If I Never See Your Face Again
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| Single by Maroon 5 featuring Rihanna from the album It Won't Be Soon Before Long (Re-release) and Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded |
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| Released | May 2, 2008 (iTunes - Europe) | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2006 2008 (new version featuring Rihanna) |
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| Genre | Pop rock, funk rock | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:21 3:18 (featuring Rihanna) |
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| Label | Octone/A&M | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Adam Levine James Valentine |
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| Producer | Mike Elizondo Mark "Spike" Stent Maroon 5 |
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"If I Never See Your Face Again" is a song written by Adam Levine and James Valentine for Maroon 5's second studio album It Won't Be Soon Before Long. A new version was made with extra verses sung by Rihanna and was released as the fourth single from the album instead of the main version of the song. This new version will be included on the re-release of It Won't Be Soon Before Long, as well as the re-release of Rihanna's third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad. The song was produced by Mike Elizondo, Mark "Spike" Stent, and Maroon 5.
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[edit] Single release
Rumors began circulating that "Goodnight Goodnight" would be the fourth single released from It Won't Be Soon Before Long[citation needed], when the song began receiving airplay in Canada. However, "If I Never See Your Face Again" was chosen instead, and was sent to U.S. mainstream radio on May 13, 2008.[1]
[edit] Music video
The video, directed by Anthony Mandler, premiered on May 13, 2008 on TRL and also features Rihanna.[2]. The video starts of with lead singer Adam Levine sitting on a couch while a clock ticks in the background. We next see Maroon 5 standing in a red room playing their various instruments while Rihanna is watching them. After a few lines of the song coming from Adam Levine she pulls the microphone of him and sings the next part of the song and from then on Levine and Rihanna sing their various verses while sharing the microphone. This is intermixed with Levine and Rihanna singing in front of a neutral background, on the couch where Levine is spotted at the start of the song, Rihanna is seen singing with her head resting on his knees. The viewer also sees Rihanna lying on a bed while Levine walks around the bedroom. The pair are also seen singing in a differnt room sitting opposite each other at a long table. Various subtle sexual and violent gestures are exchanged between Levine and Rihanna. Rihanna strokes the neck of Levine's guitar in the red room, a phalic gesture and is also seen scratching his face in the room with the table. She is also seen stroking herself in a sexual manner. At the end of the video, Levine walks up to Rihanna and pulls her hair jerking her head back.
[edit] Chart performance
It debuted on the Australian iTunes Store at #64 and it peaked at #11. The song debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at #28 on May 26, 2008.
A week after its release, it peaked at #11, and later on, it peaked at number 3 on the U.S. iTunes Store. It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #57.
On June 8, 2008, the song charted on the UK Singles Chart at number 29 because of the release of Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded.
[edit] Peak positions
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[edit] References
- ^ FMQB: Radio Industry News
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- ^ ARC Weekly Top 40
- ^ ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on June 1, 2008.
- ^ [2] Jam.canoe.ca
- ^ a b Euro Top 200
- ^ a b c "Maroon 5 ft. Rihanna - If I Never See Your Face Again global chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved May 2008.
- ^ Lithuania Singles Chart
- ^ Dutch Top 40
- ^ New Zealand RIANZ Chart
- ^ http://www.freewebs.com/billboardphilippines/hot100.htm
- ^ Polish Singles Top 50 - Bubbling Under
- ^ Turkey Radio Chart
- ^ Venezuela Singles Chart
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