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"No No Never" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, performed in English by Texas Lightning. While Germany had finished the 2005 contest in last place, their position as one of the Contest's "Big Four" (along with the United Kingdom, France and Spain) ensured the song an automatic final berth. Thus, it was performed eighth on the night, following Malta's Fabrizio Faniello with "I Do" and preceding Denmark's Sidsel Ben Semmane with "Twist of Love". At the close of voting, it had received 36 points, placing 14th in a field of 24.

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"No No Never"
Single by Texas Lightning
from the album Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
B-side	"Waterloo" "I Can't Get Your Horse Off My Mind"
Released	2006
Recorded	January 2006
Studio	Gaga (Hamburg, Germany)
Length	3:00
Label	X-Cell
Composer(s)	Jane Comerford
Lyricist(s)	Jane Comerford
Producer(s)	Stephan Gade
Texas Lightning singles chronology
"Like a Virgin" (2005) "No No Never" (2006) "I Promise" (2006)
Eurovision Song Contest 2006 entry
Country	Germany
Artist(s)	Jane Comerford Markus Schmidt Olli Dittrich Jon Flemming Olsen Uwe Frenzel
As	Texas Lightning
Language	English
Composer(s)	Jane Comerford
Lyricist(s)	Jane Comerford
Finals performance
Final result	14th
Final points	36
Entry chronology
◄ "Run & Hide" (2005)
"Frauen regier'n die Welt" (2007) ►

"No No Never" was also issued as a single in German-speaking Europe, serving as the second release from Texas Lightning's first album, Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (2005), in 2006. In Germany, the song spent 39 weeks on the German Singles Chart, reaching number one for three nonconsecutive weeks in May and June 2006. It ended the year as Germany's second-best-selling hit and was certified platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI). In Austria and Switzerland, the song peaked within the top 10.

Composition

Written and composed by Australian-born band member Jane Comerford, the unusual choice of country as the genre resulted in BBC commentator Terry Wogan asking jokingly and with a rough approximation of the appropriate accent "are we in Athens, Georgia?" at the end of the performance (the contest was held in Athens, Greece). Lyrically, the song can be read as a pledge of the singer's undying love for her lover, but Comerford has stated that the chorus at least—"I'm never ever gonna leave you to cry on your own / Never ever gonna not go and pick up the phone / I'm never ever gonna let you be chilled to the bone"—was inspired by her desire to comfort her niece upon the untimely death of her father.

Eurovision

As one of the band's members is a professional comedian, there was a level of expectation that the Eurovision performance of the song was going to be humorous; however, this was not the case. While the band performed in front of artificial cactus plants, there was in fact very little overt humour in the performance. All members were dressed appropriately, with the musicians wearing beige suits and stetson hats and Comerford wearing a pink dress. The song was succeeded as the German representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 by Roger Cicero with "Frauen regier'n die Welt".

Track listings

German maxi-CD single[1]

1. "No No Never" – 3:00
2. "Waterloo" – 2:57
3. "I Can't Get Your Horse Off My Mind" – 2:50
4. "No No Never" (video) – 3:13
5. Interview video – 5:17
6. Live photo gallery

European CD single[2]

1. "No No Never" – 3:00
2. "Waterloo" – 2:57

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the German maxi-CD single liner notes.[1]

Studios

• Recorded and mixed in January 2006 at Gaga Studio (Hamburg, Germany)
• Mastered at Soundgarden Studio (Hamburg, Germany)

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[12]	Platinum	300,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

External links

• Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year
• Detailed info & lyrics, Diggiloo Thrush
• "Eurovision 2006 Germany No No Never Texas Lightning". Youtube.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2006.

Preceded by "Run & Hide" by Gracia	Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006	Succeeded by "Frauen regier'n die Welt" by Roger Cicero

На других языках

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[de] No No Never

No No Never ist ein Country-Song der deutschen Gruppe Texas Lightning aus dem Jahr 2006. Mit dem Titel trat die Band im Rahmen des Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athen für Deutschland an. Der Song erhielt 36 Punkte und belegte gemeinsam mit Norwegen den 14. Platz.[2][3] Mit einer Chartnotierung von 38 Wochen ist No No Never der bislang zweiterfolgreichste Eurovisionssong in Deutschland seit 1959.[4]

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- [en] No No Never

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[es] No No Never

«No No Never» era la canción alemana en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión 2006, interpretada en Inglés por Texas Lightning. Mientras Alemania terminó el festival del 2005 en último lugar, su posición como uno de los "Big Four" (junto con el Reino Unido, Francia y España) aseguraba un lugar dentro de la final. Fue interpretada octava en la noche (siguiendo a Fabrizio Faniello de Malta con "I Do" y antes de Sidsel Ben Semmane de Dinamarca con "Twist Of Love"). Al cierre de la votación, recibió 36 puntos, ubicándose 15º en un campo de 24.

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