Did You Know?
- You Win Again” is a song by the Bee Gees, released in 1987 as the lead single from their album E.S.P.
- It was written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, and produced by them along with Albhy Galuten.
- The song is an emotional ballad about a man who cannot resist going back to a woman who repeatedly breaks his heart.
- In the verses, he laments how she always “wins again” by pulling him back into her web with her charms, even though he knows he should stay away.
- In the chorus, he sings about how irresistible her love is, even though she always ends up hurting him again: “Oh girl, you stand there looking so fine / I try to resist you, I can’t make you mine / You win again.”
- “You Win Again” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1987, making it the Bee Gees‘ fifth #1 hit in the United States.
- It also topped charts internationally, becoming one of their biggest late-career hits.
- The song is considered a highlight from the group’s comeback album E.S.P. and showed they could still craft emotionally powerful ballads in the late 1980s.
Watch Video “You Win Again”
Lyrics
I shouldn’t let you kick me when I’m down, my baby
I find out everybody know that you’ve been using me
I’m surprised you let me stay around you
One day I’m gonna lift the cover and look inside your heart
We gotta level before we go and tear this love apart
There’s no fight you can’t fight
This battle of love with me, you win again
So little time, we do nothing but compete
There’s no life on earth
No other could see me through, you win again
Some never try, but if anybody can, we can
And I’ll be, I’ll be, following you (I’ll be, I’ll be)
Oh, girl
Oh, baby, I shake you from now on
I’m gonna break down your defenses, one by one
I’m gonna hit you from all sides, lay your fortress open wide
Nobody stops this body from taking you
You better beware, I swear
I’m gonna be there one day when you fall
I could never let you cast aside the greatest love of all
There’s no fight you can’t fight
This battle of love with me, you win again
So little time, we do nothing but compete
There’s no life on earth
No other could see me through, you win again
Some never try, but if anybody can, we can
And I’ll be, I’ll be, following you (I’ll be, I’ll be)
Oh, girl
You win again
So little time, we do nothing but compete
There’s no life on earth
No other could see me through, you win again
Some never try, but if anybody can, we can
And I’ll be, I’ll be, following you (I’ll be, I’ll be)
Oh, oh girl
You win again
So little time, we do nothing but compete
There’s no life on earth (No life)
No other could see me through, you win again
(No other could, no other could)
Some never try, but if anybody can, we can
There’s no fight you can’t fight
This battle of love with me, you win again (This battle of love)
So little time, we do nothing but compete
There’s no life on earth
No other could see me through, you win again
Some never try, but if anybody can, we can
There’s no fight you can’t fight
This battle of love with me, you win again
So little time, we do nothing but compete
