Never Be Your Woman

Album: Hotel Cabana (2010)
Charted: 8
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Songfacts®:

  • This UK funky cut is based around White Town's 1997 UK chart-topper "Your Woman," which itself samples British singer Al Bowlly's 1930s number "My Woman."
  • The song features Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé', who previously co-wrote and appeared on Chipmunk's 2009 hit "Diamond Rings."
  • The song is actually credited to "Naughty Boy Presents Wiley featuring Emeli Sandé." Naughty Boy is a producer who previously collaborated with Sandé on "Diamond Rings."

    Wiley is a rapper who first rose to fame as a grime MC, before releasing mainstream singles such as the 2008 hit "Wearing My Rolex."

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