Whole Again

"Whole Again"
"Whole Again"
Single by Atomic Kitten
from the album Right Now
B-side	"Holiday"; "Locomotion";
Released	29 January 2001
Studio	Motor Museum (Liverpool); Wise Buddah (London);
Length	3:03
Label	Innocent; Virgin;
Songwriter(s)	Andy McCluskey; Stuart Kershaw; Jem Godfrey; Bill Padley;
Producer(s)	Engine
Atomic Kitten singles chronology
Music video
	"Whole Again" on YouTube
Audio sample
	Whole Again file; help;

"Whole Again" is a song by British girl group Atomic Kitten for their debut studio album, Right Now (2000). It was co-written by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark members and Atomic Kitten founders Andy McCluskey and Stuart Kershaw, along with Jem Godfrey and Bill Padley, with production helmed by McCluskey and Kershaw under their production moniker Engine. Godfrey and Padley are credited as additional producers.

It is the group's biggest selling single to date and was the final single to feature founding member Kerry Katona, who left the group midway through promoting the single. "Whole Again" was the first single released from the album in Europe and South Africa. It was a massive success, reaching number one in several countries and selling over a million copies in the UK alone.^[1]

The four writers were nominated for the Ivor Novello Award for excellence in songwriting,^[2] and Billboard ranked the track number 96 on their list of the "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time".^[3] Multiple artists, including OMD, have covered the song. Following the departure of Katona, she was replaced a few days later by Jenny Frost of fellow English girl group Precious, just after the single topped the UK Singles Chart. As a result, the music video was reshot and Frost's vocals appeared on the reissue of Right Now.

^ Lane, Daniel (27 June 2013). "Daft Punk's Get Lucky becomes one of the UK's biggest selling singles of all-time!". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
^ "Gray and Healy battle for Ivors". BBC News. 23 April 2002. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
^ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved 11 July 2017.

[1] Lane, Daniel (27 June 2013). "Daft Punk's Get Lucky becomes one of the UK's biggest selling singles of all-time!". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

[2] "Gray and Healy battle for Ivors". BBC News. 23 April 2002. Retrieved 19 September 2010.

[3] "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved 11 July 2017.

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