It wasn’t like: ‘Oh my God, we’ve got another hit.’ It was: ‘Thank you, Tawn. “I was very sad, and I sent my condolences to her family. “I’ve been involved with my wife, and raised a son,” Coverdale said. “Here I Go Again” re-entered the charts following Kitaen’s death in May, three decades after the former couple last spoke. It just went absolutely nuts, and it continues to be.” “It spread over the world to the point that whichever hotel suite I walked into and turned the TV on, nine times out of 10 it was on MTV and seven times out of 10 Tawny was doing cartwheels across two Jags. “There was delicious eye candy in there, but we put Tawny in stylish environments and never utilized her as other rock bands were doing with ripped stockings and what have you,” Coverdale said. She wound up briefly married to Coverdale after they met on the set. “It was Geffen who convinced me, and thank God they did because that does help with the mortgage!”Īn iconic music video featuring the late Tawny Kitaen played a big role in the song's success. “I wasn’t impressed, but it worked out,” Coverdale recalled. When working with his wife, German dance-pop artist Sandra, on her 1987 single 'Everlasting. He had been involved in music for a while at that point, having released several solo albums as well as worked as a producer with other artists. Coverdale's label urged him to release a new version five years later, and “Here I Go Again ’87” became a transatlantic Top 10 smash. Enigma were formed in 1990 by Bucharest native Michael Cretu. upon its initial 1982 release, and didn't chart in the U.S.

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