Never Be You (Celeste Buckingham song)

"Never Be You"
Single by Celeste Buckingham
from the album Where I Belong
Released	November 12, 2012
Format	Digital
Recorded	2012
Genre	Pop, rock, soul
Length	2:55
Label	Herself
Writer(s)	Celeste Buckingham, Martin Šrámek, Andrej Hruška, Aaron Harmon, Jordan Reyes, Paula Winger
Producer(s)	Martin Šrámek, Andrej Hruška
Music sample
"Never Be You"
Music video
"Never Be You" on YouTube
Celeste Buckingham singles chronology
"Swing" with AMO (2012) "Never Be You" (2012) "I Was Wrong" with Majk Spirit (2013)

"Never Be You" is a 2012 song by Slovak recording artist Celeste Buckingham. Released on November 12 through iTunes, the track composed the singer along with Littlebeat producers Martin Šrámek—Andrej Hruška, and US-based musicians Aaron Harmon—Jordan Reyes, both from BoyGenius Studios. While the lyrics co-wrote Paula Winger, the music video directed by Roland Wraník was shot in a Slovak spa town, Trenčianske Teplice.^[1][2]

The single peaked at number forty-two on the CZ Top 100 airplay chart,^[3] and at number forty-seven on an equivalent SK playlist, Rádio Top 100 Oficiálna.^[4] Within the CZ component playlist, it charted at number nine.^[5]

Development

Buckingham wrote the lyrics in July 2012, as her own dialogue between true self and false self, or else a new recording artist versus her alter ego, described as a potentially acclaimed but arrogant music star.^[6] In addition to, Paula Winger revised some of the verses.^[1][2]

Credits and personnel

• Celeste Buckingham - lead vocalist, writer, lyricist, copyright
• Martin Šrámek - producer
• Andrej Hruška - producer
• Aaron Harmon - writer
• Jordan Reyes - writer
• Paula Winger - lyricist
• Littlebeat - recording studio
• BoyGenius Studios - recording studio, mastering

Track listings

1. "Never Be You" (Original version) — 2:55

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Slovak Top 100 (Rádio Top 100 Oficiálna)[4]	47
Chart (2013)	Peak position
Czech Top 100 (Rádio Top 100 Oficiální)[3]	42
Czech Hot 50 (Rádio CZ 50 Oficiální)[5]	9
Czech Top 20 Music Videos on YouTube[7]	9

Music video

• Buckingham on the set of the music video
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See also

• Celeste Buckingham discography
• List of awards and nominations received by Celeste Buckingham

References

General

• Buckingham, Celeste (2012-11-12). "Never Be You". iTunes. Apple Inc. itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
• "Celeste Buckingham > "Never Be You"". SLAVICA Production Company (in Czech and English). SLAVICA s.r.o. 2012-11-08. slavica.cz. Retrieved 2013-02-08.

Specific

1. "Celeste Buckingham se vrací s novým singlem Never Be You!". ShowBiz (in Czech and English). MOTIONS.CZ s.r.o. 2012-11-09. showbiz.cz. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
2. "SLEDUJTE nový klip Celeste Buckingham na MTV!". MTV Czech (in Czech and English). TV Nova. 2012-11-08. mtv.nova.cz. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
3. Buckingham, Celeste. "Never Be You". Rádio Top 100 Oficiální (in Czech). IFPI Czech Republic. ifpicr.cz. Retrieved 2013-01-29. #42
4. Buckingham, Celeste. "Never Be You". Rádio Top 100 Oficiálna (in Slovak). IFPI Slovakia. ifpi.sk. Retrieved 2013-01-29. #47
5. Buckingham, Celeste. "Never Be You". Rádio CZ 50 Oficiální (in Czech). IFPI Czech Republic. ifpicr.cz. Retrieved 2013-01-29. #9
6. "Celeste Buckingham > "Never Be You" > Album notes". CD Baby. Disc Makers. cdbaby.com. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
7. Buckingham, Celeste. "Never Be You". Czech Top 20 Hudební klipy na YouTube (in Czech). ČNS IFPI. ifpicr.cz. Retrieved 2013-12-03. #9

External links

• CelesteBuckingham.com > Music > "Never Be You"