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词条 Whole Again
释义

  1. Background

  2. Chart performance

  3. Music video

  4. Track listing

     Official versions 

  5. Credits and personnel

  6. Charts

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts  Decade-end charts  All-time charts 

  7. Certifications

  8. Other versions

  9. References

  10. External links

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| cover = Atomic Kitten Whole Again Cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Atomic Kitten
| album = Right Now
| B-side = {{ubl|"Locomotion"|"Holiday"}}
| released = 29 January 2001
| format = CD single, cassette
| recorded = Motor Museum Studios, Liverpool, England
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| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = 3:03
| label = Virgin
| writer = Andy McCluskey, Stuart Kershaw, Jem Godfrey, Bill Padley
| producer = Engine
| prev_title = Follow Me
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Eternal Flame
| next_year = 2001
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"Whole Again" is the fifth single released from British pop girl group Atomic Kitten's debut album, Right Now (2000). It is the group's biggest selling single to date and was the final single to feature founding member Kerry Katona, who left the group midway through promoting the single. "Whole Again" was the first single released from the album in Europe and South Africa. It was a massive success, reaching number one in several countries, and selling over a million copies in the UK alone.[1]

"Whole Again" was co-written by Bill Padley & Jem Godfrey and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) members and Atomic Kitten founders Andy McCluskey and Stuart Kershaw, who achieved their only UK number one single with the track. The song's 4 writers were nominated for the Ivor Novello Award for excellence in songwriting,[2] and Billboard ranked the track number 96 on their list of the "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time".[3] Multiple artists, including OMD, have covered the song.

Following the departure of Katona, she was replaced a few days later by Jenny Frost, just after the single reached number one in the UK. As a result, the music video was reshot and Frost's vocals appeared on the reissue of Right Now.

Background

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Following the failures of previous single "Follow Me" and the initial release of their debut album, Right Now,[4] Atomic Kitten persuaded Virgin Records to release the single as a last-ditch attempt to keep their record deal. They were given a shoe-string budget for the single's release with a basic video and previous photo shoots used for cover artwork. During promotion for the single, band member Kerry Katona announced her pregnancy and subsequent decision to leave the group. With the single's release imminent, the group opted to recruit Jenny Frost as a replacement and continued their promotional campaign. Surprisingly the single was a massive success, beating U2 to the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart and remaining there for four consecutive weeks.

In a rare Asian pressing of their Right Now album, the song "Whole Again" features all lines spoken by Katona with only the chorus sung by Hamilton and McClarnon, which was taken from the Japanese version of Right Now. The original version of Right Now features Katona's vocals; however, the reissue of the album features new vocals by Jenny Frost. This version has since replaced Katona's version for radio airplay, and it was subsequently issued as a bonus track on international versions of the group's second album, Feels So Good.

The first line of the song is identical to that of "Walk On By" by Bacharach and David.

Chart performance

The single debuted at number one in the United Kingdom with first week sales of 69,286 copies,[5] and since gone on to sell 1,000,000 copies in the UK alone.[6] It stayed atop the UK Singles Chart for four weeks, becoming the longest-charting number one since Westlife at Christmas 1999, and the only single which increased on weekly sales during each week at number 1. It is the fourth best-selling single by a girl group of all time, after "Wannabe" and "2 Become 1" by the Spice Girls, and "Never Ever" by All Saints, as well as being the best-selling girl group single of the decade. It also became the thirteenth overall best-selling single of the decade.[7] As of November 2016, it remains the biggest selling song of the 21st century in the UK by a girl band.[8]

In Australia, it peaked at number two in the charts, being certified double platinum for sales of over 140,000 copies. The single was also released in Germany and New Zealand, where it secured a number one position for six consecutive weeks on both countries. In Germany, the single was certified platinum,[9] one of three singles by a girl group to ever be certified Platinum; the others being "Daylight in Your Eyes" by No Angels and "Shame" by Monrose. The single was certified double platinum in New Zealand, one of the best selling singles by a girl group of all time there. The song achieved the most success in the UK, Germany, New Zealand, Austria, the Netherlands, Ireland, Turkey, Singapore and South Africa and has sold 2 million copies worldwide.[9]

Music video

The music video for "Whole Again" was filmed on a very small budget due to the commercial failure of previous single "Follow Me". It features the women singing in front of a plain white background – similar to the video for the Sugababes' debut single "Overload". The original version of the video includes Kerry Katona, who had left the group just before the song's release. Much of the video was subsequently reshot to feature new member Jenny Frost.[10]

As a result of the single's huge success in many international markets, a second music video was filmed for the U.S. release in May of 2001 with a much larger budget. This version features the three women walking through the streets in Downtown Los Angeles and walking out into the countryside, gradually picking up more people along the way. The video ends with the camera zooming out on the field for Atomic Kitten's old logo is invisible in a shape of a kitten. The U.S. single release never materialised in the wake of the September 11 attacks.

