"Never Be Your Woman" is a 2010 single

2010 in music

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 from British

United Kingdom

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 rapper Wiley

Wiley (rapper)

Richard Kylea Cowie , better known by his stage name Wiley is a prolific British music producer, MC and recording artist, and rapper with roots from Trinidad...

 featuring singer Emeli Sandé

Emeli Sandé

Adele Emeli Sandé , known by her stage name Emeli Sande, is a Scottish R&B and Soul recording artist and songwriter, from Aberdeen, Scotland...

 from the upcoming compilation album by producer Naughty Boy. It samples music from White Town

White Town

White Town is a musical act from the United Kingdom, and is the work of one man, Jyoti Prakash Mishra.-Career:Mishra was born in Rourkela, Orissa, India on 30 July 1966 and has lived in England since the age of three...

's 1997 number-one single Your Woman

Your Woman

"Your Woman" is a single released in 1997 by British one-man band White Town, also known as Jyoti Mishra. It features a muted trumpet line taken from "My Woman" by Al Bowlly and it reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1997. It also hit number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100...

, which in turn features a trumpet

Trumpet

The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

 line

Hook (music)

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 taken from "My Woman" by Al Bowlly

Al Bowlly

Albert Allick Bowlly was a Southern-African singer, songwriter, composer and band leader, who became a popular Jazz crooner during the 1930s in the United Kingdom and later, in the United States of America. He recorded more than 1,000 records between 1927 and 1941...

. It was released on 28 February 2010.

Wiley makes a reference to his previous hit "Wearing My Rolex

Wearing My Rolex

"Wearing My Rolex" is a 2008 single from British grime artist Wiley who is a founding member of the Roll Deep Crew. Described as "grime-meets-electro" on Radio 1XTRA, the song samples DSK's song "What Would We Do" and was released on 5 May 2008 by Asylum/Atlantic Records...

" in this song by starting a line with, "That's when I start promisin' the world..." in a similar tempo to where "Wearing My Rolex" would finish, "...to a brand new girl I don't even know yet."

Critical reception

Fraser McAlpine of BBC

BBC

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 Chart Blog gave the song a positive review stating:

In these globally conscious times - where wasting precious resources on trivial things would be a shooting offense, if we could only spare the bullets - everyone loves a good recycler. Music is no different, in this regard. You can recycle old sounds, or old guitars, old ideas, old clothes or old poses. You can re-use the swagger of an olden-days singer or the hairstyle of some rock grandad or other. It's all there for the taking.

The trick is to find something which hasn't been recycled so often it loses its original shape and starts to get a bit baggy at the seams, so you end up having to basically remake the whole thing from scratch (Glee people, I am looking at you).

Credit to wiley old Mr Wiley then, for finding a sample of a late '90s hit which itself contains a sample of an old song from the past. This is therefore double recycling. He can basically drive a Hummer into a panda now, and he'll still be ahead of most of us. .

Chart performance

According to midweek figures, "Never Be Your Woman" was scheduled to debut on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 at #5, selling just under 20,000. It was revealed on 7 March 2010 that "Never Be Your Woman" entered the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 at its current peak position of #8, marking Wiley

Wiley (rapper)

Richard Kylea Cowie , better known by his stage name Wiley is a prolific British music producer, MC and recording artist, and rapper with roots from Trinidad...

's second UK Top 10 hit, after Wearing My Rolex

Wearing My Rolex

"Wearing My Rolex" is a 2008 single from British grime artist Wiley who is a founding member of the Roll Deep Crew. Described as "grime-meets-electro" on Radio 1XTRA, the song samples DSK's song "What Would We Do" and was released on 5 May 2008 by Asylum/Atlantic Records...

, which peaked at #2 back in 2008. As of 4 January 2011 'Never Be Your Women' has sold 120,000 units in the UK.
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Chart (2010)	Peak Position

Tracklisting

UK iTunes single

1. "Never Be Your Woman" (Shy FX
   Shy FX
   Shy FX is the pseudonym of Andre Williams, an English DJ and Producer from London. He specializes in Drum and Bass and Jungle music.-Biography:...
   
    Radio Edit) – 2:26
2. "Never Be Your Woman" (Original Version) – 3:32
3. "Never Be Your Woman" (Hervé
   Hervé (DJ)
   Joshua Harvey, otherwise known as Hervé, is a DJ/producer from the UK. Hervé is known for rave-orientated productions and DJ sets.Along with Sinden and Kid Sister, his track "Beeper" reached number 1 on the dance chart in April 2008....
   
    re-work) – 3:40

UK CD single

1. "Never Be Your Woman" (Shy FX Radio Edit) – 2:29
2. "Never Be Your Woman" (Original Version) – 3:32

Original EP

1. "Never Be Your Woman" (Original Version) – 3:32 (In the Amazon.uk EP, the original version was replaced by the Shy FX remix)
2. "Never Be Your Woman" (Hervé re-work) – 3:40
3. "Never Be Your Woman" (Jaymo & Andy George's Moda mix) – 4:50
4. "Never Be Your Woman" (Craze & Hoax remix) – 3:13
5. "Never Be Your Woman" (Solo UK 'Loves Garage' remix) – 4:02

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	28 February 2010	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	Relentless/Virgin Records
	1 March 2010	CD single CD single A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...