"Pointless Relationship"
Single by Tammin
from the album Whatever Will Be
B-side"Tender"
Released15 November 2004 (2004-11-15)
Studio
Length3:26
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Per Mangusson
  • David Kreuger
Tammin singles chronology
"Pointless Relationship"
(2004)		 "Whatever Will Be"
(2005)

"Pointless Relationship" is the debut single of Australian actress Tammin from her first album, Whatever Will Be (2005). The song was co-written by Norwegian singer Marion Raven for her debut solo album but was given to Tammin instead. Released as a single on 15 November 2004, "Pointless Relationship" peaked at number five on the Australia ARIA Singles Chart, becoming Tammin's highest-charting single.

Background and release

It was announced by Tammin that she will be pursuing a career in music, with her debut single, "Pointless Relationship", being released on 15 November 2004.[1] The single was planned for a UK release on 5 September 2005 and then 19 September 2005 but was cancelled due to Tammin being contracted to a movie, which failed to materialise.[2]

My debut single "Pointless Relationship" is about a girl's view of where the relationship is going with her partner and it sounds like a negative term. But the song is more of an empowering song from a woman's perspective! It's the life of them together and it's just never going to go where it should go, and so she's saying to him this is a pointless relationship.

– Tammin, on the song during an interview.

Commercial performance

"Pointless Relationship" debuted at number seven on the Australian Singles Chart and peaked at number five the following week, spending a total of 15 weeks in the top 50.[3] It was certified platinum for shipping over 70,000 units in Australia.[4]

Track listing

Australian CD single[5]

  1. "Pointless Relationship"
  2. "Tender"

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Whatever Will Be liner notes.[6]

Studios

Personnel

  • Savan Kotecha – writing
  • Per Magnusson – writing, keyboards, programming, production, arrangement
  • David Kreuger – writing, programming, production, arrangement
  • Marion Raven – writing
  • Emil Heiling – backing vocals
  • Esbjörn Öhrwall – guitars
  • Tomas Lindberg – bass
  • Magnus Persson – drums
  • Fredrik Andersson – mixing, engineering
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[4] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Remixes

In 2005, Sony BMG commissioned remixes of "Pointless Relationship" for the UK release of the track. The remixes were done by Groovefinder and were sent out to radio stations. The Groovefinder Remix was to be included on the UK single but when the release was cancelled, remix promo CDs were withdrawn and the remixes remain officially unreleased.

References

  1. ↑ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 15th November 2004" (PDF). ARIA. 15 November 2004. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Pointless Relationship
  3. 1 2 "Tammin – Pointless Relationship". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. 1 2 "More Tammin Sursok Bios & Profiles". FilmBug. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Pointless Relationship (Australian CD single liner notes). Tammin. Columbia Records, Random Records. 2004. 675463.2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ Whatever Will Be (Australian CD album liner notes). Tammin. Columbia Records, Random Records. 2005. 5200272000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2005". ARIA. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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