Never Never (The Assembly song)

Never Never (The Assembly song)
"Never Never"
Big red stylized letter A, in the height of the entire cover, on a white background
Single by The Assembly
B-side "Stop/Start"
Released 1983 (1983)
Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, CD
Genre Synthpop, New Wave
Length 3:45
Label Mute
Writer(s) Vince Clarke
Producer Eric Radcliffe

"Never Never" is the title of the only single released by the Vince Clarke project, The Assembly, in 1983.

The song features Feargal Sharkey of The Undertones on vocals; Sharkey's performance on "Never Never" was a total departure from the punk sound of The Undertones. The song peaked at number four in the UK Singles Chart and stayed on the chart for ten weeks. The music video for "Never Never" featured on the first Now That's What I Call Music! video in 1983.

The song was featured in the 2006 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on the in-game radio station, Emotion 98.3.

Chart performance

Chart (1983) Peak
position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[1] 4
Germany (Media Control AG)[2] 19
Ireland (IRMA)[3] 6
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[4] 42
New Zealand (RIANZ)[5] 40
Norway (VG-lista)[6] 4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 5

References

  • Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 31. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
  1. ^ "Chart Stats – Assembly – Never Never" UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  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. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  3. ^ "irishcharts.ie search results". http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 2010-04-17. 
  4. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Assembly – Never Never" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  5. ^ "Charts.org.nz – The Assembly – Never Never". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  6. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Assembly – Never Never". VG-lista. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  7. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – The Assembly – Never Never". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  8. ^ "The Assembly – Never Never – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-04-17.

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