Never Say Never: The Remixes was released a few days after the documentary Justin Bieber: Never Say Never hit movie screens.
It’s less an album of remixes and much more like a brief collection of alternate versions designed to maximize Bieber’s appeal across genres, with appearances from major R&B, rap, country, and pop artists.
The title song was originally featured in the 2010 remake of The Karate Kid and features guest MC’ing from the movie’s star, Jaden Smith (nearly a dead ringer for Kriss Kross' Mack Daddy, as some parents might notice).
The ballad “That Should Be Me” gets an unsurprisingly natural-sounding country overhaul with Rascal Flatts.
Chris Brown is added as a background vocalist to “Up”; otherwise, the song is identical to the original version on My World 2.0.
A “live” version of “Overboard” is a duet with Miley Cyrus.
There’s one new song, a lukewarm inspirational ballad.
Overall, the release won’t add much to a Bieber fan’s collection, unless it develops into a gateway to the rich discography of Raekwon, who appears with Kanye West on “Runaway Love.”.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never Say NeverN. Atweh | Justin Bieber | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 2 | That Should Be Me | Justin Bieber | Play | 03:50 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 3 | Somebody to Love [Remix]J. Reeves | Justin Bieber | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 4 | UpN. Atweh | Justin Bieber | Play | 03:55 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 5 | Overboard [Live]W. Nugent, K. Risto, D. Torimiro | Justin Bieber | Play | 05:07 | 11 MB | 37 MB |
| 6 | Runaway Love [Kanye West Remix]D. Coles, R. Diggs, G. Grice, L. Hawkins, R. Jones, Denaun Porter, C. Smith, R. Wouter | Justin Bieber | Play | 04:47 | 10 MB | 37 MB |
| 7 | Born to Be SomebodyDiane Warren | Justin Bieber | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 28 mins | 64 MB | |||||
| 28 mins | 206 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Atkinson | Art Direction, Design |
| 2 | N. Atweh | Composer |
| 3 | Justin Bieber | Primary Artist |
| 4 | Luke Boyd | Vocals (Background) |
| 5 | Brandon 'Bassie Blue' Hamilton | Engineer, Guitar (Bass), Piano, Programming, String Arrangements |
| 6 | Scott "Scooter" Braun | Executive Producer |
| 7 | Chris Brown | Featured Artist |
| 8 | D. Coles | Composer |
| 9 | Tom Coyne | Mastering |
| 10 | Miley Cyrus | Featured Artist |
| 11 | Mike Dean | Mixing, Remix Producer |
| 12 | R. Diggs | Composer |
| 13 | Dirty Swift | Engineer, Producer |
| 14 | Ryan Good | Stylist |
| 15 | G. Grice | Composer |
| 16 | Shawn Grove | Editing, Engineer |
| 17 | Josh Gudwin | Engineer |
| 18 | Blue Hamilton | Editing, Engineer, Producer |
| 19 | Kuk Harrell | Engineer, Producer, Vocal Producer |
| 20 | Travis Harrington | Assistant |
| 21 | L. Hawkins | Composer |
| 22 | Christopher Hicks | Producer |
| 23 | Melvin Hough | Instrumentation |
| 24 | Jaycen Joshua | Mixing |
| 25 | R. Jones | Composer |
| 26 | Doug Joswick | Package Production |
| 27 | Chris Kraus | Engineer |
| 28 | Giancarlo Lino | Mixing Assistant |
| 29 | Pamela Littky | Photography |
| 30 | Phillip "Princeton" Lynah Jr. | Engineer |
| 31 | Erik Madrid | Mixing Assistant |
| 32 | Manny Marroquin | Mixing |
| 33 | Mel & Mus | Producer |
| 34 | The Messengers | Engineer, Instrumentation, Producer, Vocal Arrangement |
| 35 | Adam Messinger | Producer |
| 36 | Carin Morris | Photography |
| 37 | Shelby Morris | Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Producer, Vocals |
| 38 | Juraj Mravec | Vocal Engineer |
| 39 | W. Nugent | Composer |
| 40 | Christian Plata | Mixing Assistant |
| 41 | Denaun Porter | Composer |
| 42 | Vanessa Price | Grooming |
| 43 | Raekwon | Featured Artist |
| 44 | Omarr Rambert | Vocal Producer |
| 45 | Rascal Flatts | Featured Artist |
| 46 | Usher Raymond IV | Executive Producer |
| 47 | J. Reeves | Composer |
| 48 | L.A. Reid | Executive Producer |
| 49 | K. Risto | Composer |
| 50 | Todd Russell | Art Direction, Design |
| 51 | C. Smith | Composer |
| 52 | Jaden Smith | Featured Artist |
| 53 | Jan Smith | Editing, Engineer, Piano, Producer, Programming, String Arrangements, Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Coach, Vocal Producer, Vocals |
| 54 | Brian Springer | Vocal Engineer |
| 55 | Pat Thrall | Engineer |
| 56 | D. Torimiro | Composer |
| 57 | Dapo Torimiro | Producer |
| 58 | Usher | Featured Artist |
| 59 | Peter Vogl | Guitar, Guitar Engineer |
| 60 | Diane Warren | Composer, Lyricist |
| 61 | Bruce Waynne | Producer |
| 62 | Kanye West | Remix Producer |
| 63 | R. Wouter | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |