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Bring It All Back

{{Short description|1999 single by S Club 7}}

{{For|the Grayson Hugh song|Bring It All Back (Grayson Hugh song)}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2011}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Bring It All Back

| cover = S Club 7 Bring It All Back cover.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = S Club 7

| album = S Club

| B-side =

  • "So Right"
  • "Hello Friend"

| released = {{start date|1999|6|7|df=y}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-06-05.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 7 June, 1999|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=5 June 1999|access-date=22 July 2021}}

| recorded =

| studio = Steelworks (Sheffield, England)

| genre = Pop

| length = 3:33

| label = Polydor

| writer =

| producer =

  • Eliot Kennedy
  • Mike Percy
  • Tim Lever

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = S Club Party

| next_year = 1999

| misc = {{Audio sample

| type = single

| file = S Club 7 - Bring It All Back.ogg

}}

{{External music video|{{YouTube|GLQ0biK-ZgA|"Bring It All Back"}}}}

}}

"Bring It All Back" is the debut single of British pop group S Club 7. It was co-written by S Club 7, Eliot Kennedy, Mike Percy and Tim Lever for the group's debut studio album S Club (1999). Kennedy, Percy, and Lever also produced the song. It was released on 7 June 1999 as the album's lead single. "Bring It All Back" was used as the theme for the band's first CBBC series Miami 7 as well.

"Bring It All Back" was a chart success, reaching the top spot in the United Kingdom and New Zealand whilst also peaking within the top ten in Ireland and Sweden. The song was released in North America on 28 September 1999, shortly before their television show Miami 7 became popular in the United States. By May 2015 it had sold 675,000 copies in the UK.

Song information

"Bring It All Back" is notable for being the only S Club 7 single on which all four female members share lead vocals. The first verse is shared by Jo O'Meara and Rachel Stevens, while the second verse is split between Tina Barrett and Hannah Spearritt. Bradley McIntosh, Jon Lee and Paul Cattermole provide backing vocals and additional vocals on the final chorus. The single contains an extended version of the track with an additional refrain and chorus, as well as a club remix by K-Klass, which appears on all international versions of the single.

The single also contains two B-sides, "So Right" and "Hello Friend". "So Right" features in the sixth episode of Miami 7, and as a bonus track on the Japanese version of the band's debut album, and is an up-tempo R&B number. "Hello Friend", a ballad duet between O'Meara and Lee with additional backing vocals, was one of only three songs from the band's debut album era not performed during Miami 7, alongside "Our Time Has Come" and "Friday Night". However, it was later performed during Viva S Club to mark Cattermole's departure from the band. It was later added to the setlist of the Bring It All Back 2015 tour as an intimate duet between O'Meara and Lee.

Critical reception

Music Week selected the single as "Recommended" ahead of its release, saying "It's a tough week on the release front, but this could be the debut of the year so far ... manager Simon Fuller and Polydor boss Lucian Grainge have turned to a trio of proven songwriters - among them Spice Girls contributor Eliot Kennedy - to produce this fun-filled, uptempo pop outing."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-05-29.pdf|title=Reviews - For records released on June 7, 1999|magazine=Music Week|page=22|date=29 May 1999|access-date=9 May 2024|archive-date=30 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430021348/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-05-29.pdf|url-status=live}} Daily Record commented, "The latest catchy lite pop offering from the latest band whose pigeon hole is marked manufactured. More catchy than sticky willies.""Chartslot". Daily Record. 16 July 1999. Retrieved 1 December 2020. In 2017, ShortList's Dave Fawbert listed 'Bring It All Back' as containing "one of the greatest key changes in music history".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/music/the-best-key-changes-music/329120|title=The 19 greatest key changes in music history|magazine=ShortList|date=1 October 2017|access-date=13 January 2018|archive-date=14 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114073845/https://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/music/the-best-key-changes-music/329120|url-status=live}}

Music video

Two music videos exist for the track. The first, recorded for use in the British and Australian markets, features newly recorded scenes of the band performing the track on a beach stage in Miami, recorded during the filming of Miami 7, as well as additional montage clips from several episodes of the series. The end of the video shows a group of people watching the band as the cameras pull away. Most notably, there are two beach stage scenes in the video that show Barrett with a different hairstyle compared to the rest of the video. This version of the video was shown for the first time on the British music chart show Top of the Pops on 30 April 1999, with S Club 7 introducing it following a short interview with Jamie Theakston.{{cite web|url=https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/popscene/1999-t8478.html|title=1999 - Popscene|date=1 May 2009|via=Tapatalk Forums}}

The second video was recorded for use in the United States, and features scenes of the band performing the song in an American trailer park (recorded during the filming of the band's TV special Boyfriends and Birthdays), as well as in a courtroom, scenes taken from episode 10 of Miami 7, "Court in the Act". The video also features clips of the band performing the song poolside, which are taken from the opening credits of the series.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGhfpl4hqvQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/lGhfpl4hqvQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=S Club 7 -11- Bring It All Back [T.V. Show Version]|date=29 October 2011|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

