"Same Old Brand New You" is a song by British-Norwegian boy band
A1. It was released on 6 November 2000 as the second single from their second album, ''
The A List''. The single was the band's second and final number one single on the
UK Singles Chart
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.
Background
During 2014's The Big Reunion documentary, band member Ben Adams recalls that the writing of this track was the first start of the split between Paul Marazzi and the rest of band. Adams recalled how he, Read, and Ingebrigtsten travelled to New York to work with
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on the song but Marazzi did not want to join them and thus missed out on co-songwriting credit for the track. The following year, however, Marazzi denied in an interview that there was a split during these times and said how he loved the track. Marazzi wrote the B-Side, "Funkin' Up".
Music video
A
music video
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directed by Stuart A. Gosling was produced to promote the single. It was shot in Dungeness in
Kent
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, near a nuclear power plant.
Track listing
; UK CD1
# "Same Old Brand New You" (Commercial Version) - 3:43
# "One in Love" - 4:20
# "Funkin' Up" - 3:39
# "Same Old Brand New You" (Video) - 3:43
; UK CD2
# "Same Old Brand New You" (Radio Edit) - 3:30
# "Funkin' Up" (Extended Mix) - 5:46
# "Same Old Brand New You" (Almighty 12" Definitive Mix) - 7:32
# "Funkin' Up" (Video) - 3:39
; UK promotional single
# "Same Old Brand New You" (Radio Edit) - 3:30
# "Same Old Brand New You" (No Intro) - 3:05
Charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
{{A1 (band)
A1 (band) songs
2000 singles
Number-one singles in Norway
UK Singles Chart number-one singles
Songs written by Ben Adams
Songs written by Christian Ingebrigtsen
Songs written by Mark Read (singer)
Songs written by Eric Foster White
2000 songs