"Never (Past Tense)" is a 2003 song by the

Roc Project The Roc Project is an American electronica act, composed of the New York City-based DJ Ray Roc and, most often, the vocalist Tina Novak. Their debut single, " Never (Past Tense)" was released in 2003. However, because of difficulty getting the ...

. The original recording features the group's lead vocalist

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, but due to Ray Roc and Novak being signed to different record labels, Australian vocalist

Tina Arena Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...

was recruited to re-sing the vocals for the single release. Later, with record label issues cleared up, Novak appeared as the vocalist on all tracks of the Roc Project's first album, released in early 2003, but the album also included the version of "Never (Past Tense)" with Arena's vocals. This version also appeared on Arena's album ''Vous êtes toujours là''. The single is the only recording for Tina Arena and the Roc Project. It reached the top 5 of the U.S. ''Billboard'' Dance/Club Play chart and was the second number-one single on the

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on October 4, 2003 (at a time when this chart was unpublished). It reached No. 42 in the UK Singles Chart in April 2003. This single was Tina Arena's second and last time appearing on the

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chart, peaking at No. 97., after "

Chains (Tina Arena song) "Chains" is a song by Australian singer Tina Arena from her third studio album, ''Don't Ask'' (1994). It was composed by Arena, Pam Reswick and Steve Werfel and produced by David Tyson. "Chains" peaked at number four on Australia's ARIA Single ...

" in 1996. ;Dance/Mix Show Airplay (October 4, 2018)
from Billboard (August 31, 2018)

Track listing

CD single

# "Never (Past Tense)" (Radio Edit)- 3:47 # "Never (Past Tense)" (Breaks Radio Edit)- 4:08 # "Never (Past Tense)" (Original Extended Mix)- 9:04 # "Never (Past Tense)" (Johnny Budz Break)- 6:46 # "Never (Past Tense)" (Filterheadz Luv Tina Remix)- 8:08 # "Never (Past Tense)" (Max Reich Remix)- 8:55 # "Never (Past Tense)" (Chillout Mix) (David Anthony) - 6:03 # "Never (Past Tense)" (DJ Tiësto Remix)- 7:48

Charts

References

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