My Weakness Is None of Your Business

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"My Weakness Is None of Your Business"
My Weakness.jpg
Single by Embrace
from the album The Good Will Out
B-side
  • "Feelings I Thought You Shared"
  • "Don't Turn Your Back on Love"
  • "Higher Sights"
  • "Retread"
Released17 August 1998 (1998-08-17)
Length3:22
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Dave Creffield
  • Embrace
Embrace singles chronology
"Come Back to What You Know"
(1998)
"My Weakness Is None of Your Business"
(1998)
"Hooligan"
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1] (CD1)
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2] (CD2)

"My Weakness Is None of Your Business" is a song by English rock band Embrace from their debut album, The Good Will Out (1998). It was released on 17 August 1998 and became the band's third top-10 single, peaking at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, but it dropped out of the top 40 the following week.

Contents

CD2 contains three songs from the album performed live at Abbey Road Studios, and is part of an EP of songs recorded live during the "Abbey Road Sessions" that was released the same year. The song had previously been included as the B-side of the limited-edition vinyl release of "All You Good Good People" in early 1997. [3]

Track listings

All tracks are written by Danny McNamara and Richard McNamara.

UK CD1 and cassette single [4] [5]
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."My Weakness Is None of Your Business"Danny McNamara 
2."Feelings I Thought You Shared"D. McNamara 
3."Don't Turn Your Back on Love"D. McNamara 
UK CD2 [6]
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."My Weakness Is None of Your Business"D. McNamara 
2."Higher Sights"D. McNamara 
3."Retread"D. McNamara 
UK 12-inch EP [7]
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."My Weakness Is None of Your Business"D. McNamara 
2."Feelings I Thought You Shared"D. McNamara 
3."Don't Turn Your Back on Love"D. McNamara 
4."One Big Family" (Perfecto mix)Richard McNamara 

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [8] 48
Scotland (OCC) [9] 7
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 9

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom17 August 1998
  • CD
  • cassette
[11]
30 November 199812-inch vinyl [12]

References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r394219
  2. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r521046
  3. All You Good Good People (UK limited 7-inch single vinyl disc). Fierce Panda. 1997. NING 29.
  4. My Weakness Is None of Your Business (UK CD1 liner notes). Hut Records, Virgin Records. 1998. HUTCD103.
  5. My Weakness Is None of Your Business (UK cassette single sleeve). Hut Records, Virgin Records. 1998. HUTC103.
  6. My Weakness Is None of Your Business (UK CD2 liner notes). Hut Records, Virgin Records. 1998. HUTDX103.
  7. My Weakness Is None of Your Business (UK 12-inch EP liner notes). Hut Records, Virgin Records. 1998. HUTT103.
  8. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 15, no. 36. 5 September 1998. p. 13. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  9. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  10. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  11. "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 15 August 1998. p. 27. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  12. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 28 November 1998. p. 28.