A mondegreen typically sounds like the original phrase, (i.e., they’re homophonous) but the meaning is often entirely changed-with presumably amusing results. Radio airplay ĭespite never receiving an official release, “You’ll Never See Me Again” received some radio airplay in Greece and Arabia upon leaking in full.Have you ever heard someone sing the wrong lyrics to a song? Maybe a child gave the nursery rhyme “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” a new meaning by replacing the line “life is but a dream” with “life’s a butter dream.” Or maybe you’ve unironically belted out “Excuse me while I kiss this guy,” instead of Jimi Hendrix’s intended lyrics, “Excuse me while I kiss the sky.”Ī word or a phrase resulting from mishearing another word or phrase (especially in a song or poem) is a common phenomenon known as a mondegreen. Smith's BMI because Adele is incorrectly credited as “Adele Watkins” on it. “You’ll Never See Me Again” only appears on Fraser T. Smith Sessions, which included all three leaked recordings. The following day, September 1, the entire song leaked onto the Internet, along with “ Never Gonna Leave You” - another collaboration with Smith - and the previously unreleased demo of “Set Fire to the Rain.” Prior to the leak, fans discovered a CD listed on Discogs titled Fraser T. Some believed that the song would be included on her then-upcoming third studio album, however, it was later confirmed that it simply a 21 reject.
It was the first new music from Adele since she released “ Skyfall” in 2012.
On August 31, 2014, a snippet of the song leaked online. Some fans have speculated that elements of the song were incorporated into the sonically similar “ Set Fire to the Rain,” Smith’s sole contribution to the album’s final cut. Assumed to have been written about the same ex-boyfriend who inspired the majority of the record, the song was ultimately cut from 21. “You’ll Never See Me Again” was one of three collaborations between Adele and Fraser T Smith for Adele’s sophomore effort, 21.
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