No No Never

"No No Never"
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
Appearance chronology
◄ Run & Hide (2005)
Frauen regier'n die Welt (2007) ►

"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.

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 niece's father.

As one of the band's members is a professional comedian, there was a level of expectation that the performance 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".

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[1]	4
Germany (Media Control AG)[2]	1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[3]	6

Year-end

End of year chart (2006)	Position
German Singles Chart [4]	2

Decade-end charts

(2000–2009)	Position
German Singles Chart[5]	17

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Germany (BVMI)[6]	Platinum	300,000^
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by "Don't Let It Get You Down" by Mike Leon Grosch "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean

German Singles Chart number-one single 13 May 2006 (first run) 27 May 2006 – 3 June 2006 (second run)

Succeeded by "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean

References and 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. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlDm86hE99M. Retrieved 2006-08-14. 

References

1. ^ "Texas Lightning – No No Never – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
2. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
3. ^ "Texas Lightning – No No Never – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
4. ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2006
5. ^ http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html
6. ^ "German single certifications – Texas Lightning – No No Never" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=No+No+Never&strInterpret=Texas+Lightning&strTtArt=single&strAwards=checked.