Never Be Your Woman

For the film, see I Could Never Be Your Woman.

"Never Be Your Woman"
Single by Naughty Boy Presents Wiley featuring Emeli Sandé
Released	28 February 2010 (UK)
Format	Digital download, CD single
Genre	Electro-grime, hip house, rave
Length	3:32 (Album Version) 2:27 (Shy FX Radio Edit)
Label	Virgin Records
Writer(s)	Richard Cowie
Producer	Naughty Boy
Wiley singles chronology
"Take That" (2009) "Never Be Your Woman" (2010) "Now or Never" (2011)
Emeli Sandé singles chronology "Diamond Rings" (2009) "Never Be Your Woman" (2010) "Heaven" (2011)[1]

"Never Be Your Woman" is a 2010 single from British rapper Wiley featuring singer Emeli Sandé from the upcoming compilation album by producer Naughty Boy. It samples music from White Town's 1997 number-one single Your Woman, which in turn features a trumpet line taken from "My Woman" by Al Bowlly. It was released on 28 February 2010.

Wiley makes a reference to his previous hit "Wearing My Rolex" in this song by starting a line with, "That's when I start promisin' the world..." in a similar tempo to where "Wearing My Rolex" would finish, "...to a brand new girl I don't even know yet."

Critical reception

Fraser McAlpine of BBC Chart Blog gave the song a positive review stating:

In these globally conscious times - where wasting precious resources on trivial things would be a shooting offense, if we could only spare the bullets - everyone loves a good recycler. Music is no different, in this regard. You can recycle old sounds, or old guitars, old ideas, old clothes or old poses. You can re-use the swagger of an olden-days singer or the hairstyle of some rock grandad or other. It's all there for the taking.

The trick is to find something which hasn't been recycled so often it loses its original shape and starts to get a bit baggy at the seams, so you end up having to basically remake the whole thing from scratch (Glee people, I am looking at you).

Credit to wiley old Mr Wiley then, for finding a sample of a late '90s hit which itself contains a sample of an old song from the past. This is therefore double recycling. He can basically drive a Hummer into a panda now, and he'll still be ahead of most of us. .^[2]

Chart performance

According to midweek figures^[3], "Never Be Your Woman" was scheduled to debut on the UK Singles Chart at #5, selling just under 20,000. It was revealed on 7 March 2010 that "Never Be Your Woman" entered the UK Singles Chart at its current peak position of #8, marking Wiley's second UK Top 10 hit, after Wearing My Rolex, which peaked at #2 back in 2008. As of 4 January 2011 'Never Be Your Women' has sold 120,000 units in the UK.

Chart (2010)	Peak Position
Scotland (The Official Charts Company)[4]	18
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[5]	8
UK R&B (The Official Charts Company)[6]	4

Tracklisting

UK iTunes single

1. "Never Be Your Woman" (Shy FX Radio Edit) – 2:26
2. "Never Be Your Woman" (Original Version) – 3:32
3. "Never Be Your Woman" (Hervé re-work) – 3:40

UK CD single

1. "Never Be Your Woman" (Shy FX Radio Edit) – 2:29
2. "Never Be Your Woman" (Original Version) – 3:32

Original EP

1. "Never Be Your Woman" (Original Version) – 3:32 (In the Amazon.uk EP, the original version was replaced by the Shy FX remix)
2. "Never Be Your Woman" (Hervé re-work) – 3:40
3. "Never Be Your Woman" (Jaymo & Andy George's Moda mix) – 4:50
4. "Never Be Your Woman" (Craze & Hoax remix) – 3:13
5. "Never Be Your Woman" (Solo UK 'Loves Garage' remix) – 4:02

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	28 February 2010[7]	Digital download	Relentless/Virgin Records
	1 March 2010[8]	CD single

References

1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwHe0ddggig&feature=player_embedded
2. ^ Fraser McAlpine (21 February 2010). "Wiley ft. Emeli Sandé - 'Never Be Your Woman'". BBC. bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2010/02/wiley_ft_emeli_sand_never_be_y.shtml. 
3. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a206416/update-tinie-wiley-ri-ri-ellie-and-more.html
4. ^ "Archive Chart". Scottish Singles Top 40. The Official Charts Company.
5. ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company.
6. ^ "Archive Chart" UK R&B Chart. The Official Charts Company.
7. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/never-be-your-woman-naughty/id355322683
8. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0035LURKE