Nobody Knows (Tony Rich song)

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"Nobody Knows"
Nobody Knows Tony Rich.jpg
Single by the Tony Rich Project
from the album Words
ReleasedNovember 7, 1995 (1995-11-07)
Studio LaCoCo (Atlanta, Georgia)
Length5:06
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Joe Rich
  • Don DuBose
Producer(s) Tony Rich
The Tony Rich Project singles chronology
"Nobody Knows"
(1995)		"Like a Woman"
(1996)

"Nobody Knows" is a song by R&B singer Tony Rich (then known as the Tony Rich Project) from his 1996 debut album, Words . Released as his debut single on November 7, 1995, the song peaked at number two on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. [1] It also became a hit in several other countries, topping the Irish Singles Chart and reaching number two in Australia and Canada, number four in the United Kingdom, and the top 20 in the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Sweden. Rich received a nomination for the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. [2] [3]

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Critical reception

James Hamilton from Music Week's RM Dance Update described the song as a "mushily harmonised US smash crossover smoocher melodically reminiscent of Chairmen Of The Board's 'Patches'." [4]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the US CD single liner notes. [5]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [30] Gold35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [45] Silver200,000^
United States (RIAA) [46] Platinum1,300,000 [47]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesNovember 7, 1995
  • CD
  • cassette
 [48]
December 5, 1995 [49]
United KingdomApril 22, 1996
  • CD
  • cassette
 [50]

Kevin Sharp version

"Nobody Knows"
Single by Kevin Sharp
from the album Measure of a Man
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1996
Genre Country
Length3:26
Label Asylum
Songwriter(s)
  • Joe Rich
  • Don DuBose
Producer(s) Chris Farren
Kevin Sharp singles chronology
"Nobody Knows"
(1996)		"She's Sure Taking It Well"
(1997)

American country music artist Kevin Sharp recorded a cover version of the song on his 1996 debut album, Measure of a Man . It was released in September 1996 as his debut single. It became his only number-one single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, spending four weeks on the chart.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that his "smooth, melodic voice and sensitive interpretation of the lyric signal show promise for this talented new artist." [51]

Music video

The music video was directed by Jeffrey Phillips and premiered in late 1996.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1996–1997)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [52] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [53] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM) [54] 22
US Country Songs (Billboard) [55] 51

Other versions

In 1997, saxophonist Richard Elliot covered the song from his album Jumpin' Off. [56] [57] Eli Mattson delivered a piano/vocal cover on the third season of America's Got Talent in 2008. British boyband JLS also recorded a cover of the song; it was leaked onto the internet in June 2010 and has now appeared as the B-Side to their single She Makes Me Wanna . British pop singer Shayne Ward included a cover on his third album, Obsession. The song is featured on the Boyzone album, BZ20, released in November 2013.

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