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{{Short description|2001 single by Blaque}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = Can't Get It Back
| cover         = Can't Get It Back.jpg
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Blaque]]
| album         = [[Blaque Out]]
| released      = {{start date|2001|10|16}}<ref name="radio"/>
| length        = 4:31
| label         = {{flatlist|
*[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
*[[Trackmasters Entertainment|Trackmasters]]}}
| writer        = {{flatlist|
*[[Salaam Remi]]
*Marlon Williams
*Hernst Bellevue
*Aubrey Gravatt
*Joseph Freeman
*Theodore Life
*[[Natina Reed]]}}
| producer      = Remi
| prev_title    = As If
| prev_year     = 2000
| next_title    = [[I'm Good (Blaque song)|I'm Good]]
| next_year     = 2003
}}

"'''Can't Get It Back'''" is a song by American recording group [[Blaque]]. It was written by [[Salaam Remi]], Marlon Williams, and Hernst "StayBent" Bellevue, and band member [[Natina Reed]] for the group's second album, ''[[Blaque Out]]'' (2002). Production was helmed by Remi with co-production from Bellevue. The song samples from the song "We're Going to a Party" (1977) by American R&B singer [[Evelyn "Champagne" King]]. Due to the inclusion of the sample, Aubrey Gravatt, Joseph Freeman, and Theodore Life are also credited as songwriters. "Can't Get It Back" was released as the first single on October 16, 2001, in the United States where it peaked at 91 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart.<ref name="Billboardrandbhiphop"/> With ''Blaque Out'' eventually being shelved, "Can't Get It Back" was later re-recorded, remixed, and released by British girl group [[Mis-Teeq]] in 2003.<ref name="UKSingles"/>

==Music video==
A music video for the song was shot in Los Angeles, California, and directed by [[Liz Friedlander]]. The video was set to feature the girls dancing in separate apartments, throwing tantrums where they ripped pictures and discarded memories of their love interests. Due to undisclosed reasons, [[Columbia Records]] shelved the video; in 2010, a 30-second clip of the cancelled video leaked via [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/z-kqamN1-kc| archive-date = December 11, 2021| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-kqamN1-kc| title = Blaque - Can't Get it Back (unreleased video clip) | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Remixes==
A [[Trackmasters]] remix, produced by [[Poke and Tone]], featuring [[Royce da 5'9"]], was included on the trio's promo vinyl pressing of the single. The remix was also featured on the 2007 and 2011 [[iTunes]] versions of ''[[Blaque Out]]''.

==Track listings==
All tracks written by [[Salaam Remi]], Marlon Williams, Hernst Bellevue, Aubrey Gravatt, Joseph Freeman, Theodore Life, and [[Natina Reed]].<ref name="liner notes_blaque"/>
{{track listing
| headline        = US CD single
| extra_column    = Producer(s)

| title1          = Can't Get It Back
| note1           = LP Version
| extra1          = {{hlist|Remi|Staybent{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length1         = 4:07

| title2          = Can't Get It Back
| note2           = Instrumental
| extra2          = {{hlist|Remi|Staybent{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length2         = 4:02

| title3          = Can't Get It Back
| note3           = Clean A-Cappella
| extra3          = {{hlist|Remi|Staybent{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length3         = 4:05
}}
'''Notes'''
* <sup>{{note|a|[a]}}</sup> denotes co-producer
'''Sample credits'''
* "Can't Get It Back" contains excerpts from "We're Going to a Party" (1977) as performed by [[Evelyn "Champagne" King]].

