No Doubt About It (Hot Chocolate song)

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"No Doubt About It"
Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It (single cover).png
7" vinyl single cover
Single by Hot Chocolate
ReleasedMay 1980
Genre Pop
Length4:25
Label RAK
Songwriter(s) Mike Burns, Steve Glen, David Most [1]
Producer(s) Mickie Most [1]
Hot Chocolate singles chronology
"Going Through the Motions"
(1979)
"No Doubt About It"
(1980)
"Are You Getting Enough of What Makes You Happy"
(1980)
Music video
"No Doubt About It" (TopPop, 1980) on YouTube

"No Doubt About It" is a May 1980 single by the British pop group Hot Chocolate. Its lyrics recount the experiences of a man who witnesses a UFO landing. [2]

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The single was released on RAK label under the catalogue reference RAK 310 and was the band's highest-charting hit of the 1980s, peaking at number 2 and spending 11 weeks on the UK Singles Chart. [3]

The song was written by Mike Burns, Steve Glen and David Most (the brother of the band's manager, Mickie Most). [1] It was remixed by Frank Mono and released as a single for a second time in 1988.

Track listing

1980 release

7" vinyl / 12" vinyl
  1. "No Doubt About It" (David Most, Mike Burns, Steve Glen) – 4:25
  2. "Gimme Some Of Your Loving" (Harvey Hinsley, Patrick Olive, Tony Connor) – 3:37

1988 remix

7" vinyl
  1. "No Doubt About It (Little Tequila Mix)" (David Most, Mike Burns, Steve Glen) – 3:51
  2. "I Gave You My Heart (Didn't I)" (Richard Gower) – 3:39
12" vinyl
  1. "No Doubt About It (Tequila Mix)" (David Most, Mike Burns, Steve Glen) – 6:44
  2. "No Doubt About It (Little Tequila Mix)" (David Most, Mike Burns, Steve Glen) – 3:51
  3. "I Gave You My Heart (Didn't I)" (Richard Gower) – 3:39

Chart positions

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart17
Dutch Singles Chart9
German Singles Chart3
Irish Singles Chart2
Swiss Singles Chart5
UK Singles Chart2

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [4] Silver250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hot Chocolate – No Doubt About It". Discogs. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. "No Doubt About It Lyrics - Hot Chocolate". FlashLyrics. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  3. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 259. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  4. "British single certifications – Hot Chocolate – No Doubt About It". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 19 April 2022.