“Hello Again” by The Cars

"Hello Again" came off Heartbeat City, the Cars' fifth studio album, and went out as its fourth single in October 1984, with Ric Ocasek, who wrote it on his own, singing lead. The band produced it with Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Nigel Green recorded it and Mike Shipley mixed, with Ocasek and Elliot Easton on guitars, Greg Hawkes on keyboards, Benjamin Orr on bass, David Robinson on drums, and Easton, Hawkes and Orr joining in on vocals.

Following "Drive" as a single, it swung the Cars back toward their twitchier side: Billboard heard a return to the staccato synth pulse and arch, knowing manner of the singles that came before "Drive" took them elsewhere. It became the album's fourth top-20 hit, and AllMusic later tagged it eccentric, a stylish new wave rocker that balances pop hooks with the band's taste for experimental sounds.

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