Not Over Yet

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"Not Over Yet"
Not Over Yet.jpg
Single by Grace
from the album If I Could Fly
B-side"Remix"
Released
  • (1993)
  • 1995
Genre
Length4:20
Label
  • Perfecto
  • EastWest
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Grace singles chronology
"Not Over Yet"
(1993) 		"I Want to Live"
(1995)
Music video
"Not Over Yet" on YouTube

"Not Over Yet" is a song by British dance act Grace. Originally released to clubs in 1993, under the band name State of Grace, it was re-released in 1995 as the first single from their only album, If I Could Fly. It peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart and reached number-one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Lead vocals and backing vocals were performed by singer Patti Low. In 1995, the lead vocals were replaced by new frontwoman and singer, Dominique Atkins for the album release, although Low's backing vocals remained in place. This Atkins/Low combination appeared on all subsequent re-releases and remixes of the track. The woman who appear in the accompanying music video is Low.

In 1999, "Not Over Yet" was remixed by Planet Perfecto, a pseudonym of Paul Oakenfold, a co-writer of the song. It again reached the Top 20, peaking at number 16. Oakenfold also used it with much less singing in another remix called "Not Over", which appeared on his album A Lively Mind.

Critical reception[]

Scottish newspaper Aberdeen Press and Journal described the song as "uplifting".[2] AllMusic editor Michael Gallucci said it "makes any sort of lasting impression."[3] Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Grace has it all—a highly videogenic image, an angelic voice, and the ability to write material that deftly straddles commercial viability and underground hipness. She has already wooed punters in her native U.K. with this silky slice of trance/disco, and early reaction from tastemaking radio-programmers hints that even greater stateside success is on the horizon."[4] Mixmag picked it as Single of the Week, adding, "Quite simply the best record I have heard in months. Vibrant, passionate and ultimately spiritual".[5] Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "Not over yet? No way, it's only just beginning, the renewed appreciation of synth or electro pop—of course in a fashionable new dance coat. The girl sings gracefully in a sea of sequencers."[6] James Hamilton from Music Week's RM Dance Update called it a "sweetly cooed commercial techno scamperer"[7] and a "haunting sweet girl cooed and fluttery synth chugged attractive simple burbling old raver".[8]

Chart performance[]

"Not Over Yet" proved to be a major hit in several countries. It peaked within the Top 10 in Ireland, Scotland and the United Kingdom. In the latter, it reached number 6 on 9 April 1995,[9] in its second week on the UK Singles Chart. But the song went to number-one on both the UK Dance Singles Chart and Music Week's Club Chart. Additionally, it was a Top 40 hit in Iceland and Sweden. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Not Over Yet" reached its highest position as number 12 on 22 April. Outside Europe, it peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, number 5 in Israel and number 144 in Australia.

Impact and legacy[]

Mixmag ranked "Not Over Yet" number 91 in its "100 Greatest Dance Singles of All Time" list in 1996.[10] It was also included as number 15 in their "Mixmag End of Year Lists: 1995".[11]

DJ Magazine ranked it number 38 in their list of "Top 100 Club Tunes" in 1998.[12]

MTV Dance ranked it number 64 in their list of "The 100 Biggest 90's Dance Anthems of All Time" in November 2011.[13]

Attitude ranked it number 5 in their list of "The Top 10 Dance Tunes of the '90s" in 2016, writing, "There are some beautiful '90s tracks that got lost in the 'novelty' of the '90s, and this is one of them."[14]

Mixmag ranked it as one of "The 15 best mid-90s trance tracks" in 2018, adding, "Dominique Wilkins' soaring vocals steal the show and she delivers one of dance's most recognisable earworms on the hook in a storm of sonic, melody-driven madness."[15]

The Lostprophets song, "Everybody's Screaming" from the album Liberation Transmission included the titular chorus line, "It's not over, not over, not over, not over yet" into the outro as a tribute. According to Ian Watkins at local music show The Full Ponty, this song was written about how the bandmates hated their jobs. They went going out dancing at a club in Pontypridd after a bad week at work, and "Not Over Yet" was a song that they'd dance to every week. [16]

Track listing[]

UK vinyl single, 12" (1995)
No.TitleLength
1."Not Over Yet" (Perfecto Edit)4:20
2."Not Over Yet" (Perfecto Mix)7:38
3."Not Over Yet" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix)7:15
4."Not Over Yet" (BT's Spirit Of Grace)12:27
5."Not Over Yet" (BT's Peyote Dub)7:42
UK CD single (1995)
No.TitleLength
1."Not Over Yet" (Perfecto Edit)4:21
2."Not Over Yet" (Perfecto Mix)7:39
3."Not Over Yet" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix)7:46
4."Not Over Yet" (B.T.'s Spirit Of Grace)12:28
5."Not Over Yet" (B.T.'s Peyote Dub)7:42

Charts[]

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) 144
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[17] 12
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[18] 31
Ireland (IRMA) 4
Israel (Israel Top-30) 5
Netherlands (Dutch Single Tip)[19] 15
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[20] 7
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 33
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[22] 6
UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[23] 1
UK Club Chart (Music Week)[24] 1
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard) 1
Chart (1999) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) 90
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[25] 4
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[26] 56
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[27] 14
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 16
UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[28] 2

Remixes[]

In 1999, "Not Over Yet" was re-released by Planet Perfecto, a supergroup consisting of Paul Oakenfold, Ian Masterson and Jake Williams which featured re-recorded vocals and new mixes. It again reached the top 20, peaking at number 16.

A remixed version with new vocals (by Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic), only featuring the words "not over yet" from the original appeared on Oakenfold's 2006 album A Lively Mind as "Not Over". The vocals of this version could be seen as an answer song to the original track, as the vocals cover the same topic - the end of a relationship; and are sung by a man.

In 2001, BT released the album R&R (Rare & Remixed). A remix of "Not Over Yet" was included on this album, as track 5 on disc 1, credited as 'Grace (BT's Spirit of Grace)'.

During BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge with Jo Whiley on 8 February 2008, Goldfrapp performed a cover version of the song with a more acoustic sound than the club-style original.

In 2011, new remixes by Perfecto Records were released under the name Grace - Not Over Yet and it was announced via Tilts official Facebook page that a new track was in the process of being written for Grace/Dominique Atkins. Remixes for the re-release of the single include Max Graham vs. Protoculture, Jonas Hornblad, and Robert Vadney.

Klaxons version[]

"It's Not Over Yet"
Klaxons-ItsNotOverYet.jpg
Single by Klaxons
from the album Myths of the Near Future
Released25 June 2007
Recorded2006
GenreNew rave
Length3:35 (album version)
LabelPolydor Records
Songwriter(s)Paul Oakenfold
Rob Davis
Mike Wyzgowski
Producer(s)James Ford
Klaxons singles chronology
"Gravity's Rainbow"
(2007) 		"It's Not Over Yet"
(2007) 		"As Above, So Below"
(2007)

"It's Not Over Yet" is a cover version of the song by British band Klaxons, and is the fifth official release from their album Myths of the Near Future.[29] The track was released as a single on 25 June 2007, featuring an exclusive B-side, "The Night" (a cover of a song by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons) as well as an exclusive remix by Blende (available through the iTunes Store).

The song, upon its release, entered the UK Singles Chart at number 28, before eventually peaking at number 13 on 7 July 2007.[30] It received extensive airplay on a number of the United Kingdom's top radio stations, such as Xfm, as well as receiving moderate airplay on the MTV Two/NME Chart.

The song has been remixed by dubstep artist Skream. The song featured in the Channel 4 advertisement for the finale of the first series of Ugly Betty, and is also featured in many episodes of Hollyoaks.

Music video[]

The video for the track was released in May 2007. It features the band dressed up as samurai, wielding swords to destroy flying prism shaped objects.

Track listing[]

CD single
  1. "It's Not Over Yet" – 3:35
  2. "My Love" [BBC Radio 1 Session] (Justin Timberlake cover)
7" vinyl (clear-colored)
  1. "It's Not Over Yet" – 3:35
  2. "The Night" (Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Cover)
Etched 7" vinyl
  1. "It's Not Over Yet" – 3:35

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[31] 12
UK Singles (OCC)[30] 13

Year-end charts[]

Chart (2007) Position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[32] 148

References[]

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  7. ^ Hamilton, James (24 July 1993). "Djdirectory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 2. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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  14. ^ Fussell, Glyn (9 June 2016). "The Top 10 Dance Tunes Of The '90s". Attitude. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  15. ^ "The 15 best mid-90s trance tracks". Mixmag. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  16. ^ "The Full Ponty '07 Pt II".
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