No More Rhyme

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"No More Rhyme"
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Single by Debbie Gibson
from the album Electric Youth
B-side "Over the Wall (Dub Version)"
ReleasedMay 1, 1989 (1989-05-01)
Recorded1988
Genre
Length4:13
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Deborah Gibson
Producer(s) Fred Zarr
Debbie Gibson singles chronology
"Electric Youth"
(1988)
"No More Rhyme"
(1989)
"We Could Be Together"
(1989)
Music video
"No More Rhyme" on YouTube

"No More Rhyme" is a song by American singer-songwriter and actress Debbie Gibson. The song was released as the third single from her sophomore studio album Electric Youth (1989) only in North America, Australia, and Japan. Like all of the album, the song was solely written by Gibson. Frequent collaborator Fred Zarr produced the song. "No More Rhyme" was not issued a single in Europe, where the next single "We Could Be Together" was released instead. The song is a pop ballad.

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The song had moderate success, peaking at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 13 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Internationally, the song entered the charts in Canada, Australia, and Belgium (Flanders).

The music video features Danica McKellar from the hit TV show The Wonder Years playing a cello. In the original recording of "No More Rhyme", Bob Osman played the cello. [1]

Critical reception

Despite other critical and public acclaim for the song, Oscar Wednesday of Cashbox reacted to this record with the following statement: "This tender ballad makes me want to lean over into little Debbie’s ear and whisper, "How can I say doo-doo? Let me count the ways." [2] Given its peak chart position, he was obviously in the minority.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Deborah Gibson

No.TitleLength
1."No More Rhyme"4:15
2."Over the Wall" (Dub Version)4:24

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 58
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [4] 40
Canada (RPM) [5] 24
US Cashbox [6] 20
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 17
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [8] 13

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