Can't Get It Back

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"Can't Get It Back"
Can't Get It Back.jpg
Single by Blaque
from the album Blaque Out
ReleasedOctober 16, 2001 [1]
Length4:31
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Remi
Blaque singles chronology
"As If"
(2000)
"Can't Get It Back"
(2001)
"I'm Good"
(2003)

"Can't Get It Back" is a song by American recording group Blaque. It was written by Salaam Remi, Marlon Williams, and Hernst "StayBent" Bellevue, and band member Natina Reed for the group's second album, Blaque Out (2002). Production was helmed by Remi with co-production from Bellevue. The song samples from the song "We're Going to a Party" (1977) by American R&B singer Evelyn "Champagne" King. Due to the inclusion of the sample, Aubrey Gravatt, Joseph Freeman, and Theodore Life are also credited as songwriters. "Can't Get It Back" was released as the first single on October 16, 2001 in the United States where it peaked at 91 on Billboard 's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. [2] With Blaque Out eventually being shelved, "Can't Get It Back" was later re-recorded, remixed, and released by British girl group Mis-Teeq in 2003. [3]

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Music video

A music video for the song was shot in Los Angeles, California, and directed by Liz Friedlander. The video was set to feature the girls dancing in separate apartments, throwing tantrums where they ripped pictures and discarded memories of their love interests. Due to undisclosed reasons, Columbia Records shelved the video; in 2010, a 30-second clip of the cancelled video leaked via YouTube. [4]

Remixes

A Trackmasters remix, produced by Poke and Tone, featuring Royce da 5'9", was included on the trio's promo vinyl pressing of the single. The remix was also featured on the 2007 and 2011 iTunes versions of Blaque Out .

Track listings

All tracks written by Salaam Remi, Marlon Williams, Hernst Bellevue, Aubrey Gravatt, Joseph Freeman, Theodore Life, and Natina Reed. [5]

US CD single
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Can't Get It Back" (LP Version)
  • Remi
  • Staybent [a]
4:07
2."Can't Get It Back" (Instrumental)
  • Remi
  • Staybent [a]
4:02
3."Can't Get It Back" (Clean A-Cappella)
  • Remi
  • Staybent [a]
4:05

Notes

Sample credits

Personnel and credits

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Blaque Out. [5]

Charts

Chart (2001)Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 91

Release history

"Can't Get It Back" release history
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesOctober 16, 2001
[1]
December 11, 2001 12-inch vinyl single
[6]

Mis-Teeq version

"Can't Get It Back"
Mis-teeq-can't-get-it.jpg
Single by Mis-Teeq
from the album Eye Candy
Released30 June 2003 (2003-06-30)
Length
  • 4:04 (Album Version)
  • 3:34 (Ignorantz Remix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Remi
Mis-Teeq singles chronology
"Scandalous"
(2003)
"Can't Get It Back"
(2003)
"Style"
(2003)

In 2002, Mis-Teeq re-recorded "Can't Get It Back" for their second album Eye Candy (2002), including a modified introduction and a re-written bridge, written and performed by the group's member Alesha Dixon. The single was the group's seventh consecutive top-10 hit, peaking at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. [3] When it came to "Scandalous"'s follow-up release in June 2003, the group and their label Telstar Records decided to use a remixed version of "Can't Get It Back" as the official single version and instead the Ignorantz Remix was included in the video.

Track listings

UK CD1
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Can't Get It Back" (Ignorants Radio Edit)
  • Remi
  • Staybent [a]
  • Trell and Marshall [b]
3:38
2."Can't Get It Back" (Delinquent Remix)
  • Remi
  • Williams
  • Bellevue
  • Gravatt
  • Freeman
  • Life
  • Dixon
  • Remi
  • Staybent [a]
  • Delinquent [b]
5:12
3."Scandalous" (Rudeness Vocal Remix)
6:21
4."Can't Get It Back" (Music video)  3:38
UK CD2
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Can't Get It Back" (Johnny Toobad Club Mix)
  • Remi
  • Williams
  • Bellevue
  • Gravatt
  • Freeman
  • Life
  • Dixon
  • Remi
  • Staybent [a]
  • Johnny Toobad [b]
6:06
2."Can't Get It Back" (Sticky Remix)
  • Remi
  • Williams
  • Bellevue
  • Gravatt
  • Freeman
  • Life
  • Dixon
5:58
3."Can't Get It Back" (Album Version)
  • Remi
  • Staybent [a]
  • Williams
  • Bellevue
  • Gravatt
  • Freeman
  • Life
  • Dixon
Remi4:07

Notes

Sample credits

Personnel and credits

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Eye Candy. [7]

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [8] 80
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [9] 48
Ireland (IRMA) [10] 14
UK Singles (OCC) [3] 8

Release history

"Can't Get It Back" release history
RegionDateFormatLabelRef(s)
United Kingdom30 June 2003 Telstar [11]

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