The Roc Project is an American

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act, composed of the New York City-based DJ Ray Roc and, most often, the vocalist Tina Novak. Their debut single, " Never (Past Tense)" was released in 2003. However, because of difficulty getting the song released due to Novak and Roc being signed to different record labels, Ray Roc decided to recruit the Australian singer

Tina Arena Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...

to sing Novak's vocals instead. Arena's version of "Never (Past Tense)" was therefore the single release. It became a major

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and

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hit in

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, and even managed to peak at No. 97 on the ''

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'' Hot 100 chart. It also reached No. 42 in the

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in April 2003. The Roc Project's first album was released in early 2003 and, with the record label issues finally cleared up, Novak appeared as the vocalist on all tracks, although the album also included the version of "Never (Past Tense)" with Arena's vocals. The group's second single, "Deja Vu", was released in the spring of 2004, and became a smaller club and dance hit than their debut single.

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