Whatever Will Be (song) explained

Whatever Will Be
Cover:	Tammin Sursok - Whatever Will Be (song).jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Tammin
Album:	Whatever Will Be
B-Side:	Around the World
Released:	^[1]
Studio:	The Location (Stockholm, Sweden)
Length:	3:47
Label:	Random, Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Producer:	Jake Schulze, Kalle Engström, Carl Falk
Prev Title:	Pointless Relationship
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	It's a Beautiful Thing
Next Year:	2005

"Whatever Will Be" is the second song released by Australian actress Tammin from her first album, Whatever Will Be (2005). Issued as a CD single on 28 March 2005, "Whatever Will Be" reached number 13 on the Australian Singles Chart. Vanessa Hudgens covered the song on her debut studio album, V (2006).

Background

The song is about how you should not take life too seriously and just to take every day as it comes. It is about how you should not regret the past and look towards the future.

Chart performance

On 4 April 2005, "Whatever Will Be" made its official debut on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number 13. On 11 April, the song dropped 11 spots, to number 24. It spent a further eight weeks rising and falling within the top 30 until leaving the top 30 on 19 June and the top 50 on 17 July.

Track listing

Australian CD single^[2]

1. "Whatever Will Be"
2. "Whatever Will Be" (Metro mix)
3. "Whatever Will Be" (Location mix)
4. "Around the World"
5. "Pointless Relationship" (video)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Whatever Will Be liner notes.^[3]

Studios

• Recorded and mixed at The Location (Stockholm, Sweden)
• Mastered at Studio 301 (Sydney, Australia)

Personnel

• Jake Schulze – writing, all other instruments, programming, production, recording, mixing, arrangement
• Savan Kotecha – writing, Hyperboard extension engineering
• Carl Falk – writing, all other instruments, programming, production, recording, arrangement
• Anna Nordell – background vocals
• Jurl – background vocals
• Linnea – background vocals
• Sebastian Thott – acoustic guitars
• Karl Engström – electric guitars
• Tomas Lindberg – bass
• Kalle Engström – all other instruments, programming, production, recording, mixing, arrangement
• Ray Hedges – remixing
• Don Bartley – mastering

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Web site: The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 28th March 2005. ARIA. 29. 28 March 2005. dead. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222438/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050420-0000/issue787.pdf. 22 February 2008. 21 May 2021.
2. Whatever Will Be. Tammin. 2005. Australian CD single liner notes. Random Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment. 675834.2.
3. Whatever Will Be. Whatever Will Be. Tammin. 2005. Australian CD album liner notes. Columbia Records, Random Records. 5200272000.
4. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2005. ARIA. 21 May 2021.