Atomic Kitten – "Толықтай Жаңадан" синглы

2001 single by Atomic Kitten
the EP

"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. The four writers were nominated for the Ivor Novello Award for excellence in songwriting, and Billboard ranked the track number 96 on their list of the "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time". 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.

"Whole Again" was written and produced by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark members and Atomic Kitten founders Andy McCluskey and Stuart Kershaw. it initially featured all lines spoken by Kerry Katona with only the chorus sung by Liz McClarnon and Natasha Hamilton. With the chorus being already there, Godfrey and Padley decided on writing a melody for the verses and changed most of the chords in "Whole Again", but they were not able to change its key. Atomic Kitten persuaded their label to release "Whole Again" as a last ditch attempt to keep their record deal.

The single debuted at number one in the United Kingdom with first week sales of 69,286 copies, staying atop the chart for four weeks and increasing in sales during every week that it was at number one. It is the fourth best selling single by a girl group of all time, after "Wannabe" and "2 Become 1" by the Spice Girls and "Never Ever" by All Saints. In Australia, "Whole Again" peaked at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart, being certified double platinum for shipments of over 140,000 copies. As a result of the single's huge success in many international markets, a second music video was filmed for the U. S. release with a much larger budget. This version features the three women walking through the streets in Downtown Los Angeles and walking out into the countryside, gradually picking up more people along the way. The video ends with the camera zooming out on the field making the crowd take on the shape of Atomic Kitten's logo.

During England's run to the semi finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the song was adopted as a football chant by England fans in honour of manager Gareth Southgate. The lines "Baby you're the one / You still turn me on / You can make me whole again" were changed to "Southgate, you're the one / You still turn me on / Football's coming home again". The song had previously been adapted by Celtic fans earlier in the 2017–18 season in honour of defender Mikael Lustig and has since also been adapted by England fans in honour of women's manager Sarina Wiegman. Andy McCluskey, one of the song's original songwriters, said about England fans adapting it into one of their chants, "The Kittens are really chuffed and are actually considering remaking the single with the England lyrics. Any time something you've created becomes widely accepted is humbling and touching. I wonder who made that first connection by starting to sing it, and suddenly everyone was doing it." During the 2018 World Cup before England's quarterfinal against Sweden, which England won 2–0, Natasha Hamilton shared a video of herself on Twitter singing the alternate lyrics. On 3 July 2021 during UEFA Euro 2020, Atomic Kitten then returned to perform the song with reworked lyrics including the existing alternate ones in front of chanting football fans at a watch party at Boxpark Croydon for England's quarterfinal against Ukraine, which England won 4–0. On 6 July 2021, the day before England's semi final against Denmark, the group released an official full length version of the adapted song called "Southgate You're the One (Football's Coming Home Again)" via Columbia Records UK. Jenny Frost rejoined the band following a 13 year break to re record the single.

In 2003, Swedish girl group Play covered “Whole Again” and released it as the second and final single off their second album Replay. In 2023, Icelandic representative for the cancelled 2020 Eurovision Song Contest and 2021 Eurovision Song Contest Daði Freyr performed a cover of "Whole Again" as a part of an interval act for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 Grand Final called the Liverpool Songbook.