Here It Goes Again

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"Here It Goes Again"
Single by OK Go
from the album Oh No
B-side	"The Lovecats"
Released	September 25, 2006
Recorded	2004-2005
Genre	Alternative rock power pop
Length	3:00
Label	Capitol EMI
Songwriter(s)	Damian Kulash
Producer(s)	Tore Johansson
OK Go singles chronology
"Invincible" (2006) "Here It Goes Again" (2006) "WTF?" (2009)

"Here It Goes Again" is a song by OK Go and is the third released single (the fifth including radio-only singles) from the album Oh No. It was the band's only single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 until "I Won't Let You Down" entered the Hot 100 in November 2014. Featuring the band dancing on treadmills, the video became a staple on YouTube; at one time being one of their most watched videos, with over 53 million views. In addition, the single peaked at number 36 on the UK Singles Chart on October 1, 2006, hence marking their second UK Top 40 single and their third UK Top 75 single.

Its B-side, "The Lovecats", a cover of The Cure's single, was previously released on the band's Do What You Want EP and the single "A Million Ways". An alternate version was nicknamed "UK Surf".

Track[]

Written by Damian Kulash Jr., the three-minute "Here It Goes Again" is set in common time at a "Moderately fast rock" tempo of 144 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of C major, with the vocal range spanning from C₄ to A₄.^[1] Kulash also sang and played the guitar in the original mix, which was produced by Tore Johansson with co-production done by Eric Drew Feldman, Howard Willing and Ken Sluiter. Andy Duncan was another guitarist on the track. Other instruments on the recording include drums performed by Dan Konopka and bass by Tim Nordwind. David Carlsson and Petter Lindgård were the song's engineers, with Jens Lindgård being the engineering assistant. Recorded at Gula Studion in Malmö, Sweden, it was mixed at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles by Dave Sardy, and finally mastered by Robert Vosgien at Capitol Mastering, also in Los Angeles.^[2]

Music video[]

The music video of the song is an elaborate performance of the band dancing on eight treadmills, arranged in two rows of four and in alternating opposite directions, in a single continuous take. Choreographed by Trish Sie and directed by Sie and the band, it took a total of seventeen attempts to complete the video.^[3] As in the band's video for "A Million Ways", Tim Nordwind lip-syncs the lead vocals instead of Damian Kulash, following the format from the dance choreographed for the song "C-C-C-Cinnamon Lips", which Tim sings. The video debuted on YouTube on July 31, 2006 and has been viewed over 53 million times. It premiered on VH1's Top 20 Countdown that same day. OK Go performed the dance routine live at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards.

The music video won the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video and the 2006 YouTube awards for Most Creative Video.

In "The Must List" on the August 18, 2006, issue of Entertainment Weekly, the video was ranked number nine: "The votes have been tallied, and this year's award for Best Use of Treadmills in an Alt-Pop Music Video goes to... http://okgo.net/news.aspx".^[4] In July 2011, the music video was named one of "The 30 All-TIME Best Music Videos" by Time Magazine.^[5]

In popular culture[]

The song has been featured in:

• The 2005 video game SSX on Tour.
• The 2007 video game Thrillville: Off the Rails
• The video game Rock Band; according to MTV Games's Paul McGooyer, this helped to spur further interest in the band.^[6]
• The TV shows Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, Hidden Palms and Gossip Girl, in addition to the films Mr. Woodcock, Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation, Ramona and Beezus and Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star.
• The 2008 video game Dance Dance Revolution X.
• The 2012-2016 russian tv-series "Кухня" (eng. Kitchen)
• The E3 2016 trailer for Lego Dimensions.^[7]

Parodies[]

Parodies of the video have appeared on The Simpsons, The Fairly OddParents, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and Kuu Kuu Harajuku (created by Gwen Stefani).^[8]

UK Surf Mix[]

During the summer of 2006, the band recorded a slower version of "Here It Goes Again" "in their attic".^[9] This version, dubbed "UK Surf" or the "UK Surf Mix", was released on iTunes in the UK the same day as the single. After being featured in the January 2007 Grey's Anatomy episode "Great Expectations", it was released in the US through iTunes on February 1, 2007 as a digital download.

Commercial performance[]

On the American Billboard Hot 100 chart, issue dated September 16, 2006, "Here It Goes Again" debuted at number 87,^[10] and by the next week it rose to its peak into the top 40 at 38.^[11] The track lasted a total of 20 weeks.^[12] Additionally, it reached into the top 40 onto the Pop 100 at number 34,^[13] as well as number 17 on the Adult Top 40^[14] and Alternative Songs charts.^[15] "Here It Goes Again" was also a Top 40 hit in other countries. On the UK Singles Chart, it debuted at number 36,^[16] while on the Official New Zealand Music Chart its peak position was 28.^[17] In Australia, the song began at number 67 on the ARIA top 100 singles chart, and rose to 63 the next week and also topped the Hitseekers chart, which surveys tracks by bands that have not reached into the top 50 of the main chart.^[18]

Track listings[]

Credits and personnel[]

Credits are adapted from liner notes of the single release.^[2]

Locations

• Recorded at Gula Studion in Malmö, Sweden
• Mixed at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, California
• Mastered at Capitol Mastering in Los Angeles, California

Personnel

Charts[]

References[]