Nobody's Supposed to Be Here

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"Nobody's Supposed to Be Here"
Deborah Cox - Nobody's Supposed To Be Here.jpg
Single by Deborah Cox
from the album One Wish
B-side
ReleasedSeptember 15, 1998 (1998-09-15) [1]
Genre
Length4:22
Label Arista
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Anthony "Shep" Crawford
Deborah Cox singles chronology
"Things Just Ain't the Same"
(1997)		"Nobody's Supposed to Be Here"
(1998)		"It's Over Now"
(1999)
Music video
"Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" on YouTube

"Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" is a song by Canadian recording artist Deborah Cox, released as the lead single from her second studio album, One Wish (1998). Written by Montell Jordan and its producer, Anthony "Shep" Crawford, the song was released on the same day as the album, on September 15, 1998, by Arista Records. It is Cox's most successful song, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and spending a then-record 14 weeks at number one on the Hot R&B Singles & Tracks chart. In 2017, Billboard ranked the song at number five on its "Greatest of All Time Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs" chart.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Critical reception

Larry Flick of Billboard wrote, "Cox previews her second album with a stirring old-school soul ballad that's perhaps the best vocal showcase she's ever had. The groove cruises at a languid, finger-poppin' jeep pace, giving her plenty of room to get down and dirty, vamping as if she's lived every syllable of the song's tale of a love fraught with drama. Justice prevailing, pop and R&B radio programmers will find this a refreshing change of pace from the saccharine ballads currently glutting the airwaves. And if they don't, they'll have Hex Hector's wholly accessible uptempo dance reconstruction to embrace. It's easily among the best efforts of the young remixer's career. In all, this is a fine single hinting that Cox is about to pay off on all of the promise and hype generated by her first album two years ago." [2]

Commercial performance

"Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week of December 5, 1998, and remained there for eight consecutive weeks, making it one of the longest stays at number two in Billboard history. [3] The song ranked at number nine on the Billboard year-end chart for 1999. The song reached number one on Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart on the week of November 7, 1998, and remained there for 14 weeks. [4] At the end of 1999, "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" ranked at number two on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks year-end chart. [5] The song was remixed by dance music producer Hex Hector, and peaked at number one on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in the week of October 24, 1998. [6] As of 1999, the song has sold 1,900,000 copies in the United States and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [7] [8] [9]

Awards

Track listings

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [9] Platinum1,900,000 [7] [8]

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesAugust 7, 1998Radio Arista [42]
September 15, 1998
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [1]
United KingdomSeptember 27, 1999
  • CD
  • cassette
 [43]

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