Nobody's Talking

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"Nobody's Talking"
Single by Exile
from the album Still Standing
B-side "Don't Hang Up"
ReleasedMarch 1990
Genre Country
Length3:39
Label Arista
Songwriter(s) Sonny LeMaire
Randy Sharp
Producer(s) Randy Sharp, Tim DuBois
Exile singles chronology
"Keep It in the Middle of the Road"
(1990)
"Nobody's Talking"
(1990)
"Yet"
(1990)

"Nobody's Talking" is a song written by Sonny LeMaire and Randy Sharp, and recorded by American country music group Exile. It was released in March 1990 as the second single from their album Still Standing. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July 1990. [1]

Contents

Music video

The music video was directed by Jim May and premiered in early 1990.

Chart performance

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 3
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 46
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 59

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References

  1. Exile Hot Country Songs Chart History
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1278." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. July 28, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  3. "Exile Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM . December 22, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  5. "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.