"Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up", with Color Me Badd

Color Me Badd

Color Me Badd was an R&B vocal group that was formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. The original members of the group were Bryan Abrams ; Mark Calderon ; Sam Watters and Kevin Thornton...

 providing background vocals, is the third and final single from Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul

Paula Julie Abdul is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.In the 1980s, Abdul rose from cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to highly sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era before scoring a string of pop music-R&B hits...

's album, Head over Heels

Head Over Heels (Paula Abdul album)

-Personnel:**Adapted From allmusic*Paula Abdul: All Lead Vocals*Bryan Abrams, Cha'n Andre, Robb Boldt, Robbie J. Brown, Mark Calderon, Cindy & Janie Cruse, Valerie & Worthy Davis, Bruce DeShazer, Ofra Haza, Marva King, Tanya Smith, Sandra St...

. A fourth single, "If I Were Your Girl

If I Were Your Girl

"If I Were Your Girl" is a ballad that was supposed to be the 4th single from Paula Abdul's album, Head Over Heels. It was written by Crystal Bernard and Rhett Lawrence.The song was included on both of Paula's greatest hits albums.-Promo CD:...

,"was released. The song was written by Bryan Abrams, Curtis "Fitz" Williams, Elliot Wolff, Howie Tee, Kevin Thornton, and Mark Calderon.

Song information

Both the single and video received very little airplay on radio, MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

 and VH1

VH1

VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

, explaining why the song failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

. Instead, it reached the Bubbling Under chart, peaking at #12 (equivalent to #112 on the Hot 100). The single also peaked at #57 in Australia and narrowly missed the top 30 in Canada.

The single became Abdul's first single that failed to enter the Hot 100.

Abdul performed this song live only once in "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno. She did a very jazzy-fun version for the presentation.

Track listings and formats

US 5" CD

1 Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up - Single Edit (Bryan Abrams; Curtis "Fitz" Williams; Elliot Wolff; Howie Tee; Kevin Thornton; Mark Calderon)3:27

2 Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up - Livingsting Remix 3:57

3 Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up - Livingsting Club Mix 4:09

4 Love Don't Come Easy - LP (Paula Abdul; Da'Count; Eric Monsanty; Howard Hersh; Iki Levy; Robb Boldt) 4:14

Chart performance

Chart (1996)	Peak position
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100...	12
Australian Singles Chart	57
Canadian Singles Chart	32