1980 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – You’ll Accomp’ny Me (US:#14)
“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.
It reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.
An entry in the Encyclopedia of Classic Rock describes the song as “forecast[ing] 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 Magazine said that it “starts out as a melodic ballad and gains almost in- spirational momentum” by the end.
Album
Against The Wind is the eleventh studio album by American rock singer Bob Seger and his fourth with the Silver Bullet Band. It was released in February 1980. It is Seger’s only number-one album to date, spending six weeks at the top of the Billboard Top LPs chart, knocking Pink Floyd’s The Wall from the […]
Musicians
| Bass | Chris Campbell |
| Drums | David Teegarden |
| Guitar | Drew Abbott |
| Guitar | Bob Seger |
| Organ | Bill Payne |
| Piano | Bill Payne |
| Synthesizer | Bill Payne |
| Sax | Alto Reed |
| Percussion | Sam Clayton |
| Background Vocals | Ginger Blake |
| Background Vocals | Laura Creamer |
| Background Vocals | Linda Dillard |
| Vocals | Bob Seger |
Produced By
Bob Seger
Punch Andrews
Songwriters
Bob Seger
Charts
US:#14
UK:# –