Will I Ever (Alice Deejay song)

"Will I Ever" is the third single release by Dutch Eurodance group Alice Deejay. Released in May 2000 as the third single from Who Needs Guitars Anyway?, the song was commercially less successful than the band's previous two singles, "Better Off Alone" and "Back in My Life", but it managed to reach the top 10 in Ireland, the Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

"Will I Ever"
Standard artwork
Single by Alice Deejay
from the album Who Needs Guitars Anyway?
Released29 May 2000 (2000-05-29)
StudioKamo 1 (The Hague, Netherlands)
Length3:16
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Pronti and Kalmani
Producer(s)
  • Pronti and Kalmani
Alice Deejay singles chronology
"Back in My Life"
(1999)		 "Will I Ever"
(2000)		 "The Lonely One"
(2000)
Music video
"Will I Ever" on YouTube

Chart performance

"Will I Ever" charted within the top 10 in Ireland, Romania, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the band's native Netherlands.[1][2][3] In the UK, where the song was released on 3 July 2000,[4] it reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart[5] but charted higher in Scotland, reaching number two on that region's chart,[6] ensuring the band's first three singles all reached the top two.[7][8] At the end of 2000, it came in at number 97 on the UK's year-end chart.[9] In Ireland, the song was the band's final top-30 hit, reaching number eight.[10]

In the rest of Europe, the single fared well, reaching the top 40 in Flanders, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, and Switzerland.[2][11] On the Eurochart Hot 100, it peaked at number 18.[12] Outside the continent, the song did not garner success in the United States, but it did manage to find some popularity in Canadian dance clubs, reaching number 24 on Canada's RPM Dance Top 40.[13] It was also moderately successful in Australia, peaking at number 65 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[14]

Music video

A music video was made for the song. It features Alice Deejay singer Judith Anna Pronk in three different roles: a singer-dancer, a security guard, and a Greek woman.

Synopsis

During the first part, it features Pronk and Alice Deejay dancers (Mila Levesque and Angelique Versnel) in the hallways of an empty, white building on a stormy night. Pronk, as a security guard, also roams around the area. She reaches a painting depicting a Greek woman, who is also Pronk, and stops to look at it, realising the resemblance between the two of them. The figure in the portrait blinks, and the guard steps inside. The next part of the video features many people dressed in ancient Greek apparel dancing in a temple with a statue; Pronk and her dancers are also there. The security guard is then shown arriving at a restroom. She sings next to a mirror as the Greek woman admires a man and feeds him grapes. As the guard exits the restroom, all the Greeks feed each other grapes and other fruits. In the final section of the video, Pronk sings and dances with her dancers. The video ends at the stormy building, showing the painting the security guard looked at previously, with Pronk inside now still.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Dutch CD single liner notes.[15]

Studio

  • Recorded at Kamo Studio 1 (The Hague, Netherlands)

Personnel

  • Pronti and Kalmani – writing, production
  • Danski and DJ Delmundo – executive production
  • Shop Around! – graphic design
  • Claudine Grin – photography

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Sweden (GLF)[38] Gold 15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
France 2000
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 Hot Tracks [26]
Europe 29 May 2000 CD Violent [29]
United Kingdom 3 July 2000
  • CD
  • cassette
 Positiva [39]

Notes
  1. "Will I Ever" reached number 24 when RPM ceased publication in November 2000.

References
  1. "Romanian Top 100: Top of the Year 2000" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 22 January 2005.
  2. "Alice Deejay – Will I Ever" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 24, 2000" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  4. "New Releases – For Week Starting July 3, 2000: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 1 July 2000. p. 23. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  6. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  7. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 08 August 1999 – 14 August 1999". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  8. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 28 November 1999 – 04 December 1999". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  9. "Best Sellers of 2000: Singles Top 100". Music Week. 20 January 2001. p. 25.
  10. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Will I Ever". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  11. Danish Singles Chart 14 July 2000
  12. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17, no. 30. 22 July 2000. p. 7. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  13. "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 7096." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  14. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  15. Will I Ever (Dutch CD single liner notes). Alice Deejay. Violent Records. 2000. VIO 1126.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. Will I Ever (French CD single liner notes). Alice Deejay. Hot Tracks. 2000. SHT S0002-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  17. Will I Ever (Dutch maxi-CD single liner notes). Alice Deejay. Violent Records. 2000. VIO 1127.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  18. Will I Ever (UK CD1 liner notes). Alice Deejay. Positiva Records. 2000. CDTIV-134.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  19. Will I Ever (UK CD2 liner notes). Alice Deejay. Positiva Records. 2000. CDTIVS-134.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  20. Will I Ever (UK cassette single sleeve). Alice Deejay. Positiva Records. 2000. TCTIV-134.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  21. Will I Ever (Canadian maxi-CD single liner notes). Alice Deejay. ISBA Music Entertainment Inc. 2000. ISB-SI-7027.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  22. Will I Ever (Canadian 12-inch single sleeve). Alice Deejay. ISBA Music Entertainment Inc. 2000. ISB-12-7027.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  23. Will I Ever (Australian & New Zealand maxi-CD single liner notes). Alice Deejay. X-Over Recordings. 2000. XOVER033.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  25. "Hitparada radia – 33/2000" (in Czech). IFPI CR. Archived from the original on 19 August 2000. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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  27. "Alice Deejay – Will I Ever" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  28. "Top 10 Dance Singles, Week Ending 6 July 2000". GfK Chart-Track. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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  30. "Alice Deejay – Will I Ever". VG-lista. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
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  32. "Alice Deejay – Will I Ever". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  33. "Jaaroverzichten 2000" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  34. "Top 100 of 2000". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Archived from the original on 2 June 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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  38. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2000" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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