No No Never

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Germany "No No Never"
Texas Lightning-No No Never.jpg
Eurovision Song Contest 2006 entry
Country
Artist(s)
  • Jane Comerford
  • Markus Schmidt
  • Olli Dittrich
  • Jon Flemming Olsen
  • Uwe Frenzel
As
Texas Lightning
Language
English
Composer(s)
Jane Comerford
Lyricist(s)
Jane Comerford
Finals performance
Final result
14th
Final points
36
Entry chronology
◄ "Run & Hide" (2005)
"Frauen regier'n die Welt" (2007) ►

"No No Never" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, performed in English by Texas Lightning. While Germany had finished the 2005 contest in last place, their position as one of the Contest's "Big Four" (along with the United Kingdom, France and Spain) ensured the song an automatic final berth. Thus, it was performed eighth on the night, following Malta's Fabrizio Faniello with "I Do" and preceding Denmark's Sidsel Ben Semmane with "Twist of Love". At the close of voting, it had received 36 points, placing 14th in a field of 24.

Written and composed by Australian-born band member Jane Comerford, the unusual choice of country as the genre resulted in BBC commentator Terry Wogan asking jokingly and with a rough approximation of the appropriate accent "are we in Athens, Georgia?" at the end of the performance (the contest was held in Athens, Greece). Lyrically, the song can be read as a pledge of the singer's undying love for her lover, but Comerford has stated that the chorus at least—"I'm never ever gonna leave you to cry on your own / Never ever gonna not go and pick up the phone / I'm never ever gonna let you be chilled to the bone"—was inspired by her desire to comfort her niece upon the untimely death of her father.

As one of the band's members is a professional comedian, there was a level of expectation that the performance was going to be humorous, however this was not the case. While the band performed in front of artificial cactus plants, there was in fact very little overt humour in the performance. All members were dressed appropriately, with the musicians wearing beige suits and stetson hats and Comerford wearing a pink dress.

The song was succeeded as the German representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 by Roger Cicero with "Frauen regier'n die Welt".

Charts[]

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[10] Platinum 300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[]

  1. ^ "Texas Lightning – No No Never" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  2. ^ "Hits of the World – Eurocharts" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 118, no. 22. 3 June 2006. p. 75. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Texas Lightning – No No Never" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Texas Lightning – No No Never". Swiss Singles Chart.
  5. ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 2006". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  6. ^ "European Hot 100 Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2006" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2006". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Gratis: 'Hits des neuen Jahrtausend'-Liste" [Free: 'Hits of the New Millennium' List] (in German). RTL. 2010. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Texas Lightning; 'No No Never')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

External links[]

Preceded by
"Run & Hide"
by Gracia
 Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
2006 		Succeeded by
"Frauen regier'n die Welt"
by Roger Cicero
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