Never, Never Gonna Give You Up
| "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" | ||||
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| Single by Barry White | ||||
| from the album Stone Gon' | ||||
| Released | June 1973 | |||
| Format | Single | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 4:07 | |||
| Label | 20th Century Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Barry White | |||
| Producer | Barry White | |||
| Barry White singles chronology | ||||
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| "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" | ||||
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| Single by Lisa Stansfield | ||||
| from the album Lisa Stansfield | ||||
| Released | June 1997 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Genre | Disco, R&B | |||
| Length | 5:01 | |||
| Label | BMG / Arista | |||
| Writer(s) | Barry White | |||
| Producer | Ian Devaney | |||
| Lisa Stansfield singles chronology | ||||
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"Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" is a song written and recorded by Barry White. Released as a single from his 1973 album Stone Gon', it was a #7 hit in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[1] and reached #14 on the UK singles chart. It was White's second single to be released in the UK, following "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby".
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Cover versions
Lisa Stansfield covered "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" in 1997, on her eponymous fourth album. Her version reached #25 on the UK Singles Chart, #74 on the Billboard Hot 100, #38 on the US R&B chart and spent a week atop the US Dance chart, the singer fifth #1 on this chart.[2] The CD single release of Stanfield's cover version also included many remixes of the song, two of which were also contained in a remix album released as a companion to her previously-mentioned eponymous album, Lisa Stansfield - The Remix Album.
The tune was also covered by the band Cake for the soundtrack of the 1997 movie An American Werewolf in Paris, a recording which was also included on the band's 2007 album B-Sides and Rarities.
An instrumental version of "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" appears on jazz musician Peter White's (no relation to Barry) 1994 album Reflections, where it is titled simply "Never Gonna Give You Up" (not to be confused with the Rick Astley song of the same name).[3]
On an episode of The Steve Harvey Show, Steve shows up at Regina's doorstep (in pajamas) to serenade her with "Never Never Gonna Give You Up" to get back into her good graces. (Unfortunately, so is her pastor, who makes Steve leave.)
In 2008, urban jazz\contemporary jazz bassist Wayman Tisdale covered the song from his album (alongside with saxophonist Darren Rahn) Rebound (2008). The song features country musician Toby Keith on vocals.[4][5][6]
Usage
The track plays in the 1996 crime-drama film Bullet when Butch, his brother and Lester are driving in their convertible after shooting up.
See also
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 675.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, (Record Research Inc.), page 244.
- ^ "Reflections overview". Allmusic.com. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:difuxqwhld0e.
- ^ "Rebound overview". Allmusic.com. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0nfoxzejldfe.
- ^ "Wayman Tisdale - Rebound". KWJZ. http://kwjz.com/musicnews.asp?displayOption=&contentGUID={56206CA1-CF26-4BF3-B08C-0520D69E3213}&groupName=KWJZ+Smooth+Jazz+Music+News&siteGUID={387A139E-A6CF-4114-B96E-29D7D9F32F6E}.
- ^ "Wayman Tisdale: Back on the Offense". JazzTimes. http://jazztimes.com/articles/19904-wayman-tisdale-back-on-the-offense.
| Preceded by "Honey" by Mariah Carey |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (Lisa Stansfield version) October 25, 1997 |
Succeeded by "So in Love with You" by Duke |
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