The song peaked in the top 10 in the UK and Ireland.
Cabello performed the track live for the first time on television on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on January 10, 2018.
"Never Be the Same" is a mid-tempo ballad that comprises R&B rhythms.
Lyrically, the song incorporates themes of pain-is-pleasure type of love.
The song entered at number 61 on the US Billboard Hot 100 as the week's top debut with 30,000 copies sold and 6.1 million streams for its first week of release.