Track listing

UK CD1
  1. "Whole Again" – 3:03
  2. "Holiday" – 3:13
  3. "Whole Again" (Whirlwind Mix) – 3:05
UK CD2
  1. "Whole Again" – 3:03
  2. "Whole Again" (Original Version) – 3:19
  3. "Locomotion" – 3:32
UK Cassette
  1. "Whole Again" – 3:03
  2. "Locomotion" – 3:32

Official versions

  • Whole Again (Original Japanese Album Version) - 3:18
  • Whole Again (2000 UK Album Version) - 3:06
  • Whole Again (2001 UK Album Version) - 3:06
  • Whole Again (Whirlwind Mix) - 3:06
  • Whole Again (MASH Radio Mix) - 3:51
  • Whole Again (MASH Master Mix) - 7:16

Credits and personnel

  • Andy McCluskey, Stuart Kershaw, Jem Godfrey and Bill Padley – lyrics and music
  • Engine/Padley & Godfrey – production
  • Natasha Hamilton, Liz McClarnon and Kerry Katona – vocals
  • Natasha Hamilton, Liz McClarnon and Jenny Frost – vocals
  • Kerry Katona, Natasha Hamilton and Liz McClarnon – vocals (Japanese edition)

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2001)Peak
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Year-end charts

Chart (2001)Position
Australia (ARIA)[11]10
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[12]7
Flanders (Ultratop 50)[13]29
European Hot 100 (Billboard)[14]7
Germany (Media Control Charts)[15]5
Ireland (IRMA)[16]8
New Zealand (RIANZ)[17]3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[18]16
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[19]4

Decade-end charts

Chart (2000–2009)Position
Germany (Media Control Charts)[20]97
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[21]41
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[22]13

All-time charts

ChartPosition
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[23]157{{col-end}}{{col-end}}

Certifications

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Austria (IFPI)[25]Gold20,000
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[27]2× Platinum30,000
Sweden (IFPI)[29]Gold20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[31]Platinum1,010,000[8]

