Let's Go Round Again
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{{short description|1980 single by Average White Band}}
{{More citations needed|date=February 2012}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Let's Go Round Again
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| type = single
| artist = Average White Band
| album = Shine
| released = 1980
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| length = *{{Duration|m=4|s=40}} (Album version)
- {{Duration|m=3|s=53}} (7" version)
| label = RCA
| writer = Alan Gorrie
| producer = Average White Band, David Foster
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"Let's Go Round Again" is a song by the Scottish funk and R&B group Average White Band. The single peaked at No. 12 in the UK,{{cite web|title=let%s+go+round+again|work=Official Charts Company|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/let's%20go%20round%20again/|accessdate=21 June 2016}} No. 53 on the US Billboard Hot 100, No. 40 on the US Billboard R&B chart{{cite web|title=The Average White Band - Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-average-white-band-mn0000064454/awards|website=AllMusic|access-date=11 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313213522/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-average-white-band-mn0000064454/awards|archive-date=13 March 2013}} and No. 24 on the US Billboard Disco chart.{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=26}}
The corrected title "Let's Go 'Round Again" can be seen printed on their 1994 compilation album Pickin' Up the Pieces: The Best of Average White Band 1974-1980.{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Pickin-Up-Pieces-Average-1974-1980/dp/B0000032VE/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2Z2LGFQMYH3MT&keywords=Best+Of+Average+White+Band&qid=1652698556&sprefix=best+of+average+white+band%2Caps%2C860&sr=8-2 | title=Pickin' up the Pieces: The Best of Average White Band 1974-1980 | website=Amazon | year=1992 }}
1994 version
In 1994, the Average White Band decided to remix it after signing with The Hit Label. This version made No. 56 on the UK Singles Chart.
Louise version
{{Infobox song
| name = Let's Go Round Again
| cover = Let's_Go_Round_Again.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Louise
| album = Woman in Me
| B-side =
- "Just When I Thought"
- "How You Make Me Feel"
| released = {{start date|1997|11|17|df=y}}{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=29|date=15 November 1997}}
| recorded =
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| length = 3:50
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| writer = Alan Gorrie
| producer = Johnny Douglas
| prev_title = Arms Around the World
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = All That Matters
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|5aWrLveRYYs|"Let's Go Round Again"}}}}
}}
English singer Louise covered "Let's Go Round Again" for her second album, Woman in Me (1997), and released it as the album's second single in November 1997. It charted at No. 10 in the UK, number 21 in Flanders and number 30 in France. On the Eurochart Hot 100, the single reached number 30 in December 1997.
=Critical reception=
Jon O'Brien from AllMusic viewed the song as "a faithful cover".{{cite web|first=Jon|last=O'Brien|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/changing-faces-best-of-louise-mw0000462815|title=Louise — Changing Faces: Best of Louise|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=21 October 2021}} Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "As her former Eternal colleagues move further into R&B, Louise has been just as effectively repositioned as a mainstream pop/dance act. Here, the process continues with a skilful rebuild of the 1980 Average White Band hit which becomes a slick and effective disco stomper with strong '70s overtones."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-02-28.pdf|title=Airborne|magazine=Music & Media|date=28 February 1998|page=16|access-date=23 December 2019}} A reviewer from Music Week gave her version three out of five, declaring it as "a catchy cover", "which is likely to gain momentum from her mammoth tour later this autumn. But it sadly lacks adventure."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-11-08.pdf|title=Reviews: Singles|magazine=Music Week|date=8 November 1997|page=14|access-date=20 September 2022}} Gerald Martinez from New Sunday Times described it as "retro-disco".{{cite magazine|first=Gerald|last=Martinez|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ouYVAAAAIBAJ|title=Late Bloomer Delivers|magazine=New Sunday Times|date=15 March 1998|page=13|access-date=21 October 2021}}
=Track listings=
- UK CD1{{cite AV media notes|title=Let's Go Round Again|year=1997|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records|id=CDEMS500, 7243 8 84922 2 5}}
- "Let's Go Round Again"
- "Just When I Thought"
- "How You Make Me Feel"
- UK CD2{{cite AV media notes|title=Let's Go Round Again|year=1997|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records|id=CDEM500, 7243 8 84923 2 4}} (mislabelled as CD1 on sleeve)
- "Let's Go Round Again" (radio mix)
- "Let's Go Round Again" (Colour Systems Inc. Amber vocals mix)
- "Let's Go Round Again" (Paul Gotel's Peaceful Warrior mix)
- "Let's Go Round Again" (187 Lockdown vocal mix)
- "Let's Go Round Again" (Rated PG club mix)
- UK cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Let's Go Round Again|year=1997|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records|id=TCEM500, 7243 8 84922 4 9}}
- "Let's Go Round Again"
- "Let's Go Round Again" (Rated PG club mix)
- "Just When I Thought"
- European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Let's Go Round Again|year=1998|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records|id=7243 8 85165 2 5}}
- "Let's Go Round Again" (radio mix)
- "Let's Go Round Again" (UK album version)
- Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Let's Go Round Again|year=1998|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records|id=7243 8 85163 2 7}}
- "Let's Go Round Again" (radio mix)
- "Let's Go Round Again" (Colour Systems Inc. Amber vocals mix)
- "Let's Go Round Again" (Paul Gotel's Peaceful Warrior mix)
- "Let's Go Round Again" (187 Lockdown vocal mix)
=Personnel=
Personnel are adapted from the Woman in Me album booklet.{{cite AV media notes|title=Woman in Me|title-link=Woman in Me|year=1997|type=UK CD album booklet|publisher=EMI United Kingdom, 1st Avenue Records|id=7243 8 21903 2 5}}
- Alan Gorrie – writing
- Johnny Douglas – production
- Dave Clews – programming
- Nick Ingman – string arrangement, conducting
- Paul Blake – engineering
=Charts=
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==Weekly charts==
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!Chart (1997—1998) !Peak |
{{single chart|Flanders|21|artist=Louise|song=Let's Go Round Again|rowheader=true|access-date=28 June 2023}} |
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-12-06.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=14|issue=49|page=12|date=6 December 1997|access-date=22 June 2018}}
|30 |
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{{single chart|France|30|artist=Louise|song=Let's Go Round Again|rowheader=true|refname="fra"}} |
scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade){{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/1998/week-10|title=Tipparade-lijst van week 10, 1998|publisher=Dutch Top 40|language=nl|access-date=21 April 2023}}
|5 |
{{single chart|Dutch100|70|artist=Louise|song=Let's Go Round Again|rowheader=true|access-date=28 June 2023}} |
{{single chart|Scotland|8|artist=Louise|song=Let's Go Round Again|date=19971123|rowheader=true|access-date=28 June 2023}} |
{{single chart|UK|10|artist=Louise|song=Let's Go Round Again|date=19971123|rowheader=true|refname="uk"}} |
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==Year-end charts==
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!Chart (1997) !Position |
scope="row"|UK Club Chart (Music Week){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1998/Music-Week-1998-01-10.pdf|title=The Club Top 100 of 1997|magazine=Music Week, in RM (Dance Update Supplemental insert)|page=5|date=10 January 1998|access-date=9 January 2023}}
|96 |
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scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Singles 1997|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=17 January 1998}}
|94 |
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Other version(s)
In 1990, UK pop group Yell! released their version of "Let's Go Round Again". It charted at No. 78 on the UK Singles Chart.
References
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