{{Infobox song | name = Everything Is Never Enough | cover = Goldfrapp "Everything Is Never Enough".jpg | alt = A red headed woman wearing a white dress sits in the middle of a desert with various tree branches located behind her. | border = yes | type = single | artist = Goldfrapp | album = Silver Eye | released = 22 September 2017 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Synth-pop|new wave}} | length = 5:06 | label = Mute | writer = {{hlist|Alison Goldfrapp|William Owen Gregory}} | producer = {{hlist|Alison Goldfrapp|William Owen Gregory|Andy Savours <small>(add.)</small>}} | prev_title = Systemagic | prev_year = 2017 | next_title = Ocean | next_year = 2018 }}
"'''Everything Is Never Enough'''" is a song performed by English group Goldfrapp, taken from their seventh studio album, ''Silver Eye'' (2017). It was released as the album's third single on 22 September 2017 by Mute Records. The song was written and produced by Alison Goldfrapp and William Owen Gregory, with additional production coming from Andy Savours. The song's lyrics encourage the listener to live in the present instead of the future. Critics drew comparisons between "Everything Is Never Enough" and Goldfrapp's prior work on their album ''Head First'' (2010).
An accompanying music video for "Everything Is Never Enough" was released on 7 September 2017 and features lead singer Alison Goldfrapp and a nude male dancer performing in a desert setting. It serves as a continuation to the ones for prior singles "Anymore" and "Systemagic".
== Background and release == The radio edit (also known as the "video mix") of "Everything Is Never Enough" was released digitally as third single from ''Silver Eye'' on 22 September 2017.<ref name="Goldfrapp press release">{{cite web |title='Everything Is Never Enough' Video Mix Out Now |url=https://www.goldfrapp.com/blog/2017/9/22/everything-is-never-enough-video-mix-out-now |publisher=Goldfrapp |accessdate=20 June 2018 |date=22 September 2017}}</ref> It was written and produced by members Alison Goldfrapp and William Owen Gregory with Andy Savours serving as an additional producer.<ref name="Silver Eye liner notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Silver Eye |edition=Vinyl release |others=Goldfrapp |year=2017 |type=Liner notes |publisher=Mute |id= 541493995409}}</ref>
A remix of "Everything Is Never Enough" produced by German DJ Chris Liebing was distributed to digital retailers on 6 October 2017 and titled "Chris Liebing Burn Slow Remix".<ref name="Digital download" />
== Composition and lyrics == "Everything Is Never Enough" has a duration of five minutes and six seconds, whereas the radio edit runs for three minutes and fifty seconds.<ref name="Amazon.com digital download">{{cite web|title=Amazon.com: Everything Is Never Enough: Goldfrapp: MP3 Downloads|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N5RDKK0/ref=pd_mp3_ts_qp_pt|publisher=Amazon.com (US)|accessdate=26 June 2018|date=31 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="United Kingdom single" /> Sean T. Collins from ''Pitchfork'' compared the single to the songs on Goldfrapp's fifth studio album, ''Head First'' (2010). Additionally, he claimed that songs like "Everything Is Never Enough" add individuality to the album as they "avoid the genre-pastiche of their counterparts" on ''Silver Eye''.<ref name="Pitchfork album review">{{cite web|last1=Collins|first1=Sean T.|title=Goldfrapp – ''Silver Eye''|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23050-silver-eye/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=10 May 2017|date=30 March 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511050140/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23050-silver-eye/|archivedate=11 May 2017}}</ref>
The lyrics of "Everything Is Never Enough" describe living in the present instead of waiting for the future; Goldfrapp sings "Living like there's no tomorrow / We are here in the future past".<ref name="PopMatters single review" />
== Critical reception == A group of critics from ''PopMatters'' reviewed the recording in their "Singles Going Steady" column, with the site's consensus reading: "Goldfrapp expertly balances crisp sound quality and computer-softened vocals for a dreamy club feel and that makes the wasteland seem like a happening place."<ref name="PopMatters single review">{{cite news |last1=Pontecorvo |first1=Adriane |last2=Rushbury |first2=Ian |last3=Kneschke |first3=Tristan |last4=Nesbitt |first4=William |last5=Garratt |first5=John |title=Goldfrapp – 'Everything Is Never Enough' (Singles Going Steady) |url=https://www.popmatters.com/goldfrapp-everything-is-never-enough-singles-going-steady-2495376416.html |accessdate=26 June 2018 |work=PopMatters |date=4 October 2017}}</ref> Ian Rushbury from the publication called the song "lovely" while Adriana Pontecorvo appreciated the "incredibly catchy dance beat".<ref name="PopMatters single review" /> Chris Gerard, also from ''PopMatters'', stated that the single "takes us back to more traditional Goldfrapp territory" and is an obvious candidate to be released as a commercial single.<ref name="PopMatters album review">{{cite news|last1=Gerard|first1=Chris|title=Goldfrapp – Silver Eye|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/goldfrapp-silver-eye/|accessdate=10 May 2017|work=PopMatters|date=7 April 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516074943/http://www.popmatters.com/review/goldfrapp-silver-eye/|archivedate=16 May 2017}}</ref>
== Music video == A music video for "Everything Is Never Enough" was released on 7 September 2017. Stylistically, it serves as a continuation to the music videos for "Anymore" and "Systemagic", the first two singles from ''Silver Eye''. Tristan Kneschke from ''PopMatters'' compared to scenery in the music video to the one for Gary Numan's 2017 single "My Name Is Ruin".<ref name="PopMatters single review" />
== Track listing and formats == {{Track listing | headline = CD single / digital download<ref name="United Kingdom single">{{cite AV media notes |title=''"Everything Is Never Enough"'' |others=Goldfrapp |year=2017 |type=Liner notes |publisher=Mute |edition=Promo}}</ref><ref name="Remix digital download">{{cite AV media notes |title=''"Everything Is Never Enough" (Video Mix)'' |others=Goldfrapp |year=2017 |type=Digital notes |publisher=Mute |id= I1MUTE570-1}}</ref> | title1 = Everything Is Never Enough | note1 = Radio Edit | length1 = 3:50 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Remix digital download<ref name="Digital download">{{cite AV media notes |title=''"Everything Is Never Enough" (Chris Liebing Burn Slow Remix)'' |others=Goldfrapp |year=2017 |type=Digital notes |publisher=Mute |id= I1MUTE570-2}}</ref> | title1 = Everything Is Never Enough | note1 = Chris Liebing Burn Slow Remix | length1 = 6:58 }}
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== External links == * {{YouTube|YGdMxxpeljU|Goldfrapp – "Systemagic" (Official Video)}}
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