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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = Never Be the Same Again

| cover = Nevabedasameagaincover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Melanie C featuring Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes

| album = Northern Star

| B-side = I Wonder What It Would Be Like

| released =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 4:52

| label = Virgin

| writer =

* Melanie Chisholm

* Rhett Lawrence

* Paul F. Cruz

* Lisa Lopes

* Lorenzo Martin

| producer = Rhett Lawrence

| chronology = Melanie C

| prev_title = Northern Star

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = I Turn to You

| next_year = 2000

| misc =

}}

"'Never Be the Same Again'" is a song by British singer-songwriter Melanie C from the British girl group Spice Girls, 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 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 144,936 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 and receiving positive acclaim. By April 2021, the song had sold more than 477,000 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 Gm7E9B7Dm.

Music video



The accompanying music video for "Never Be the Same Again" 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 (which says "Good day" in Icelandic, suggesting that the video is based in Iceland) and sound system starting up 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.

Track listings



* 'UK CD1 and Australian CD single'

# "Never Be the Same Again"

# "I Wonder What It Would Be Like"

# "Never Be the Same Again"

# "Never Be the Same Again"

* 'UK CD2'

# "Never Be the Same Again"

# "Closer"

# "Goin' Down"

* 'UK cassette single'

# "Never Be the Same Again"

# "I Wonder What It Would Be Like"

# "Never Be the Same Again"

* 'European CD single'

# "Never Be the Same Again"

# "I Wonder What It Would Be Like"

Charts



Weekly charts



Year-end charts

{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!Chart (2000)

!Position

|-

!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)

|14

|-

!scope="row"|Austria (3 Austria Top 40)

|22

|-

!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

|24

|-

!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)

|40

|-

!scope="row"|Denmark (IFPI)

|41

|-

!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)

|14

|-

!scope="row"|France (SNEP)

|57

|-

!scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts)

|24

|-

!scope="row"|Iceland (slenski Listinn Topp 40)

|27

|-

!scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA)

|32

|-

!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)

|13

|-

!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)

|9

|-

!scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ)

|2

|-

!scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100)

|20

|-

!scope="row"|Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

|8

|-

!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

|8

|-

!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)

|18

|}

Decade-end charts



Certifications



References



Category:1999 songs

Category:2000 singles

Category:Contemporary R&B ballads

Category:Dutch Top 40 number-one singles

Category:Lisa Lopes songs

Category:Melanie C songs

Category:Music videos directed by Francis Lawrence

Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand

Category:Number-one singles in Scotland

Category:Number-one singles in Sweden

Category:Song recordings produced by Rhett Lawrence

Category:Songs written by Lisa Lopes

Category:Songs written by Melanie C

Category:Songs written by Rhett Lawrence

Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles

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