Not Over You Yet Explained

Not Over You Yet
Cover:Not_Over_YOu_Yet%2C_single_cover.jpeg
Caption:UK single cover
Type:single
Artist:Diana Ross
Album:Every Day Is a New Day
B-Side:Drop the Mask
Released:[1]
Studio:
  • Zavy Workshop
  • Carriage House
Length:4:03
Label:
Producer:
  • 'Zavy Kid' Malik Pendleton
  • Brian Rawling, Mark Taylor (remix)
Prev Title:I Will Survive
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Goin' Back
Next Year:2001

"Not Over You Yet" is a song by American singer Diana Ross from her 20th studio album, Every Day Is a New Day (1999). It was written by 'Zavy Kid' Malik Pendleton and Kenneth Kelly and produced by the former, Brian Rawling, and Mark Taylor. EMI and Ross Records released the song as the second single from the album on October 25, 1999. It was her final hit single of the 1990s in the United Kingdom, peaking at number nine on the UK Singles Chart. The single also reached number six in Hungary, and number 67 in Germany, and number 74 in the Netherlands. A music video was produced for promotional purposes. Ross performed the song on the ITV special An Audience with Diana Ross, recreating elements of the music video with choreography.

Critical reception

The Daily Vault's Mark Millan wrote that it is "definitely the album's strongest and most focused track". He added that Ross "once again delivers a heartfelt reading of the personalized lyric, 'You were the first who ever brought me out / Showed me what life and love was all about / Gave me things that I never need / You're in my thoughts, my every dream'."[2] Paul Willistein from The Morning Call noted that the singer "gets jiggy wit' the loopy 'Not Over You Yet'".[3] Kitty Empire from NME called it "some grown-up housey garagey disco-y nonsense that's really of no great consequence."[4] Chuck Campbell from Scripps Howard News Service described it as a "moderately hypnotic" song, "prodded by a politely percolating mechanical loop."[5]

Track listings

  1. "Not Over You Yet" (Metro radio edit) – 4:03
  2. "Not Over You Yet" (original radio edit) – 3:40
  3. "Drop the Mask" – 4:46
  1. "Not Over You Yet" (Metro radio edit) – 4:03
  2. "Not Over You Yet" (Dronez Mix) – 6:55
  3. "Not Over You Yet" (Sharp Diamond vocal mix) – 7:12
  1. "Not Over You Yet" (Metro radio edit)
  2. "Not Over You Yet" (original album version)

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[10] 40
Hungary (Mahasz)[11] 6

Notes and References

  1. New Releases – For Week Starting 25 October, 1999: Singles. Music Week. 31. October 23, 1999. July 24, 2021.
  2. Web site: Mark. Millan. Diana Ross – Every Day Is a New Day. The Daily Vault. 19 August 2009. February 25, 2020.
  3. Willistein, Paul (5 June 1999). "Disc Reviews". p. A58. The Morning Call.
  4. Web site: This Week's Singles October 16 1999. Empire. Kitty. NME. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20001004084802/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/singles231099.html. October 4, 2000. November 24, 2020.
  5. Campbell, Chuck (June 1999). "Diana Ross' 'New Day' gets a 'no way' verdict". Scripps Howard News Service.
  6. Not Over You Yet. Diana Ross. 1999. UK CD1 liner notes. EMI Records, Ross Records. CDEMS 553, 7243 8 87688 2 5.
  7. Not Over You Yet. Diana Ross. 1999. UK cassette single sleeve. EMI Records, Ross Records. TCEM553, 7243 8 87688 4 9.
  8. Not Over You Yet. Diana Ross. 1999. UK CD2 liner notes. EMI Records, Ross Records. CDEM 553, 7243 8 87689 2 4.
  9. Not Over You Yet. Diana Ross. 1999. European CD single liner notes. EMI Records, Ross Records. 7243 8 87780 2 2.
  10. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 16. 46. 9. November 13, 1999. May 7, 2018.
  11. Top National Sellers. Music & Media. 16. 45. 23. November 6, 1999. May 7, 2018.