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'' (2002). Released on 7 October 2002, the song reached number two on the

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, being their third consecutive release to do so. For radio airplay, the song was remixed as the "Magic Fly" mix, which samples the song "Magic Fly" by

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Composition

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sings the first and third verses, backing vocals in the second and fourth verses, the song's bridges along with Stacey, the solo's vocals in the song main bridge along with Stacey, a vocal during this bridge, and backing vocals during the end of the song.

Stacey McClean Stacey Franks ( McClean, born 17 February 1989) is an English pop singer. She was part of the S Club 7 spin-off band, S Club 8 and in 2009 took part in the sixth series of ''The X Factor''. Career 2001–05: S Club Juniors Franks was b ...

sings backing vocals in the first and third verses, the second and fourth verses, the song's bridges along with Frankie, the solo's vocals in the song main bridge along with Frankie, a vocal during this bridge, and backing vocals during the end of the song.

Calvin Goldspink S Club 8 (originally S Club Juniors) were a spin off of the British pop group S Club 7. The group's members, Jay Asforis, Daisy Evans, Calvin Goldspink, Stacey McClean, Aaron Renfree, Hannah Richings, Frankie Sandford and Rochelle Wiseman wer ...

, Aaron Renfree,

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Hannah Richings S Club 8 (originally S Club Juniors) were a spin off of the British pop group S Club 7. The group's members, Jay Asforis, Daisy Evans, Calvin Goldspink, Stacey McClean, Aaron Renfree, Hannah Richings, Frankie Sandford and Rochelle Wiseman were ...

, and

Jay Asforis S Club 8 (originally S Club Juniors) were a spin off of the British pop group S Club 7. The group's members, Jay Asforis, Daisy Evans, Calvin Goldspink, Stacey McClean, Aaron Renfree, Hannah Richings, Frankie Sandford and Rochelle Wiseman wer ...

do not have any solos in this song.

Track listings

UK CD1 # "New Direction" # "New Direction" ( Magic Fly mix) # "New Direction" ( illicit mix) # "New Direction" (video) UK CD2 and cassette single # "New Direction" # " One Step Closer" ( Almighty Jelly & Cream mix) # "New Direction" (karaoke version)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the ''

'' album booklet. Studio * Mastered at Transfermation (London, England) Personnel * Georgie Dennis – writing * Ricky Hanley – writing * Gary White – writing, production *

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– writing (Magic Fly mix) * Jewels & Stone – production, additional production and remix (Magic Fly mix) * Tim "Speg" Speight – mixing * Richard Dowling – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control S Club 8 songs 19 Recordings singles 2002 singles 2002 songs Polydor Records singles