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Skid Row - I Remember You

I Remember You is the third and final single from Skid Row's 1989 eponymous debut album. The power ballad was released in November 1989 and written by bandmates Rachel Bolan and Dave "the Snake" Sabo. It reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and number twenty-three on the Mainstream Rock Tracks in early 1990.

The song also charted at #36 on the UK Singles chart.

In 2003, Skid Row, this time featuring new lead singer Johnny Solinger, recorded a second version of the song entitled "I Remember You Two." The song appears in the album Thickskin.

In a 2007 interview, vocalist Sebastian Bach commented, "'I Remember You' was the #1 prom song in the United States of America in the year 1990....You talk about making memories! Literally the whole country of America did their prom dance to 'I Remember You' one year, and that's a real heavy memory to beat."

"I Remember You" appeared on the ABC series October Road, FOX's Reunion, Comedy Central's South Park and NBC's Friday Night Lights.

In 2000, the punk rock band The Ataris covered the song for the compilation album Punk Goes Metal. The cover featured a few sampled bars of the original Skid Row version at the beginning and Sebastian Bach's high note at the climax of the song.

The song was covered on Californication at the end of the episode "The Recused" by fictional band Queens of Dogtown. This version also appears on the show's Season 4 soundtrack.

The lyrics:

Woke up to the sound of pouring rain

The wind would whisper and I'd think of you

And all the tears you cried, that called my name

And when you needed me I came through

I paint a picture of the days gone by

When love went blind and you would make me see

I'd stare a lifetime into your eyes

So that I knew you were there for me

Time after time you were there for me

Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand

Love letters in the sand - I remember you

Through the sleepless nights thru every endless day

I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you

We spend the summer with the top rolled down

Wished ever after would be like this

You said I love you babe, without a sound

I said I'd give my life for just one kiss

I'd live for your smile and die for your kiss

Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand

Love letters in the sand - I remember you

Through the sleepless nights thru every endless day

I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you

We've had our share of hard times

But that's the price we paid

And through it all we kept the promise that we made

I swear you'll never be lonely

Woke up to the sound of pouring rain

Washed away a dream of you

But nothing else could ever take you away

'Cause you'll always be my dream come true

Oh my darling, I love you

Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand

Love letters in the sand - I remember you

Through the sleepless nights thru every endless day

I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you

Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand

Love letters in the sand - I remember you

Through the sleepless nights thru every endless day

I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you