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{{Infobox song
| name       = Not Too Late
| cover      = Not_Too_Late_by_Ricki-Lee.jpg
| alt        =
| border     = yes
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Ricki-Lee Coulter]]
| album      =
| released   = {{start date|2017|09|01|df=yes}}
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length     = {{duration|m=3|s=41}}
| label      = [[Universal Music Australia]]
| writer     = {{flatlist|
*Ricki-Lee Coulter
*[[Neil Ormandy]]
*Steve Soloma
}}
| producer   =
| prev_title = Giddyup
| prev_year  = 2014
| next_title = Unbothered
| next_year  =
}}
"'''Not Too Late'''" is a song recorded by Australian singer and songwriter [[Ricki-Lee Coulter]]. It was written by Coulter, [[Neil Ormandy]] and Steve Soloma, and released on 1 September 2017. The "lulling, [[Sentimental ballad|soft ballad]]" marks a departure from Coulter's previous dance releases, and she said the song is about "redemption and it never being too late to right our wrongs and start again."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/entertainment/gold-coast-musical-export-rickilee-coulters-new-single-not-too-late-released/news-story/d78fb3fe3c2cca78cc2e7536904a20b1|title= Gold Coast musical export Ricki-Lee Coulter's new single Not Too Late released|work=[[Gold Coast Bulletin]]|date=1 September 2017|accessdate=10 September 2017}}</ref>
==Background and release==
Coulter and husband/manager Rich Harrison moved to Los Angeles in 2015 and began working on her fifth studio album. The singer spent months writing “empty” formulaic songs or sticking to the dance and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] genre of her previous hits "[[Can't Touch It]]", "[[Do It Like That (Ricki-Lee Coulter song)|Do It Like That]]" and "[[Burn It Down (Ricki-Lee Coulter song)|Burn It Down]]".
In an interview with [[news.com.au]]'s Cameron Adams, Coulter said: "Pivoting musically is scary, but I really have faith in this song. I watch people's faces when they hear it for the first time and their reactions are different to those for any song I've done before. It's such a special song. It still gets me every time." The vocals on the finished version are from the original demo. Coulter said: "I wanted people to hear the pain in these lyrics and feel where this song is coming from. We didn't re-record it — it's the demo vocal I did on the day. I sang the hell out of it and that was it. We thought about re-recording it, but there was something about that vocal that had all that emotion and fury and passion in it."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/rickilees-comeback-single-not-too-late-reminds-you-that-singers-need-to-be-able-to-really-sing/news-story/763a40be32dfac131911a9e08e8cc77d|publisher=[[news.com.au]] |title=Ricki-Lee's comeback single Not Too Late reminds you that singers need to be able to *really* sing|date=31 August 2017 |accessdate=10 September 2017}}</ref>
==Track listing==
*'''Digital download'''<ref name="iTunes"/>
#"Not Too Late" – 3:41
==Charts==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
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! scope="col"| Chart (2017)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"| Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name="ARIA Chart">{{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2017/09/aria-chart-watch-437/|title=ARIA Chart Watch #437|publisher=auspOp|date=9 September 2017|accessdate=10 September 2017}}</ref>
| 83
|}
==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Country
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format
! scope="col"| Label
|-
! scope="row"| Australia
| 1 September 2017<ref name="iTunes">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/not-too-late-single/id1273699130|title=Not Too Late – Single by Ricki-Lee|publisher=iTunes Store Australia|accessdate=10 September 2017}}</ref>
| [[Music download|Digital download]]
| [[Universal Music Australia]]
|}
==References==
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[[Category:2017 songs]]
[[Category:2017 singles]]
[[Category:Ricki-Lee Coulter songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Neil Ormandy]]
[[Category:Songs written by Ricki-Lee Coulter]]
[[Category:Universal Music Australia singles]]