Whole Again

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“Whole Again”
“Whole Again” cover
Single by Atomic Kitten
from the album Right Now
B-side "Locomotion"
"Holiday"
Released January 29, 2001
Format CD
Recorded Motor Museum Studios
Genre Pop
Length 3:03
Label Virgin Records
Producer Engine
Atomic Kitten singles chronology
'"Follow Me"
(2000)		 "Whole Again"
(2001)		 "Eternal Flame"
(2001)

Whole Again was the fifth single for Atomic Kitten, and the first single in UK, Europe, Germany, Australia, and Ireland. This single was given a release from Virgin Records, explaining in November 2000 that Atomic Kitten were to be dropped. However they persuaded Innocent Records to release one more single, first being released in the UK to see if their first single was to be a success in their region.[1] Atomic Kitten scored their first number-one hit in the UK in 2001 with "Whole Again".

The song and video for "Whole Again" originally featured Kerry Katona; however, she left the group several days prior to the number-one position because of her pregnancy.[2] The video was remade when Jenny Frost was added to the line-up as a replacement. The video included the girls in a variety of ever-changing outfits. It was criticised because of it's similarities to the Sugababes single Overload. The song was rerecorded with Frost's vocals.

The single opened with a first week's sale of 69,286 copies[3] and the success of "Whole Again" with 934,600 copies[4] sold in the United Kingdom was such that it was decided to remaster and rerelease the album which went straight to number one on its second appearance in the chart and to release "Eternal Flame", which was not featured on the original album, as a single as well. "Whole Again" has become the longest stay since Westlife at New Year in 1999/2000 and also the 4th biggest selling single of 2000 and the only single which increased the weekly sales during each week on number 1. "Whole Again" entered number 1 in 19 countries and is the 4th best selling girl group single of all time and best-selling girl group single of the decade. "Whole Again" earned 3.015.000 points in 2001 alone.[5]

Thus far Atomic Kitten was only released in Japan and Asia, but it was decided to release the single globally and to release the album in Europe and Australia as well. In the UK, "Whole Again" stayed at number one for 4 consecutive weeks, and a month later was released in Australia, as well as Germany, where it secured a number one position for six consecutive weeks and another single for the album, "You Are", was released for the audiences in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

The track appeared on the edition of the group's second album Feels So Good released in continental Europe and Asia, with Katona's spoken-word vocals in the final verse dubbed out and replaced with new ones by Frost. The group asked UK radio stations to play this mix instead of the original, but none complied.

In December 2007, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) recorded a version of "Whole Again", for inclusion on the Liverpool - The Number Ones Album charity album, celebrating Liverpool as a 2008 European Capital of Culture. The song's co-author Andy McCluskey is the co-founder of OMD, who reformed and toured in 2007.[6]

Contents

[edit] Tracklist

CD 1/European CD/
1. "Whole Again" 3.03
2. "Holiday" 3.13
3. "Whole Again" (Whirlwind mix) 3.05
CD 2
1. "Whole Again" 3.03
2. "Whole Again" (Original version) 3:19
3. "Locomotion" 3:32

[edit] Song information

Lyrics and Music Bill Padley, Stuart Kershaw, Andy McCluskey and Jeremy Godfrey
Producer Engine/Padley & Godfrey
Vocals initial release Natasha Hamilton, Liz McClarnon and Kerry Katona
Vocals 2002 rerelease Natasha Hamilton, Liz McClarnon and Jenny Frost
Backing vocals Angie Giles, Bill Padley
Keyboards and programming Stuart Kershaw, Andy McCluskey, Bill Padley and Jeremy Godfrey

[edit] Charts

Country Date Position Certification Sales
United Kingdom February 2001 #1 (4 weeks) Platinum[7] 934,600[4]
Germany April 2001 #1 (6 weeks) Platinum[8] 200,000 in its first week.[citation needed]
New Zealand April 15, 2001 #1 (6 weeks)[9] 2x Platinum[10] 20,000
Austria May 20, 2001 #1(4 weeks)[11]   unk
The Netherlands April 2001 #1[12] Gold[13] 40,000
Republic of Ireland February 1, 2001 #1[14]   unk
Switzerland March 6, 2001 #1[15] Gold[16] 20,000
Australia June 3, 2001 #1[17] 2x Platinum[18] 140,000
France October 20, 2001 #1[19]    

Total sales in Worldwide: 1,294,600+

[edit] Covers

"Whole Again" was covered by The Sick Anchors and Chiara in 2002 and by No Secrets and Play in 2003.

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC Atomic Kitten's perfect year. Accessed August 24, 2006
  2. ^ BBC McFadden and Katona tie knot. Accessed August 24, 2006
  3. ^ theofficialcharts.com "Whole Again" page. Accessed August 24, 2006
  4. ^ a b ChartWatch Atomic Kitten page. Last update: 12 October 2004
  5. ^ Year End Chart
  6. ^ OMD News for 10 & 20 December 2007. Retrieved on 2007-01-22.
  7. ^ BPI.co.uk Certification "Whole Again" Accessed October 29, 2006
  8. ^ IFPI Certification "Whole Again"
  9. ^ Charts.org.nz "Whole Again" page Accessed October 29, 2006
  10. ^ Rianz.org.nz Chart 2 September 2001 Accessed November 2, 2006
  11. ^ AustrianCharts.at "Whole Again" page. Accessed October 28, 2006
  12. ^ Top4000.nl Week 24, 2001
  13. ^ NVPI.nl Dutch certification database Accessed November 4, 2006
  14. ^ IrishCharts.ie Irish chart search (Accessed: November 2, 2006)
  15. ^ SwissCharts.com "Whole Again" page. Accessed: October 29, 2006
  16. ^ SwissCharts.com Certifications 2001 Accessed: October 29, 2006
  17. ^ Australian-Charts.com "Whole Again" page. Accessed: November 24, 2006
  18. ^ Aria.com.au Certifications 2001 Accessed: October 29, 2006
  19. ^ LesCharts.com "Whole Again" page Accessed: October 29, 2006

[edit] External links

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