Nothing's News

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"Nothing's News"
Single by Clint Black
from the album Killin' Time
B-side "Live and Learn"
ReleasedJune 18, 1990 [1]
Genre Country
Length3:02
Label RCA Nashville 2596
Songwriter(s) Clint Black
Producer(s) James Stroud & Mark Wright
Clint Black singles chronology
"Walkin' Away"
(1990)
"Nothing's News"
(1990)
"Put Yourself in My Shoes"
(1990)

"Nothing's News" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was released in June 1990 as the fifth and final single from his debut album Killin' Time . It was his first single not to chart at number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart but it did reach number 1 on The Canadian RPM country Tracks chart.

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Content

The song is about getting together with good friends at the bar and thinking about the times when life was better.

Chart performance

"Nothing's News" would only reach number 3 on the Hot Country Songs chart. It became his fifth consecutive number one hit on the Canadian RPM charts where it spent one week at number 1 beginning September 15, 1990.

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 24
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 24

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References

  1. AOL Music profile for "Nothing's News"
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1339." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. September 15, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  3. "Clint Black Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM . December 22, 1990. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  5. "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved August 23, 2013.