Never Say Never (EP)

"Never Say Never"

Single by Romeo Void
from the album Benefactor
Released	1982
Format	12-inch single
Recorded	1981
Genre	Post-punk, new wave
Length	5:53 / 6:05 / 3:27
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Debora Iyall
Producer(s)	Ric Ocasek, Ian Taylor

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EP by Romeo Void

Released

1981

Recorded

December 1981

Genre

New wave

Length

20:23

Label

415

Producer

Ian Taylor, Ric Ocasek

Romeo Void chronology

It's a Condition
(1981)

Never Say Never (EP)
(1981)

Benefactor
(1982)

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Robert Christgau	B+

"Never Say Never" is a 1982 song by the new wave band Romeo Void. One of their best-known songs, "Never Say Never" was a favorite on early MTV, featuring a music video filmed in black and white using film noir motifs. The song is driven by a throbbing, funky bassline and punctuated by jagged guitar and saxophone, incorporating post-punk influences.

The song was featured in the 1984 film Reckless starring Aidan Quinn as a football star and renegade. Quinn's character takes over the school dance's DJ booth to play the single, much to the dismay of all his classmates. A dance sequence ensues with Quinn's character moshing about while a somewhat distraught Daryl Hannah tries to figure out how to dance with him. The song is also featured in the 2002 videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as part of the new wave radio station Wave 103. Also, a small segment of the song was featured in a scene of the film Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. It also was included in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street. In 2016, it was featured in the show Ash vs Evil Dead during a scene of the season 2 episode Trapped Inside.

An EP by American new wave band Romeo Void was released in 1981. It was released on CD in 2006 by Wounded Bird Records, as four bonus tracks to their reissue of Benefactor.

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