music.wikisort.org - Composition"Never" is a song written by Dean Pitchford and Michael Gore and recorded by Australian pop rock band Moving Pictures. It was featured on the chart-topping soundtrack album of the 1984 motion picture Footloose.[3] The song is best known for a scene in the film when an angst-ridden Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon) punchdances around an abandoned warehouse.[5][2]
"Never" |
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 Japan release cover |
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B-side | We Share Our Love[1] |
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Released | May 28, 1984 (1984-05-28) (Australia)[1] |
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Studio | Record Plant, Los Angeles, California, U.S.[2] |
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Genre | Pop rock |
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Length | 3:45 |
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Label | Columbia EMI (Australia)[1] |
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Songwriter(s) | - Dean Pitchford
- Michael Gore
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Producer(s) | John Boylan |
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"Back to the Blues and Booze" (1983) |
"Never" (1984) |
"What About Me (Re-release)" (1989) |
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The song was also included in the soundtrack of the 2007 film Hot Rod, which parodies the punchdance scene with Rod Kimble (Andy Samberg) in a forest.[6][7] More recently, on April 27, 2014, the song was used in "Baby Got Black", the eighteenth episode of season 12 of Family Guy, with Peter Griffin parodying the Footloose punchdance scene.[8]
Despite the popularity of the song, Moving Pictures were never paid royalties from its use. According to lead vocalist Alex Smith, “We were just the lowest part of the food chain. Gobbled up by companies and people that suddenly stopped existing, when we asked where our money was. The things you get talked into doing! Anyway we got to record at Sound City and The Record Plant but a couple of bucks would have been nice. Hence, we 'Never' play the song.”[2][5][8][9] Guitarist Garry Frost also commented: "We performed it, it was written by the guys that made the movie, and we got nothing from it. Someone made a lot of money out of that song, and it wasn’t us."[10]
Track listing
Title | Lyrics | Music |
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1. | "Never" | - Dean Pitchford
- Michael Gore
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2. | "We Share Our Love" | | Smith, Cole | 2:54 |
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Personnel
- Garry Frost – guitar
- Charlie Cole – keyboards
- Ian Lees – bass
- Andrew Thompson - sax
- Mark Meyer – drums
- Paulinho da Costa - percussion
- Alan Pasqua - synthesizer
- Alex Smith – lead vocalist
- Marcy Levy, Richard Page, Carmen Grillo, Tom Kelly, Steve George - background vocalists
MIE version
"Never" |
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Language | Japanese |
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B-side | "Otsudane" |
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Released | June 1, 1984 (1984-06-01)[11] |
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Label | CBS Sony |
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Songwriter(s) | - Dean Pitchford
- Michael Gore
- Gorō Matsui
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"Shampoo" (1983) |
"Never" (1984) |
"Hai to Diamond" (1984) |
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A Japanese-language version of "Never" was written by Gorō Matsui and recorded by singer MIE, best known as one-half of the J-pop duo Pink Lady. The single became the most successful in her solo career, peaking at number four in Oricon's singles charts and selling 274,000 copies.[12] "Never" was also used as the theme song for the TBS drama series Furyō Shōjo to Yobarete (不良少女とよばれて, Call Me a Bad Girl).[13]
"Otsudane", the single's B-side, was used for commercials promoting Satsuma Shuzo's Mild Shiranami Otsudane sake.[11]
Track listing
Title | Lyrics | Music |
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1. | "Never" | Gorō Matsui | - Dean Pitchford
- Michael Gore
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2. | "Otsudane (おつだね, "That's Good")" | Takeshi Shima | Ryudo Uzaki | |
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Chart positions
Charts (1984) |
Peak position |
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart[12] |
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Other cover versions
- Minako Honda covered the song on her 1986 live video/album The Virgin Live in Budokan.
- Demon Kakka covered the song on his 2008 cover album Girls Rock: Hakurai. His cover incorporates both the English and Japanese lyrics of the song.
References
External links
- "Never" at Discogs (Moving Pictures)
- "Never" at Discogs (MIE)
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Singles |
- "Brahms Loves Rock"
- "More More"
- "Call Girl ~Maria at Dawn"
- "Madobe Kara"
- "Shampoo"
- "NEVER"
- "Hai to Diamond"
- "Kagami no Naka no On'na"
- "Dreamer"
- "Hirugao Roman"
- "Shiawase Shizuoka"
- "Ima ga, Choice"
- "Otona-dōshi"
- "Jinx"
- "Heisei iki On'na Ade Otoko"
- "Kitty to Dance!"
- "Love Jail"
- "SOAR ~Mada Minu Sora e~"
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Studio albums | |
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Live albums | |
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Compilation albums | |
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DVDs |
- Future Lady: Mothership
- 未唯mie with 3/7(seven) LIVE at Blues Alley Japan 2008.11.28
- 未唯mie MONTHLY LIVE 2010.06.25 Pink Lady Night
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