Come Again

Come Again was released in 1997 as a various artists compilation album. The project brought together contemporary performers interpreting classic standards, presenting mid twentieth century repertoire through modern recordings.

Robbie Williams contributed a version of Cole Porter’s Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye. His recording adopts a restrained, jazz influenced arrangement that foregrounds vocal phrasing and melody, anticipating the direction he would later pursue more fully on Swing When You’re Winning.

Originally written in 1944, Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye is characterised by its sophisticated harmonic structure and melancholic lyric. Williams’ interpretation maintains the song’s intimate tone while introducing it to a late 1990s pop audience.

The compilation stands as one of Williams’ earliest recorded engagements with the American songbook tradition, predating his dedicated swing projects of the early 2000s.