The Roc Project F/Tina Arena - Never (Past Tense)

[Pet Shop Boy]

For a while this looksed like it could build up to be a smash hit, it even made the hot 100. Sadly it never properly caught on in the mainstream.

It's one of my favourite dance tunes of recent years.

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MandyfanUK said:

It's one of my favourite dance tunes of recent years.

Topped my chart. I love it.

KTU played the hell out of this for over a year and Z100 picked up on it too.

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I kinda liked this song. They used to play it too much on Party 92.7 (RIP).

I liked the DJ Tiesto Mix of it instead of the original. That Tina Arena has a pretty good voice.

[KikiMets]

Pretty fun dance track.

[The Music Man]

I loved this one. It came oh-so-close to charting, but it missed. However, I do remember a number of major-market stations, including FLZ and Z100, banging the hell out of it.

[Pet Shop Boy]

Disco said:

I liked the DJ Tiesto Mix of it instead of the original. That Tina Arena has a pretty good voice.

Indeed she does. Do you know her solo hit from the early 90's "Chains"?

[WhySoSerious?]

I love it. I have the maxi single.

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MandyfanUK said:

Indeed she does. Do you know her solo hit from the early 90's "Chains"?

Yes I do. When I heard "Never", I thought she has finally come back again. I have the S&M Remix of "Chains" on a mix CD somewhere.

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Disco said:

S&M Remix of "Chains"

Incredible remix.

[BookJones]

The "Breaks Radio Edit" is the only reason I like this song and the only version I heard on the radio. Video was ok. Tina Arena looks good.

USA cd single:


Radio edit: 3:44
Breaks Radio Edit: 4:04
Original Extended mix: 9:00
Johnny Budz breaks mix: 6:46
Filterheadz luv tina remix: 8:00
Max Reich Remix: 8:53
Chillout mix: 6:00

[sgvoic]

Is There any Way To Post A mix of This Song

[reception]

I like it.

[mst3k]

I love it too.

Yep, FLZ still plays it occasionally.

[George Tropicana]

I liked it a lot. I was happy to see Tina Arena back in full form and a bit surprised she did a dance song since she was always billed as the Australian Celine Dion.

[Moonshadow]

Landed at #7 on KTU's Top 103 of '03 countdown and at #84 on Z100's Top 100 countdown, and dropped in and out of the Hot 100 for a period of time but peaked only at #97. It still gets about 20 plays/week at KTU and is currently their oldest recurrent in their top 30. (Then again, being a recurrent in KTU's Top 30 is not very uncommon).

I loved this track especially for the Breaks radio edit, which is what Z100 used to play. KTU opted for the single mix. I can posted either of these.

Johnny Budz does a lot of mainstream dance remixing, especially songs for radio play. I liked his style at first with this remix but after hearing some more of it afterward (specifically, "Deja Vu" and "If You Don't Know Me By Now"), I feel like they're all kind of...similar? Anyone else feel like that?

All in all though, classic track of recent years.

[[upsilon]™]

One of my all-time favorite songs. Tina Arena's vocals were great, probably the first song that introduced me to her as an artist. There's just so many memories tied with this song...LOVE IT.

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moonshadow said:

Johnny Budz does a lot of mainstream dance remixing, especially songs for radio play.  I liked his style at first with this remix but after hearing some more of it afterward (specifically, "Deja Vu" and "If You Don't Know Me By Now"), I feel like they're all kind of...similar?  Anyone else feel like that?

For quite a while, many of Johnny Budz's mixes didn't change or evolve. They have gotten much better.

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The Roc Project album has Tina Novak singing 'Never' instead of Tina Arena. Anybody got Miss Arena's CD maxi of 'Burn'? It carried Tony Moran's epic Burn The Candle At Both Ends Mix.

[SPaCeMaN SPiFF]

^ i have that remix... not really tony's best tina remix. IMO, his remix for "if i didn't love you" was better ... but then i haven't heard his work on "chains".

[♛ The Manticore ☯]

[thirddegree50123]

An all-time favorite song. Wish it had smashed. I think it would have fared much better sometime during 2000-02