About The Song
“Here I Am” (also titled as “Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)”) is a song written and first recorded by Norman Saleet and released as a single in 1980 on RCA Records. It was recorded the following year by the British/Australian soft rock duo Air Supply and released as the second single from their sixth studio album The One That You Love.
“Here I Am” was written by singer-songwriter Norman Saleet who released it as a single in 1980, backed with “This Time I Know It’s Real”. Both songs appear on Saleet’s 1982 sole studio album Here I Am.
In 1981, Air Supply released their version which was a top 5 hit in the US. To prevent confusion, the song was originally released as “Here I Am” on the LP but was re-titled “Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)” for the release of the single, so as not to be confused with the group’s No. 1 hit song “The One That You Love” earlier in the year which contains the lyrics: “Here I am, the one that you love.” Lead vocals on “Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)” were performed by Russell Hitchcock. Record World described it as an “elegantly harmonized ballad.”
Air Supply’s version was released as a single in the fall of 1981, and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in November of that year, remaining in the top 40 for 15 weeks. The song also spent three weeks atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
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Lyrics
Here I am
Playin’ with those memories again
And just when I thought time had set me free
Those thoughts of you keep taunting me
Holding you
A feeling I never outgrew
Though each and every part of me has tried
Only you can fill that space inside
So there’s no sense pretending
My heart, it’s not mending
Just when I thought I was over you
And just when I thought I could stand on my own
Oh baby, those memories come crashin’ through
And I just can’t go on without you
On my own
I’ve tried to make the best of it alone
I’ve done everything I can to ease the pain
But only you can stop the rain
I just can’t live without you
I miss everything about you
Just when I thought I was over you
And just when I thought I could stand on my own
Oh baby, those memories come crashin’ through
And I just can’t go on without, go on without
It’s just no good without you (just when I thought I was over you)
Without you (just when I thought I could stand on my own)
Without you (just when I thought I was over you)
Without you (just when I thought I could stand on my own)
Without you (just when I thought I was over you)
Without you (just when I thought I could stand on my own)
Without you (just when I thought I was over you)