Track listings

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  1. "Bring It All Back"
  2. "So Right"
  3. "Bring It All Back" (extended mix)
  4. "Bring It All Back" (CD ROM video)
  • UK CD2 {{small|(includes two band postcards)}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Bring It All Back|others=S Club 7|year=1999|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=561 087-2}}
  1. "Bring It All Back"
  2. "Hello Friend"
  3. "Bring It All Back" (K-Klass club mix)
  • UK cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Bring It All Back|others=S Club 7|year=1999|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Polydor Records|id=561 086-4}}
  1. "Bring It All Back"
  2. "So Right"
  • US CD single{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Bring-All-Back-S-Club/dp/B00001W07U/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1410418210&sr=1-1&keywords=s+club+7+bring+it+all+back|title=Amazon.com: S Club 7: Bring It All Back: Music|work=amazon.com|year=1999}}
  1. "Bring It All Back"
  2. "Bring It All Back" (K-Klass club mix)
  3. "S Club 7 in Miami" (CD-ROM trailer)

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  • Australian CD single {{small|(includes bonus poster and star file)}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Bring It All Back|others=S Club 7|year=1999|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=561 189-2}}
  1. "Bring It All Back"
  2. "So Right"
  3. "Bring It All Back" (K-Klass club mix)
  4. "Bring It All Back" (CD ROM video)
  • Digital single{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/bring-it-all-back-ep/1679423007|title=Bring It All Back – EP by S Club 7 on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=7 April 2023|archive-date=26 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726100258/https://music.apple.com/gb/album/bring-it-all-back-ep/1679423007|url-status=live}}
  1. "Bring It All Back" – 3:34
  2. "So Right" – 3:44
  3. "Hello Friend" – 3:02
  4. "Bring It All Back" (extended mix) – 5:32
  5. "Bring It All Back" (K-Klass club mix) – 6:14
  6. "Bring It All Back" (karaoke version) – 3:36

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Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the S Club album booklet.{{cite AV media notes|title=S Club|title-link=S Club (album)|others=S Club 7|year=1999|type=UK CD album booklet|publisher=Polydor Records|id=543 103-2}}

Studios

  • Recorded at Steelworks Studios (Sheffield, England)
  • Mastered at Transfermation (London, England)

Personnel

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!scope="col"|Chart (1999–2000)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"{{single chart|Australia|3|artist=S Club 7|song=Bring It All Back|access-date=28 July 2012}}
scope="row"{{single chart|Austria|13|artist=S Club 7|song=Bring It All Back|access-date=28 July 2012}}
scope="row"{{single chart|Flanders Tip|2|artist=S Club 7|song=Bring It All Back|access-date=20 December 2013}}
scope="row"{{single chart|Wallonia|5|artist=S Club 7|song=Bring It All Back|access-date=28 July 2012}}
scope="row"{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|64|chartid=9970|access-date=18 June 2020}}
scope="row"|Denmark (IFPI){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-11-13.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=16|issue=46|page=11|date=13 November 1999|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=28 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928232722/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-11-13.pdf|url-status=live}}

|2

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-03-11.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=11|page=11|date=11 March 2000|access-date=8 February 2020|archive-date=9 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609145718/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-03-11.pdf|url-status=live}}

|7

scope="row"{{single chart|France|21|artist=S Club 7|song=Bring It All Back|access-date=28 July 2012}}
scope="row"{{single chart|Germany|6|artist=S Club 7|song=Bring It All Back|songid=4161|access-date=10 October 2018}}
scope="row"{{single chart|Ireland2|3|song=Bring It All Back|access-date=21 November 2019}}
scope="row"{{single chart|Dutch40|4|artist=S Club 7|song=Bring It All Back|week=12|year=2000|access-date=28 July 2012}}
scope="row"{{single chart|Dutch100|3|artist=S Club 7|song=Bring It All Back|access-date=27 May 2019}}
scope="row"{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=S Club 7|song=Bring It All Back|access-date=28 July 2012}}
scope="row"{{single chart|Scotland|1|date=19990619|access-date=28 July 2012}}
scope="row"{{single chart|Spain|4|artist=S Club 7|song=Bring It All Back|access-date=28 July 2012}}
scope="row"{{single chart|Sweden|9|artist=S Club 7|song=Bring It All Back|access-date=28 July 2012}}
scope="row"{{single chart|Switzerland|2|artist=S Club 7|song=Bring It All Back|access-date=28 July 2012}}
scope="row"{{single chart|UK|1|date=19990619|access-date=28 July 2012}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!scope="col"|Chart (1999)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1999/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1999|publisher=ARIA|access-date=1 June 2021|archive-date=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701131810/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1999/singles-chart|url-status=live}}

