"Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" is a song by

Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an Indian-born British musican, singer, producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has total sales of over 21.5 million s ...

that was released in the UK in May 1983 as the

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from Richard's 25th Anniversary 1983 album ''

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''. The song reached number 15 on the

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, and did better in Norway in reaching number 9 and in Sweden reaching number 13. The song is written by

Terry Britten Terence Ernest Britten (born July 1947) is an English-Australian singer-songwriter and record producer, who has written songs for Tina Turner, Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Status Quo and Michael Jackson amongst many others. Britten (along ...

and Sue Shifrin. Terry Britten is the songwriter who had written Richard's 1976 hit " Devil Woman" and 1980 hit " Carrie".

Chart performance

References

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