== Credits and personnel ==
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of ''Blaque Out''.<ref name="liner notes_blaque">{{cite AV media notes |title=Blaque Out|others=[[Blaque]] |year=2002 |type=liner notes |publisher=[[Columbia Records]]}}</ref>
{{div col}}
* Hernst "StayBent" Bellevue – co-production, keyboards, writing
* [[Shamari Fears]] – vocals
* Joseph Freeman – writing (sample)
* Aubrey Gravatt – writing (sample)
* Theodore Life – writing (sample)
* Gary Noble – mixing engineer
* [[Chris Gehringer]] – mastering engineer
* [[Natina Reed]] – vocals, writing
* [[Salaam Remi]] – arrangement, production, writing
* Brandi Williams – vocals
{{div col end}}

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (2001)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|91|artist=Mis-Teeq|song=Can't Get It Back|artistid=119457|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 4, 2013|refname="Billboardrandbhiphop"}}
|}

== Release history ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ "Can't Get It Back" release history
! scope="col" |Region
! scope="col" |Date
! scope="col" |Format(s)
! scope="col" |Label(s)
! scope="col" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" |United States
| rowspan="1" |October 16, 2001
| {{hlist|[[Rhythmic contemporary|Rhythmic contemporary radio]]|[[urban contemporary radio]]}}
| rowspan="2" | {{hlist|[[Trackmasters]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]}}
|{{center|<ref name="radio">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2001/RR-2001-10-12.pdf|title=Going For Adds|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|pages=53, 63|date=October 12, 2001}}</ref>}}
|-
|December 11, 2001
|[[Twelve-inch single|12-inch vinyl single]]
|{{center|<ref>{{cite web|title=Blaque - Can't Get Back |url=https://www.amazon.com/Cant-Get-Back-Vinyl-Blaque/dp/B00005UF2Q |publisher=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] |access-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref>}}
|}

==Mis-Teeq version==
{{Infobox song
| name          = Can't Get It Back
| cover         = Mis-teeq-can't-get-it.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Mis-Teeq]]
| album         = [[Eye Candy (album)|Eye Candy]]
| B-side        = 
| released      = {{start date|2003|6|30}}
| recorded      = 
| studio        = 
| venue         = 
| genre         = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres -->
| length        = * 4:04 (album version)
* 3:34 (Ignorantz remix)
| label         = [[Telstar Records|Telstar]]
| writer        = * Remi
* Williams
* Bellevue
* Gravatt
* Freeman
* Life
* [[Alesha Dixon]]
| producer      = Remi
| prev_title    = [[Scandalous (Mis-Teeq song)|Scandalous]]
| prev_year     = 2003
| next_title    = [[Style (Mis-Teeq song)|Style]]
| next_year     = 2003
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|uQ0REmxXYFM|"Can't Get It Back"}}|header=Music video}}
}}
In 2002, [[Mis-Teeq]] re-recorded "Can't Get It Back" for their second album ''[[Eye Candy (album)|Eye Candy]]'' (2003), including a modified introduction and a re-written bridge, written and performed by the group's member [[Alesha Dixon]]. The single was the group's seventh consecutive top-10 hit, peaking at number 8 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="UKSingles"/> When it came to "[[Scandalous (Mis-Teeq song)|Scandalous]]"'s follow-up release in June 2003, the group and their label [[Telstar Records]] decided to use a remixed version of "Can't Get It Back" as the official single version and instead the Ignorantz Remix was included in the video.

===Track listings===
{{track listing
| headline        = UK CD1
| extra_column    = Producer(s)

| title1          = Can't Get It Back
| note1           = Ignorants Radio Edit
| writer1         = {{hlist|[[Salaam Remi]]|Marlon Williams|Hernst Bellevue|Aubrey Gravatt|Joseph Freeman|Theodore Life|[[Alesha Dixon]]}}
| extra1          = {{hlist|Remi|Staybent{{ref|a|[a]}}|Trell and Marshall{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length1         = 3:38

| title2          = Can't Get It Back
| note2           = Delinquent Remix
| writer2         = {{hlist|Remi|Williams|Bellevue|Gravatt|Freeman|Life|Dixon}}
| extra2          = {{hlist|Remi|Staybent{{ref|a|[a]}}|Delinquent{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length2         = 5:12

| title3          = [[Scandalous (Mis-Teeq song)|Scandalous]]
| note3           = Rudeness Vocal Remix
| writer3         = {{hlist|Dixon|Eriksen|Hermansen|[[Sabrina Washington]]|[[Su-Elise Nash]]}}
| extra3          = {{hlist|[[Stargate (record producers)|Stargate]]|Derrick McKenzie{{ref|b|[b]}}|Paul Stoney{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length3         = 6:21

| title4          = Can't Get It Back
| note4           = Music video
| length4         = 3:38
}}

