4ever

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“4ever”
“4ever” cover
Single by The Veronicas
from the album The Secret Life of...
B-side "Did Ya Think", "How Long"
Released August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15)
(see release history)
Format CD, digital download
Recorded 2005
Genre Pop rock, dance rock
Length 3:30
Label Sire
Writer(s) Max Martin, Lukasz Gottwald
Producer Max Martin, Lukasz Gottwald
Certification Platinum (ARIA)
The Veronicas singles chronology
"4ever"
(2005)		 "Everything I'm Not"
(2005)

"4ever" is a pop rock song written and produced by Max Martin and Lukasz Gottwald for The Veronicas first album The Secret Life of... (2005). It was released as the albums first single in Australia on August 15, 2005 as a CD single. The song reached number two on the ARIA Charts and number seven in New Zealand.

In the U.S., the single was promoted early in 2006 by Archie Comics through a mention in issue #167 of the group's namesake Veronica's comic, which featured a guest appearance and cover picture of The Veronicas and a card containing a code that could be used to download an MP3 version of the song free.

The song's music video won the award for best video of the year at the MTV Australia Video Music Awards. [1] In addition, it was featured in the Amanda Bynes comedy film She's the Man; the song is heard during the film itself and its advertisements, and is included in the official soundtrack. It is also heard in the video game Thrillville: Off The Rails.

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[edit] Covers

  • False Start recorded a cover of "4ever".
  • The Vines also recorded a cover of "4ever" for the compilation "No Man's Woman" - a collection of songs originally released by females being re-recorded by males. They slowed the song down completely making it almost ballad-like.
  • The Real Booty Babes released the single "4ever" - which was more of a dance/pop version.
  • In 2005, Kim Possible released its Season 3 premier episode "Emotion Sickness". This episode featured the possible relationship between Kim Possible villains, Shego and Drakken. The Veronicas were Kim Possible fans and decided to redo "4Ever" as a promotional video for the episode, which contained clips of Drakken and Shego and The Veronicas dressed in green and black, Shego's signature colors. The Kim Possible version of the song was planned to be put on the third Kim Possible music album along with a song by Nicole Sullivan (Shego's voice actress) called "With Envy". Disney however axed plans for this album and instead invested in the CD releases of "Hannah Montana", "High School Musical" and "Jump In". 4ever was later put on the 2006 "Girls Next" CD with no mention of Kim Possible. The Veronicas were quoted as saying "Well... jeez... I mean we thought they were gonna make a new Kim Possible CD with our song on it. Oh well!"[citation needed]
  • Nicole Sullivan's song for Shego, "With Envy", was put on the Disney Mix Japanese Album. This song and "4ever" were never actually featured in an episode.

[edit] Track listings

CD single
  1. "4ever" - 3:30
  2. "How Long" - 3:52
  3. "Did Ya Think" - 2:45
US promo maxi single
  1. "4ever" (Claude Le Gache extended vocal) - 7:16
  2. "4ever" (Morel's Pink Noise mix) - 7:07
  3. "4ever" (L.E.X. PCH mix) - 9:32
  4. "4ever" (E Smoove club) - 7:36
  5. "4ever" (Mac Quayle Break mix) - 7:21
  6. "4ever" (Claude Le Gache mixshow) - 5:40
  7. "4ever" (Claude Le Gache dub) - 7:17
  8. "4ever" (Morel's Pink Noise dub) - 7:08

Digital download EP (December 20, 2005)

  1. "4ever" (Claude Le Gache extended edit) - 4:54
  2. "4ever" (Morel's Pink Noise edit) - 4:57
  3. "4ever" (E Smoove club edit) - 4:57
  4. "4ever" (Lex PCH club edit) - 4:53
  5. "4ever" (Mac Quayle Break edit) - 4:55

[edit] Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[1] 2
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[1] 7
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play[2] 20
U.S. Billboard Pop 100[2] 88
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Austria Singles Chart[1] 23
Belgium Singles Chart[1] 26
German Singles Chart[1] 29
Switzerland Singles Chart[1] 26
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles[3] 12
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Italian Singles Chart[1] 35

[edit] Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Australia August 15, 2005 Sire Records CD
United States July 11, 2006 Sire CD

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "4ever - worldwide chart peaks". acharts.us. Retrieved July 9, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "4ever - Chart history". All Music Guide. Retrieved July 9, 2007.
  3. ^ U.S. chart position. Billboard. Retrieved on July 9, 2007.

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