Never Be the Same Again

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“Never Be the Same Again”
“Never Be the Same Again” cover
Single by Melanie C featuring Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
from the album Northern Star
B-side "I Wonder What It Would Be Like"
Released March 20, 2000
Format CD single, CD maxi single
Recorded 1999
Genre Pop rock, hip hop
Length 4:54 (album version)
4:13 (single version)
Label Virgin
Producer Rhett Lawrence
Certification Gold (BPI) 401,761
Melanie C singles chronology
"Northern Star"
(1999)		 "Never Be the Same Again"
(2000)		 "I Turn to You"
(2000)
Lisa Lopes singles chronology
"Never Be the Same Again"
(2000)		 "The Block Party"
(2001)
Alternate cover
UK CD2 cover
UK CD2 cover
Audio sample
Info "Never Be The Same Again" (help·info)

"Never Be the Same Again" is Melanie C's third single from her debut solo album, Northern Star.

It was released on March 20, 2000. It debuted and peaked at the top of the UK charts, knocking down fellow Spice Girl Geri Halliwell's single "Bag It Up" to number four. "Never Be the Same Again" became her first solo single to reach number-one and was co-written with producer Rhett Lawrence. The song features a rap and a co-writing credit from the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of TLC. The single sold 401,761 copies in the UK alone, making it the eighteenth best seller of 2000. It also revived interest in the Northern Star album. In Europe, the single has sold over 1.5 million copies (900,000 copies in Germany confirmed by 'Media Control Germany'), making "Never Be the Same Again" one of her best-selling singles in Europe. It also sold over 90,000 copies in Australia.

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[edit] Music Video

The music video shows Melanie with short blonde hair as on the CD-cover wearing white clothes. It begins with a CD player (which says Good day in Icelandic, suggesting that the video is based in Iceland) and sound system starting up a in a metal and glass room in a high building with glass bridges with smoke rising from below with a field background. She is also seen jogging on a treadmill with a changing foreground in front, she is also seen lying in shallow water and on a bed in the dark with orange laser moving down her. Lisa Lopes comes into the video to do her rap and both of them are seen doing Tai-chi. Later Melanie is floating up in a high-ceiling room and ends with Melanie looking at the outside view.

[edit] Tracklisting and formats

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Never Be the Same Again".

  • UK CD1
  1. "Never Be the Same Again" [Single Edit] - 4:13
  2. "I Wonder What It Would Be Like" - 3:40
  3. "Never Be the Same Again" (Lisa Lopes Remix) - 4:01
  4. "Never Be the Same Again" [Video] [Bonus]
  • UK CD2
  1. "Never Be the Same Again" - 4:52
  2. "Closer" (Live) - 3:32
  3. "Goin' Down" (Live) - 3:35
  • US Promo CD-R 3
  1. "Never Be The Same Again" [Kung Pow Club Mix] - 9:34
  2. "Never Be The Same Again" [Kung Pow Radio Edit] - 4:11
  3. "Never Be The Same Again" [Plasmic Honey Club Mix] - 8:41
  4. "Never Be The Same Again" [Single Edit] - 4:16
  • UK Cassette
  1. "Never Be the Same Again" [Single Edit] - 4:13
  2. "I Wonder What It Would Be Like"- 3:40
  3. "Never Be the Same Again" (Lisa Lopes Remix) - 4:01

[edit] Appears on

  • Never Be the Same Again – Northern Star
  • Never Be the Same Again – Northern Star [Special Edition]
  • Never Be the Same Again – Kuschelrock 14 [Compilation CD]
  • Never Be the Same Again – R&B - The Collection [Compilation CD]
  • Never Be the Same Again – Hot & Beautiful [Compilation CD]
  • Never Be the Same Again [Single Mix] – Northern Star [Special Edition]
  • Never Be the Same Again [Single Edit] – Never Be the Same Again [Single]
  • Never Be the Same Again [Lisa Lopes Remix] – Never Be the Same Again [Single]
  • Never Be the Same Again [Live at MTV] – Never Be the Same Again [Single]

[edit] Charts

Chart Position
UK Singles Chart 1
Sweden Singles Chart 1
Dutch Top 40 1
New Zealand Singles Chart 1
Norway Singles Chart 1
Israel Singles Chart 1
Australia Singles Chart 2
Switzerland Singles Chart 3
Austria Singles Chart 3
Italian Singles Chart 6
Finland Singles Chart 8
United World Chart 4

[edit] Certifications

Certificator Country Certification
BPI United Kingdom Gold (400,000+)
NVPI Netherlands Gold (40,000+)
IFPI Austria Gold (15,000+)
IFPI Sweden Platinum (20,000+)
ARIA Australia Platinum (70,000+)
Preceded by
"Bag It Up"
by Geri Halliwell		 UK number one single
March 26, 2000		 Succeeded by
"Fool Again"
by Westlife
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