Other versions

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), the band in which Andy McCluskey and Stuart Kershaw played before founding Atomic Kitten and co-writing several of their songs (including "Whole Again"), covered the track for the 2008 compilation release Liverpool – The Number Ones Album.
  • Swedish girl group Play released their version of the song as a single from the 2003 album Replay.[32]
  • American-British teen pop girl group No Secrets recorded a cover of "Whole Again",[33] which they released as a single intended for their unreleased 2003 album Friends Forever.
  • In 2002, Arab Strap vocalist Aidan Moffat and Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite released a cover of the song under the name The Sick Anchors.[34]
  • During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the song was adopted as a football chant by England fans, in honour of England manager Gareth Southgate. The lyrics were changed to "Southgate, you're the one / You still turn me on / Football's coming home again".[35] The song had previously been adapted by Celtic fans earlier in the 2017–18 season in honour of defender Mikael Lustig.[36]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/daft-punks-get-lucky-becomes-one-of-the-uks-biggest-selling-singles-of-all-time-2315/|title=Daft Punk's Get Lucky becomes one of the UK's biggest selling singles of all-time!|last=Lane|first=Daniel|date=27 June 2013|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=29 September 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1945959.stm#quote |title=Gray and Healy battle for Ivors |publisher=BBC News |date=23 April 2002 |accessdate=2010-09-19}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7857816/100-greatest-girl-group-songs|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=July 11, 2017}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2538381.stm|title=Atomic Kitten's perfect year|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=30 December 2002|accessdate=8 July 2012}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/zoom.php?id=890 |title=Atomic Kitten | Artist |publisher=Official Charts |date= |accessdate=2014-04-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230122258/http://theofficialcharts.com/zoom.php?id=890 |archivedate=30 December 2009 |df=dmy-all }}
6. ^{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/119163/Blimey-Daft-Punks-Get-Lucky-Passes-The-One-Million-Sales-Mark-In-Just-69-Days |title=Blimey! Daft Punk's 'Get Lucky' Passes The One Million Sales Mark In Just 69 Days - Celebrity Gossip, News & Photos, Movie Reviews, Competitions |publisher=Entertainmentwise |date=2013-06-28 |accessdate=2014-04-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408160051/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/119163/Blimey-Daft-Punks-Get-Lucky-Passes-The-One-Million-Sales-Mark-In-Just-69-Days |archivedate=8 April 2014 |df=dmy-all }}
7. ^As announced on BBC Radio 1's Official Chart of the Decade on Thursday 31 December 2009.
8. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/girlbands-vs-boybands-their-biggest-songs-of-the-century-revealed__16965/|title=Girlbands vs Boybands – their biggest songs of the century revealed|last=Myers|first=Justin|date=November 5, 2016|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=November 5, 2016}}
9. ^  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304022735/http://www.sweetslyrics.com/bio-ATOMIC%20KITTEN.html |date=4 March 2008 }}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1742999.stm |title=SHOWBIZ | McFadden and Katona tie knot |publisher=BBC News |date=2002-01-05 |accessdate=2014-04-01}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://allcharts.org/music/years/australia-singles-2001.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2001|accessdate=23 December 2009|publisher=allcharts}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://allcharts.org/music/years/austria-singles-2001.htm|title=Austria best selling singles 2001|accessdate=27 August 2010}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2001|title=Best selling singles in Belgium Flanders (2001)|accessdate=27 August 2010}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1227215|title=Europe's Top Singles Of 2001|accessdate=27 August 2010}}
15. ^List of best-selling singles by year (Germany) Best selling singles of each year (2000–2010)
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://allcharts.org/music/years/ireland-singles-2001.htm |title=Best selling singles in Ireland (2001) |accessdate=27 August 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505011812/http://allcharts.org/music/years/ireland-singles-2001.htm |archivedate=5 May 2012 |df= }}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart_annual.asp |title=2001 best selling singles |accessdate=27 August 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915190126/http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart_annual.asp |archivedate=15 September 2008 |df= }}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2001 |title=Best selling singles in Switzerland (2001) |accessdate=27 August 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110025734/http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2001 |archivedate=10 November 2012 |df= }}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/assets/files/yearly%20best%20selling%20singles.pdf |title=Top twenty best selling singles in the UK of 2001 |accessdate=27 August 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6DjFWdpde?url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/assets/files/yearly%20best%20selling%20singles.pdf |archivedate=17 January 2013 |df= }}
20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html |title=Die ultimative Chart Show | Hits des neuen Jahrtausends | Download |publisher=RTL.de |date= |accessdate=2012-10-07}}
21. ^{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/decennium.asp?cat=s|title=Best selling singles of the decade in the Netherlands|accessdate=27 July 2010}}
22. ^Radio 1 Chart of the Decade, as presented by Nihal on Tuesday 29 December 2009
23. ^Radio 1 Chart of the Decade, as presented by Nihal on Tuesday 29 December 2009
24. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2001.htm|title=ARIA accreditations > 2001 singles|publisher=ARIA|accessdate=27 August 2010}}
25. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin |title=IFPI Austria > Gold & Platin |publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry |accessdate=27 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5nDfynkk6?url=http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin |archivedate=1 February 2010 |df= }}
26. ^1 {{cite certification|region=Germany|accessdate=27 July 2010|title=Whole Again}}
27. ^{{cite web|url=http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp?ChartNum=1275&ChartKind=S|title=Chart#1275 Whole Again – RIANZ certification|accessdate=27 August 2010|publisher=Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721080208/http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp?ChartNum=1275&ChartKind=S|archivedate=21 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}
28. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60461#resultaat|title=NVPI Goud & Platina|publisher=NVPI|accessdate=27 August 2010}}
29. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.se/?page_id=67|title=IFPI Sweden – Guld & Platina – År 2001|language=Swedish|format=PDF|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|accessdate=27 August 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211234149/http://www.ifpi.se/?page_id=67|archivedate=11 February 2009|df=dmy-all}}
30. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=2001|title=Swiss Certifications – Awards 2001|language=German|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=27 August 2010}}
31. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|accessdate=27 August 2014|title=Search by parameters}}
32. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap7p9jV2CAE |title=Play - Whole Again (HQ Extended Music Video!) |publisher=YouTube |date=2009-09-27 |accessdate=2014-04-01}}
33. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqOi2CmP3c |title=No Secrets - Whole Again |publisher=YouTube |date=2008-06-15 |accessdate=2014-04-01}}
34. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/music/love-sick-moffat-is-at-it-again-1-597336#axzz3pfZTl6en |publisher=The Scotsman |title=Love sick Moffat is at it again |date=2002-02-14 |accessdate=2014-10-26}}
35. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/worldcup/southgate-youre-the-one-new-gareth-southgate-chant-to-the-tune-of-atomic-kitten-hit-sweeps-nation-a3878941.html|title=Gareth Southgate England song to tune of Atomic Kitten hit sweeps the nation|first=Tom|last=Powell|newspaper=Evening Standard|date=4 July 2018|accessdate=8 July 2018}}
36. ^https://www.balls.ie/football/watch-celtic-fans-mikael-lustig-song-377944

External links

  • Atomic Kitten (official website)
  • {{MetroLyrics song|atomic-kitten|whole-again}}
{{Atomic Kitten}}

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