"Pointless Relationship" is the debut single of Australian actress Tammin from her first album, ''

Whatever Will Be ''Whatever Will Be'' is the debut studio album by Australian singer Tammin Sursok, released on 22 May 2005 by Sony BMG Music Entertainment. It debuted at number thirteen on the top 50 Australian ARIA Charts. It features the singles " Pointless R ...

'' (2005). The song was co-written by Norwegian singer

Marion Raven Marion Elise Ravn (born 25 May 1984), better known abroad as Marion Raven, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. Raven formed the pop duo M2M with Marit Larsen, though they ceased performing together in 2002. Raven was later signed as a solo ar ...

for her debut solo album but was given to Tammin instead. Released as a single on 15 November 2004, "Pointless Relationship" peaked at number five on the Australia

ARIA Singles Chart The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...

, becoming Tammin's highest-charting single.

Background and release

It was announced by Tammin that she will be pursuing a career in music, with her debut single, "Pointless Relationship", being released on 15 November 2004. The single was planned for a UK release on 5 September 2005 and then 19 September 2005 but was cancelled due to Tammin being contracted to a movie, which failed to materialise.

Commercial performance

"Pointless Relationship" debuted at number seven on the

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and peaked at number five the following week, spending a total of 15 weeks in the top 50. It was certified platinum for shipping over 70,000 units in Australia.

Track listing

Australian CD single # "Pointless Relationship" # "Tender"

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the ''

'' liner notes. Studios * Recorded at

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and Polar Studios (Stockholm, Sweden) * Mixed at Khabang Studio (Stockholm, Sweden) * Mastered at

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(New York City) Personnel *

Savan Kotecha Savan Harish Kotecha is an American songwriter and record producer from Austin, Texas. Kotecha is of Indian (Gujarati) descent. He was also the executive music producer of the 2020 film '' Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga'', for ...

– writing *

Per Magnusson Per Magnusson (born 30 May 1969) is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. His musical career took off in 1994 as one of the original team members of the now-legendary Cheiron Productions, meeting great international success working with Boyzo ...

– writing, keyboards, programming, production, arrangement * David Kreuger – writing, programming, production, arrangement *

– writing * Emil Heiling – backing vocals * Esbjörn Öhrwall – guitars * Tomas Lindberg – bass * Magnus Persson – drums * Fredrik Andersson – mixing, engineering * Chris Gehringer – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Remixes

In 2005,

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commissioned remixes of "Pointless Relationship" for the UK release of the track. The remixes were done by Groovefinder and were sent out to radio stations. The Groovefinder Remix was to be included on the UK single but when the release was cancelled, remix promo CDs were withdrawn and the remixes remain officially unreleased.

References

{{Authority control Tammin Sursok songs 2004 debut singles 2004 songs Columbia Records singles Songs written by David Kreuger Songs written by Marion Raven Songs written by Per Magnusson Songs written by Savan Kotecha