Never Worn White

"Never Worn White" is a song recorded by American recording artist Katy Perry. It was released on March 4, 2020. The song is a slow ballad that uses “Wedding March” as its intro. She wrote the song with Jacob Kasher, John Ryan, and its producer, Johan Karlsson.[1]

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Single by Katy Perry
from "
ReleasedMarch 4, 2020
Recorded2019
GenrePiano pop
Length3:46
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
  • Katy Perry
  • Johan Karlsson
  • Jacob Kasher
  • John Ryan
Producer(s)Johan Karlsson
Katy Perry singles chronology
""Harleys in Hawaii"
(2019)
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"Never Worn White" at YouTube

Perry wears long white dresses in the music video and cradles her baby bump in the video’s last scene. This was an announcement that she was expecting her first child with her fiancé, actor Orlando Bloom.[2] On March 10, 2020, Perry gave the first performance of the song on Australian talk show The Project.[3]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[4]

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  • Katy Perry – vocals, songwriting
  • Johan Carlsson – production, songwriting, programming, piano
  • Jacob Kasher Hindlin – songwriting
  • John Ryan – songwriting
  • Peter Karlsson – vocal production
  • Rami – programming
  • David Bukovinszky – cello
  • Mattias Bylund – string arrangement, strings
  • Mattias Johansson – violin
  • Cory Bice – engineering
  • Jeremy Lertola – engineering
  • Sam Holland – engineering
  • Şerban Ghenea – mixing
  • Dave Kutch – master engineering
  • John Hanes – mix engineering

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Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Never Worn White"
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 79
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[6] 25
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7] 95
Croatia (HRT)[8] 78
France (SNEP Sales Chart)[9] 109
Illegal chart entered Hungarysingle 39
Ireland (IRMA)[10] 85
Netherlands (Dutch Tipparade 40)[11] 18
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[12] 12
Scotland (The Official Charts Company)[13] 46
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[14] 97
Illegal chart entered Billboardbubbling100 12

Certifications

Certifications for "Never Worn White"
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Brazil (ABPD)[15] Gold Expression error: Missing operand for *.

xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Release formats for "Never Worn White"
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various March 5, 2020 Capitol [4]
Australia March 6, 2020 Radio airplay [16]
Italy Universal [17]

References

  1. Katy Perry – Never Worn White, retrieved 2020-03-06
  2. "Katy Perry Shows Off Baby Bump In 'Never Worn White' Single & Music Video: Watch — Billboard". apple.news. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  3. Spence, Sade. "Prepare To Sob Buckets Over Katy's First Performance Of "Never Worn White"". Elite Daily. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Never Worn White / Katy Perry". Tidal. March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  5. "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 16 March 2020". ARIA Charts (Australian Recording Industry Association) (1567). March 16, 2020. 
  6. "Ultratop.be – Katy Perry – Never Worn White" (in Dutch). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  7. "Illegal name entered Katy Perry/Katy+Perry/chart?f=793 Katy Perry Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Katy Perry. Prometheus Global Media.
  8. "Croatia ARC TOP 100". HRT. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  9. "Katy Perry - Never Worn White". PureMédias. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  10. "IRMA – Irish Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  11. "Katy Perry - Never Worn White". Dutch Top 40 (in Nederlands). Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  12. "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  13. "Archive Chart". Scottish Singles Top 40. The Official Charts Company.
  14. "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company.
  15. "Brazilian single certifications – Katy Perry – Never Worn White" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  16. "Singles to Radio - The Music Network". The Music Network. https://themusicnetwork.com/charts/issues/1279/1279-singles-to-radio/. Retrieved January 31, 2021. 
  17. "KATY PERRY "Never Worn White" | (Radio Date: 06/03/2020)". radiodate.it (in italiano). March 6, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2021.