"Bring It All Back" is the debut single of Britishpop groupS Club 7. It was co-written by S Club 7,Eliot Kennedy,Mike Percy andTim Lever for the group's debut studio albumS Club (1999). Kennedy, Percy, and Lever also produced the song. It was released on 7 June 1999 as the album's leadsingle. "Bring It All Back" was used as the theme for the band's firstCBBC seriesMiami 7 as well.
"Bring It All Back" was a chart success, reaching the top spot in the United Kingdom and New Zealand whilst also peaking within the top ten in Ireland and Sweden. The song was released in North America on 28 September 1999, shortly before their television showMiami 7 became popular in the United States. By May 2015 it had sold 675,000 copies in the UK.[2]
"Bring It All Back" is notable for being the only S Club 7 single on which all four female members share lead vocals. The first verse is shared byJo O'Meara andRachel Stevens, while the second verse is split betweenTina Barrett andHannah Spearritt.Bradley McIntosh,Jon Lee andPaul Cattermole provide backing vocals and additional vocals on the final chorus. The single contains an extended version of the track with an additional refrain and chorus, as well as a club remix byK-Klass, which appears on all international versions of the single.
The single also contains two B-sides, "So Right" and "Hello Friend". "So Right" features in the sixth episode ofMiami 7, and as a bonus track on the Japanese version of the band's debut album, and is an up-tempoR&B number. "Hello Friend", a ballad duet between O'Meara and Lee with additional backing vocals, was one of only three songs from the band's debut album era not performed duringMiami 7, alongside "Our Time Has Come" and "Friday Night". However, it was later performed duringViva S Club to mark Cattermole's departure from the band. It was later added to the setlist of theBring It All Back 2015 tour as an intimate duet between O'Meara and Lee.
Music Week selected the single as "Recommended" ahead of its release, saying "It's a tough week on the release front, but this could be the debut of the year so far ... manager Simon Fuller and Polydor boss Lucian Grainge have turned to a trio of proven songwriters - among themSpice Girls contributor Eliot Kennedy - to produce this fun-filled, uptempo pop outing."[3]Daily Record commented, "The latest catchy lite pop offering from the latest band whose pigeon hole is marked manufactured. More catchy than sticky willies."[4] In 2017,ShortList's Dave Fawbert listed 'Bring It All Back' as containing "one of the greatestkey changes in music history".[5]
Two music videos exist for the track. The first, recorded for use in the British and Australian markets, features newly recorded scenes of the band performing the track on a beach stage inMiami, recorded during the filming ofMiami 7, as well as additional montage clips from several episodes of the series. The end of the video shows a group of people watching the band as the cameras pull away. Most notably, there are two beach stage scenes in the video that show Barrett with a different hairstyle compared to the rest of the video. This version of the video was shown for the first time on the British music chart showTop of the Pops on 30 April 1999, with S Club 7 introducing it following a short interview withJamie Theakston.[6]
The second video was recorded for use in the United States, and features scenes of the band performing the song in an American trailer park (recorded during the filming of the band's TV specialBoyfriends and Birthdays), as well as in a courtroom, scenes taken from episode 10 ofMiami 7, "Court in the Act". The video also features clips of the band performing the song poolside, which are taken from the opening credits of the series.[7]
The song was covered by Taiwanese pop singerJolin Tsai and re-titled "Don't Stop" for the 2000 albumDon't Stop. Korean girl groupGFriend also covered the song at various music festivals.[citation needed] On 21 May 2021,Lucy Spraggan released her cover.[52][53]
^Bring It All Back (UK CD2 liner notes). S Club 7. Polydor Records. 1999. 561 087-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Bring It All Back (UK cassette single sleeve). S Club 7. Polydor Records. 1999. 561 086-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Bring It All Back (Australian CD single liner notes). S Club 7. Polydor Records. 1999. 561 189-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^"Eurochart Hot 100 Singles"(PDF).Music & Media. Vol. 17, no. 11. 11 March 2000. p. 11.Archived(PDF) from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved8 February 2020.
