Never Be the Same Again

"Never Be the Same Again"
Single by Melanie C featuring Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
from the album Northern Star
B-side	"I Wonder What It Would Be Like"
Released	20 March 2000
Format	CD single maxi single cassette
Recorded	1999
Genre	R&B pop
Length	4:54
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Melanie Chisholm Rhett Lawrence Paul F. Cruz Lisa Lopes Lorenzo Martin
Producer(s)	Rhett Lawrence
Melanie C singles chronology
"Northern Star" (1999) "Never Be the Same Again" (2000) "I Turn to You" (2000)
Lisa Lopes singles chronology "I Do" (1999) "Never Be the Same Again" (2000) "The Block Party" (2001) Audio sample file info · help Music video "Never Be the Same Again" on YouTube

"Never Be the Same Again" is a song by English singer-songwriter Melanie C, featuring American rapper Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of American girl group TLC. It was released on 20 March 2000 as the third single from her first solo album, Northern Star (1999). The song was co-written by Melanie C, producer Rhett Lawrence, Paul F. Cruz and Lopes.

"Never Be the Same Again" entered the UK Singles Chart at number one, knocking fellow Spice Girls member Geri Halliwell's single "Bag It Up" down to number four. "Never Be the Same Again" was Melanie C's first solo single to reach number one. It sold 144,000 copies in its first week and was the 18th best-selling song of 2000. The song was successful in other markets, topped the charts in seven countries, and sold more than a million copies across Europe, and received positive acclaim.^[1] By March 2016, the song had sold more than 431,400 copies.^[2] The music video was directed by Francis Lawrence. It shows Melanie C waking up in a futuristic home and practicing tai chi with Lopes.

Composition

According to the sheet music published by Musicnotes.com by Hal Leonard Corporation, "Never Be the Same Again" is composed in the key of A major and is written in the time signature of common time. It is set in a moderate tempo of 80 beats per minute, with Chisholm's voice spanning from E₅ to G₃. The song has a basic chord progression of Gm₇–E♭₉–B♯₇–Gm.^[3]

Music video

The music video was shot in January 2000,^[4] and 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, lying in shallow water and on a bed in the dark with an orange-coloured laser moving down her. Lopes comes into the video to do her rap and both are seen doing tai-chi. Later, Melanie is floating up in a high-ceiling room and the video ends with her looking at the outside view. The video includes shots of Iceland's famous Blue Lagoon.

Formats and track listings

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

• UK CD1/Australian CD

1. "Never Be the Same Again" (Single Mix) – 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 promotional 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 promotional CD

1. "Never Be The Same Again" (Single Mix) – 4:13
2. "Never Be The Same Again" (Album Edit) – 3:58

• 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

Track listings

• "Never Be The Same Again" (Album Version) – 4:54
• "Never Be The Same Again" (Album Edit) – 3:58
• "Never Be The Same Again" (Single Mix) - 4:16
• "Never Be The Same Again" (Rapless Single Edit) – 3:16
• "Never Be The Same Again" (Live Acoustic) – 4:07
• "Never Be the Same Again" (Lisa Lopes Remix) – 4:01
• "Never Be The Same Again" (Recorded Live at MTV) – 4:00
• "Never Be The Same Again" (Kung Pow Club Mix) – 9:34
• "Never Be The Same Again" (Kung Pow Radio Edit) – 4:11
• "Never Be The Same Again" (Plasmic Honey Club Mix) – 8:41

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] – "I Turn To You" [Single]
• Never Be the Same Again [Single Edit] – Now That's What I Call Music Vol. 45 [Compilation CD]
• Never Be the Same Again [Melanie C / Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes] - MTV Fantastic Females Vol. 3 [Various Artists/Asian Release only]

Live performances

Melanie C performed the song on the following concert tours:

• Northern Star Tour
• Reason Tour
• The Barfly Mini-Tour
• Beautiful Intentions Tour
• This Time Canadian Tour
• The Sea – Live

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2000) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[5] 2 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 3 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 4 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[8] 9 Canada (RPM)[9] 27 Denmark (IFPI/Nielsen)[10] 7 Eurochart Hot 100 Singles[11] 2 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 8 France (SNEP)[13] 16 Germany (Media Control AG)[14] 5 Ireland (IRMA)[15] 3 Italy (FIMI)[16] 6 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 1 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[18] 1 Norway (VG-lista)[19] 1 Scotland (Official Charts Company)[20] 1 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 1 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 3 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[23] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2000) Position Australia (ARIA)[24] 14 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[25] 22 Belgium (Ultrapop Flanders)[26] 24 Belgium (Ultrapop Wallonia)[27] 40 Europe (Billboard)[28] 14 France (SNEP)[29] 57 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[30] 13 New Zealand (RMNZ)[31] 2 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[32] 8 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[33] 18

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[34]	Platinum	70,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[35]	Gold	25,000
Belgium (BEA)[36]	Gold	25,000
France (SNEP)[37]	Silver	192,000[37]
Germany (BVMI)[38]	Gold	250,000
Netherlands (NVPI)[39]	Gold	40,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[40]	Platinum	15,000
Sweden (GLF)[41]	Platinum	30,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[42]	Gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[43]	Gold	431,477[2]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics