Never Be You (Celeste Buckingham song)

"Never Be You" is a 2012 song by Slovak recording artist Celeste Buckingham. Released on November 12 through iTunes, the track composed the singer along with Littlebeat producers Martin Šrámek—Andrej Hruška, and US-based musicians Aaron Harmon—Jordan Reyes, both from BoyGenius Studios. While the lyrics co-wrote Paula Winger, the music video directed by Roland Wraník was shot in a Slovak spa town, Trenčianske Teplice.[1][2]

"Never Be You"
Single by Celeste Buckingham
from the album Where I Belong
ReleasedNovember 12, 2012 (2012-11-12)
Recorded2012
Genre
Length2:55
LabelArtist release
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Martin Šrámek
  • Andrej Hruška
Celeste Buckingham singles chronology
"Swing"
(2012)		 "Never Be You"
(2012)		 "I Was Wrong"
(2013)
Audio sample
  • file
  • help
Music video
"Never Be You" on YouTube

The single peaked at number forty-two on the CZ Top 100 airplay chart,[3] and at number forty-seven on an equivalent SK playlist, Rádio Top 100 Oficiálna.[4] Within the CZ component playlist, it charted at number nine.[5]

Development

Buckingham wrote the lyrics in July 2012, as her own dialogue between true self and false self, or else a new recording artist versus her alter ego, described as a potentially acclaimed but arrogant music star.[6] In addition to, Paula Winger revised some of the verses.[1][2]

Credits and personnel

Track listings
  1. "Never Be You" (Original version) — 2:55

Charts
Chart (2012) Peak
position
Slovak Top 100 (Rádio Top 100 Oficiálna)[4] 47
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Czech Top 100 (Rádio Top 100 Oficiální)[3] 42
Czech Hot 50 (Rádio CZ 50 Oficiální)[5] 9
Czech Top 20 Music Videos on YouTube[7] 9

References
General
  • Buckingham, Celeste (2012-11-12). "Never Be You". iTunes. Apple Inc. itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  • "Celeste Buckingham > "Never Be You"". SLAVICA Production Company (in Czech and English). SLAVICA s.r.o. 2012-11-08. slavica.cz. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
Specific
  1. "Celeste Buckingham se vrací s novým singlem Never Be You!". ShowBiz (in Czech and English). MOTIONS.CZ s.r.o. 2012-11-09. showbiz.cz. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  2. "SLEDUJTE nový klip Celeste Buckingham na MTV!". MTV Czech (in Czech and English). TV Nova. 2012-11-08. mtv.nova.cz. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  3. Buckingham, Celeste. "Never Be You". Rádio Top 100 Oficiální (in Czech). IFPI Czech Republic. ifpicr.cz. Retrieved 2013-01-29. #42
  4. Buckingham, Celeste. "Never Be You". Rádio Top 100 Oficiálna (in Slovak). IFPI Slovakia. ifpi.sk. Retrieved 2013-01-29. #47
  5. Buckingham, Celeste. "Never Be You". Rádio CZ 50 Oficiální (in Czech). IFPI Czech Republic. ifpicr.cz. Retrieved 2013-01-29. #9
  6. "Celeste Buckingham > "Never Be You" > Album notes". CD Baby. Disc Makers. cdbaby.com. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  7. Buckingham, Celeste. "Never Be You". Czech Top 20 Hudební klipy na YouTube (in Czech). ČNS IFPI. ifpicr.cz. Retrieved 2013-12-03. #9
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