|14

scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1999-12-31|title=End of Year Top 50 Singles 1999|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=21 November 2019|archive-date=21 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221191016/https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1999-12-31|url-status=live}}

|4

scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100){{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-1999.html|title=Romanian Top 100: Top of the Year 1999|publisher=Romanian Top 100|language=ro|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122081829/http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-1999.html|archive-date=22 January 2005}}

|100

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/assets/files/yearly%20best%20selling%20singles.pdf|title=Yearly Best Selling Singles|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|page=1|year=1999|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018142431/http://www.bpi.co.uk/assets/files/yearly%20best%20selling%20singles.pdf|archive-date=18 October 2012|access-date=28 July 2012}}

|11

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!scope="col"|Chart (2000)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2000/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2000|publisher=ARIA|access-date=1 June 2021|archive-date=5 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105095751/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2000/singles-chart|url-status=live}}

|56

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2000|title=Rapports annuels 2000|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=27 May 2019|archive-date=19 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019012249/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2000|url-status=live}}

|32

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-12-23.pdf|title=Year in Focus – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 2000|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=52|page=9|date=23 December 2000|access-date=8 February 2020|archive-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615122244/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-12-23.pdf|url-status=live}}

|56

scope="row"|Germany (Media Control){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2000|title=Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 2000|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=8 February 2020|archive-date=9 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509005435/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2000|url-status=live}}

|70

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|title=Top 40 – Jaargang 36, 1996|url=http://www.top40web.nl/jaarlijsten/jr2000.html|work=Dutch Top 40|publisher=Stichting Nederlandse Top 40|language=nl|access-date=28 July 2012|archive-date=14 March 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040314144452/http://www.top40web.nl/jaarlijsten/jr2000.html|url-status=live}}

|26

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2000&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2000|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=27 May 2019|archive-date=18 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018035306/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2000&cat=s|url-status=live}}

|19

scope="row"|Sweden (Hitlistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2000&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 2000|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=1 June 2021|archive-date=5 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605154838/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2000&dspp=1|url-status=live}}

|60

scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2000|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2000|language=de|access-date=21 November 2019|archive-date=4 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704105559/http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2000|url-status=live}}

|32

=Decade-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!scope="col"|Chart (2000–2009)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/decennium.asp?cat=s&dec=00|title=Decennium Charts – Singles 2000–2009|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=3 May 2022|archive-date=14 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814001533/https://dutchcharts.nl/decennium.asp?cat=s&dec=00|url-status=live}}

|100

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1999|certyear=1999|access-date=18 July 2012}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=single|award=Gold|certyear=2000|relyear=1999}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|type=single|artist=S Club 7|title=Bring It All Back|award=Gold|relyear=1999|certyear=2000}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|award=Gold|artist=S Club|title=Bring It All Back|relyear=1999|source=radioscope|access-date=May 13, 2025|certyear=2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2000|relmonth=11|certyear=2000|access-date=28 July 2012}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=S Club 7|title=Bring It All Back|award=Platinum|relyear=1999|certyear=1999|id=1095-1304-1|salesamount=675,000|salesref={{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/s-club-7-s-official-top-10-best-selling-singles__9147/|title=S Club 7's Official Top 10 Best Selling Singles|last=Myers|first=Justin|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=9 May 2015|access-date=9 May 2015|archive-date=10 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510225052/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/s-club-7-s-official-top-10-best-selling-singles__9147/|url-status=live}}|access-date=21 November 2020}}

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Cover versions

The song was covered by Taiwanese pop singer Jolin Tsai and re-titled "Don't Stop" for the 2000 album Don't Stop. Korean girl group GFriend also covered the song at various music festivals.{{cn|date=June 2023}} On 21 May 2021, Lucy Spraggan released her cover.{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0oS4dOUSfRK6PkD6gPI6gL?si=D18rwKmsRdKcf7AIDGZhCg&dl_branch=1|title=Bring It All Back|work=Spotify|date=21 May 2021|access-date=29 June 2021|archive-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629203248/https://open.spotify.com/album/0oS4dOUSfRK6PkD6gPI6gL?si=D18rwKmsRdKcf7AIDGZhCg&dl_branch=1|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/lspraggan/status/1395664503698829318|title=My cover of 'BRING IT ALL BACK' is out now! I was sitting at the piano and looked up the lyrics of the song, they are actually quite poignant. I love that song. It's a bop! Let me know what you think!|work=Twitter|date=21 May 2021|access-date=29 June 2021|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831055225/https://twitter.com/lspraggan/status/1395664503698829318|url-status=live}}

References

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Category:1999 songs

Category:1999 debut singles

Category:Music television series theme songs

Category:Number-one singles in Scotland

Category:Polydor Records singles

Category:S Club 7 songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Eliot Kennedy

Category:Songs written by Eliot Kennedy

Category:Songs written by Mike Percy (musician)

Category:Songs written by Tim Lever

Category:UK singles chart number-one singles