"Here I Go Again" was a 1969 hit single by The Miracles. It was written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore, along with Motown staff songwriters Al Cleveland and Terry "Buzzy" Johnson, a member of the R&B group The Flamingos.
The song was released on Motown Records' Tamla label subsidiary. It was taken from their top-25 pop album Time Out for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles from that year, and was the "B" side of their hit single, "Doggone Right". "Here I Go Again" was performed by the group on a 1969 telecast of the ABC music-variety program, The Music Scene.
The original Miracles version appears on several of their "Greatest Hits" anthologies, with a live version appearing on their live album, '. The Miracles can also be seen performing "Here I Go Again" live on the DVD compilation, Music Scene - The Best of 1969-70 (an out of print collection, but still available on certain collectors' websites).
Moore and Johnson were the song's producers. A heart-rending ballad, Robinson, as the song's narrator, portrays a man falling deeply and hopelessly in love with a young woman, yet afraid to do so due to a bad previous relationship that ended in heartbreak and failure:
In the end, however, love wins out, outweighing his fears and apprehensions:
Cash Box described it as "very slow" and "shimmery" and "exquisitely produced and tailored to the soft-soul sounds."
"Here I Go Again" was also a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 37. It was a Top 20 hit on the R&B chart as well, peaking at number 15.