No No Never

"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.

"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"
Released2006
RecordedJanuary 2006
StudioGaga (Hamburg, Germany)
Length3:00
LabelX-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
Artist(s)
As
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 CertificationCertified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[13] Platinum 300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. No No Never (German maxi-CD single liner notes). Texas Lightning. X-Cell Records. 2006. 82876841392.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. No No Never (European CD single liner notes). Texas Lightning. X-Cell Records. 2006. 82876804472.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. "Texas Lightning – No No Never" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. "Hits of the World – Eurocharts" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 118, no. 22. 3 June 2006. p. 75. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  5. "Texas Lightning – No No Never" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  6. "Nielsen Music Control Airplay - Germany Top 5". Nielsen Music Control on behalf of BVMI. Archived from the original on 15 July 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  7. "Texas Lightning – No No Never". Swiss Singles Chart.
  8. "Jahreshitparade Singles 2006". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  9. "European Hot 100 Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  10. "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2006" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  11. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2006". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  12. "Gratis: 'Hits des neuen Jahrtausend'-Liste" [Free: 'Hits of the New Millennium' List] (in German). RTL. 2010. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  13. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Texas Lightning; 'No No Never')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
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