{{track listing
| headline        = UK CD2
| extra_column    = Producer(s)

| title1          = Can't Get It Back
| note1           = Johnny Toobad Club Mix
| writer1         = {{hlist|Remi|Williams|Bellevue|Gravatt|Freeman|Life|Dixon}}
| extra1          = {{hlist|Remi|Staybent{{ref|a|[a]}}|Johnny Toobad{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length1         = 6:06

| title2          = Can't Get It Back
| note2           = Sticky Remix
| writer2         = {{hlist|Remi|Williams|Bellevue|Gravatt|Freeman|Life|Dixon}}
| extra2          = {{hlist|Remi|Staybent{{ref|a|[a]}}|[[Sticky (musician)|Sticky]]{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length2         = 5:58

| title3          = Can't Get It Back
| note3           = Album Version
| writer3         = {{hlist|Remi|Staybent{{ref|a|[a]}}|Williams|Bellevue|Gravatt|Freeman|Life|Dixon}}
| extra3          = Remi
| length3         = 4:07
}}
'''Notes'''
* <sup>{{note|a|[a]}}</sup> denotes co-producer
* <sup>{{note|b|[b]}}</sup> denotes additional producer
'''Sample credits'''
* "Can't Get It Back (Album Version)" samples from "We're Going to a Party" (1977) as performed by [[Evelyn "Champagne" King]].

===Credits and personnel===
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of ''Eye Candy''.<ref name="liner notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Eye Candy|others=[[Mis-Teeq]] |year=2003 |type=liner notes |publisher=[[Telstar Records]]}}</ref>
{{div col}}
* Hernst "StayBent" Bellevue – co-production, keyboards, writing
* [[Alesha Dixon]] – vocals, writing
* Joseph Freeman – writing (sample)
* Aubrey Gravatt – writing (sample)
* [[Angela Hunte]] – vocal production
* Theodore Life – writing (sample)
* Marley Marl  – drum programming
* [[Su-Elise Nash]] – vocals
* Gary Noble – engineering
* [[Salaam Remi]] – arrangement, production, writing
* [[Sabrina Washington]] – vocals
* Marlon Williams – writing
{{div col end}}

===Charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (2003)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Australiapandora|80|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030806140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20030807-0000/Issue701.pdf|urltitle=ARIA Top 100 Singles - Week Commencing July 28, 2003|artist=Mis-Teeq|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 23, 2015}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|48|artist=Mis-Teeq|song=Can't Get It Back|week=33|year=2003|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 3, 2013}}
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia Tip|6|artist=Mis-Teeq|song=Can't Get It Back|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 21, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Ireland|14|artist=Mis-Teeq|song=Can't Get It Back|week=33|year=2003|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 3, 2013}}
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|9|date=20030706|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 21, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|8|date=20030706|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 21, 2023|refname="UKSingles"}}
|-
{{single chart|UKrandb|3|date=20030706|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 21, 2023}}
|}

===Release history===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release dates and formats for "Can't Get It Back"
|-
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format
! scope="col"| Label
! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope="row"| United Kingdom
| June 30, 2003
| rowspan="2"| [[CD single]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Telstar Records|Telstar]]
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2003/Music-Week-2003-06-28.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 30 June 2003: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=31|date=June 28, 2003|access-date=September 6, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| Australia
| July 21, 2003
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue700.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 21st July 2003|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|page=25|date=July 21, 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030806140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20030807-0000/Issue700.pdf|archive-date=August 6, 2003|access-date=March 20, 2025}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Blaque}}
{{Mis-Teeq}}

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[[Category:2001 songs]]
[[Category:2001 singles]]
[[Category:2003 singles]]
[[Category:Blaque songs]]
[[Category:Mis-Teeq songs]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by Liz Friedlander]]
[[Category:Songs written by Salaam Remi]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Salaam Remi]]
[[Category:Columbia Records singles]]
[[Category:Telstar Records singles]]
[[Category:Reprise Records singles]]