| Peak |
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| scope="row" | Japan (Oricon){{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/163336/products/1372621/1/|title=ヒア・ウィ・ゴー・アラウンド・アゲイン/ラヴァーボーイ（Firecracker Original Version）- マライアキャリー - オリコン|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=December 19, 2020|archive-date=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624234606/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/163336/products/1372621/1/|url-status=dead}}
| 56 |