Brandy (Scott English song) arranged the record. In the Manilow version, the first two lines from the fourth verse, following the instrumental section, were omitted. They were: "Riding on a country bus/<br>No one even noticed us." The remaining lines were then used as a bridge instead. "Mandy" was covered by Irish boy band Westlife in 2003 and was released as the second single from their fourth studio album, "Turnaround". The single peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart to become the band's twelfth #1 single on the chart. The single sold over 200,000 copies in the UK. The single was released on Monday,
The Twelfth of Never produced by Mike Curb and Don Costa, was his second number 1 single in the UK, spending a single week at the top of the UK Singles Chart in March 1973. In the U.S. it peaked at number 8. Johnny Mathis original Cliff Richard version Donny Osmond version The Twelfth of Never "The Twelfth of Never" is a popular song written in 1956 and first recorded by Johnny Mathis the following year. The song's title comes from the popular expression "the 12th of Never", which is used as the date of a future occurrence that will never come to pass.