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"You'll Accomp'ny Me"
Single by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
from the album Against the Wind
B-side	"Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight"
Released	July 1980
Studio	Criteria (Miami)
Genre	Soft rock, country rock
Length	4:00 (album version) 3:36 (single version)
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Bob Seger
Producer(s)	Punch Andrews, Bob Seger
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band singles chronology
"Against the Wind" (1980) "You'll Accomp'ny Me" (1980) "The Horizontal Bop" (1980)

"You'll Accomp'ny Me" is a song written and recorded by American rock singer Bob Seger. It appears on his album Against the Wind.

Content

The song is in the key of E major with a main chord pattern of A–E.

History

It reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Classic Rock describes the song as "forecast his career direction by crossing over onto Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote in a review of Against the Wind that "the record really starts to kick into high gear with 'You'll Accomp'ny Me,' a ballad the equal of anything on its two predecessors." Jim Harrington of The Mercury News selected "You'll Accomp'ny Me" as one of Seger's 10 best songs and as his "best love song." Billboard said that it "starts out as a melodic ballad and gains almost inspirational momentum" by the end. Cash Box called it a "genteel mid-tempo romance," stating that "drum and woodblock set the rhythm, but piano and swelling organ provide the passion." Record World predicted the single would reach the Top 10, saying that Seger's inimitable vocals are backed by gospel-like chorus colors."

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Seger's 1994 Greatest Hits compilation.

• Bob Seger – lead vocals, acoustic guitar

The Silver Bullet Band

• Chris Campbell – bass
• David Teegarden – drums

Additional musicians

• Ginger Blake – background vocals
• Sam Clayton – percussion
• Laura Creamer – background vocals
• Linda Dillard – background vocals
• Bill Payne – piano, organ, synthesizer

Chart performance

Other versions

Country music artist Frankie Ballard covered the song for his 2016 album El Río, and it was released to country radio in February 2017. The song charted at number 57, becoming Ballard's lowest-peaking single of his career.

French-Canadian Folk singer Anna McGarrigle wrote a French-language version of the song titled "Tu Vas M'Accompaneger". She performed it regularly at concerts during the 1980s, and it was included on Kate and Anna McGarrigle's 1982 album Love Over and Over.

Christine Albert included a version of the song where she altered between Bob Seger's original lyrics and Anna McGarrigle's French translation on her album Texafrance in 2008.

References

1. "Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - You'll Accomp'ny Me - swisscharts.com". Retrieved 2008-04-28.
2. "'You'll Accomp'ny Me' sheet music". musicnotes.com. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
3. "Billboard Hot 100™". January 2, 2013.
4. Lurhssen, David; Larson, Michael (24 February 2017). Encyclopedia of Classic Rock. p. 327. ISBN 9781440835148.
5. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Against the Wind review". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
6. Harrington, Jim (March 1, 2015). "Bob Seger: Here Are 10 Best Songs". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
7. "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. July 26, 1980. p. 70. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
8. "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 26, 1980. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
9. "Hits of the World" (PDF). Record World. July 26, 1980. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
10. Greatest Hits (CD). Capitol Records. 1994. CDP 7243 8 30334 2 3.
11. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1980-11-15. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
12. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0262a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
13. "Bob Seger Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
14. "Bob Seger Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
15. "Hear Frankie Ballard's Next Single, 'You'll Accomp'ny Me'". The Boot. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
16. "Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Toronto, May '82". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
17. "Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Love Over And Over". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
18. "Christine Albert - Texafrance". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-07-01.

• 1980 songs
• 1980 singles
• Songs written by Bob Seger
• Bob Seger songs
• Capitol Records singles
• Frankie Ballard songs
• Song recordings produced by Bob Seger
• Song recordings produced by Punch Andrews