Never Be the Same Again


"Never Be the Same Again" is a song by British 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. The song was co-written by Melanie C, producer Rhett Lawrence, Paul F. Cruz and Lopes.
"Never Be the Same Again" entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart, beating Moloko's "The Time Is Now" to the summit and it was Melanie C's first solo single to reach number one. It sold 144,000 copies in its first week and was Britain's eighteenth best-selling song of 2000. The song was successful in other markets, topping the charts in seven countries, selling more than 2.5 million copies worldwide, and receiving positive acclaim. By March 2016, the song had sold more than 429,000 copies in UK. 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 G minor 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 G3 to E5. The song has a basic chord progression of Gm7–E9–B7–Dm.

Music video

The music video was filmed in January 2000 in Malibu, California, and shows Melanie with short blonde hair as on the CD single cover wearing white clothes. It begins with a CD player 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-colored 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. The entire idea for the video came from Melanie herself: She wanted to make a calm video showing her taking care of her health.

Formats and track listings

UK CD1/Australian CD
  1. "Never Be the Same Again" – 4:13
  2. "I Wonder What It Would Be Like" – 3:40
  3. "Never Be the Same Again" – 4:01
  4. "Never Be the Same Again"
UK CD2
  1. "Never Be the Same Again" – 4:52
  2. "Closer" – 3:32
  3. "Goin' Down" – 3:35
US promotional CD-R 3
  1. "Never Be The Same Again" – 9:34
  2. "Never Be The Same Again" – 4:11
  3. "Never Be The Same Again" – 8:41
  4. "Never Be The Same Again" – 4:16
UK promotional CD
  1. "Never Be The Same Again" – 4:13
  2. "Never Be The Same Again" – 3:58
UK cassette
  1. "Never Be the Same Again" – 4:13
  2. "I Wonder What It Would Be Like" – 3:40
  3. "Never Be the Same Again" – 4:01

    Official versions

Melanie C performed the song on the following concert tours:

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications