Forever Now (Ne-Yo song)

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"Forever Now"
NeYo - Forever Now single.jpg
Single by Ne-Yo
from the album R.E.D.
ReleasedNovember 23, 2012
Genre Dance-pop
Length3:41
Label Motown
Songwriter(s) Shaffer Smith, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor E. Hermansen, Paul Baumer, Maarten Hoogstraten, Allen Arthur, Clayton Reilly, Keith Justice
Producer(s) Bingo Players, StarGate, Phatboiz
Ne-Yo singles chronology
"Don't Make Em Like You"
(2012)
"Forever Now"
(2012)
"Play Hard"
(2013)

"Forever Now" is a song performed by American singer-songwriter Ne-Yo, taken from his fifth studio album, R.E.D. (2012). It was released on November 23, 2012 by Motown Records as the second international single and fourth overall single from the album. [1] Ne-Yo co-wrote the song with its producers, StarGate, Bingo Players, Phatboiz.

Contents

Ne-Yo first performed "Forever Now" on The X Factor Germany on November 25, 2012. The music video was filmed in October 2012 by director Ryan Pallotta and was released on November 30, 2012. [2] [3]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Forever Now"3:41

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2012–13)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [4] 51
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [5] 73
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) [6] 19
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia) [7] 4
France (SNEP) [8] 140
Germany (Official German Charts) [9] 64
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [10] 46
UK Singles (OCC) [11] 31
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard )7
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs ( Billboard ) [12] 12
US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) [13] 35
US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [14] 21

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)Position
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard) [15] 43

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
GermanyNovember 23, 2012 [16] Digital downloadMotown
United KingdomDecember 2, 2012 [17]
United StatesFebruary 12, 2013 Mainstream, [18] rhythmic airplay [19]

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