"Nobody to Love" is a song by British
record production duo
Sigma. The song was originally a
bootleg remix of "
Bound 2" by
Kanye West featuring
Charlie Wilson, released on 24 January 2014 as a free download. It later received support from major British radio stations including
BBC Radio 1 and
1Xtra, and so was reworked into an original track with Wilson's vocals covered by former
One True Voice member
Daniel Pearce.[2][3] It was released as the second single from their debut studio album, Life (2015).
The song topped the
UK Singles Chart upon release, making it not only Sigma's first UK number one but also their first ever top 40 single.[4] It sold over 121,000 copies in the first week.[4] It also topped the charts in Poland and New Zealand and reached the top three in
Flanders and Ireland, as well as number 11 in Australia.
Background and composition
"Nobody to Love" was originally a
bootleg remix of American rapper
Kanye West's 2013 single "
Bound 2", featuring
Charlie Wilson. Sigma frequently played the remix in nightclubs around the UK and received positive feedback. The remix was released on 24 January 2014 as a free download and, after the duo sent it to some DJs at
BBC Radio 1, they "got really behind it" and record labels later started approaching Sigma.[5] This led them to rework it into an original song, with Wilson's vocals covered by former
One True Voice member
Daniel Pearce.[2][3] The beginning of the song's original mix samples "
Think (About It)" by
Lyn Collins. The female voice saying "uh huh, honey" is a sample of "
Sweet Nothin's" performed by
Brenda Lee.[6][7]
Music video
A music video to accompany the release of "Nobody to Love" was directed by Craig Moore[8] and was filmed in
Cape Town,
South Africa.[5] It was first released onto
YouTube on 24 March 2014 at a total length of four minutes and four seconds.[9] The video features South African models Liv de Klerk and Nicole Naude[10] on a road trip, described as "Thelma and Louise reinvented".[11]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. † Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.
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ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 201428 into search.
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ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – SINGLES DIGITAL – TOP 100 and insert 201433 into search. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201427 into search.
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ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select SINGLES DIGITAL - TOP 100 and insert 201431 into search. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
"Nobody to Love" is a song by British
record production duo
Sigma. The song was originally a
bootleg remix of "
Bound 2" by
Kanye West featuring
Charlie Wilson, released on 24 January 2014 as a free download. It later received support from major British radio stations including
BBC Radio 1 and
1Xtra, and so was reworked into an original track with Wilson's vocals covered by former
One True Voice member
Daniel Pearce.[2][3] It was released as the second single from their debut studio album, Life (2015).
The song topped the
UK Singles Chart upon release, making it not only Sigma's first UK number one but also their first ever top 40 single.[4] It sold over 121,000 copies in the first week.[4] It also topped the charts in Poland and New Zealand and reached the top three in
Flanders and Ireland, as well as number 11 in Australia.
Background and composition
"Nobody to Love" was originally a
bootleg remix of American rapper
Kanye West's 2013 single "
Bound 2", featuring
Charlie Wilson. Sigma frequently played the remix in nightclubs around the UK and received positive feedback. The remix was released on 24 January 2014 as a free download and, after the duo sent it to some DJs at
BBC Radio 1, they "got really behind it" and record labels later started approaching Sigma.[5] This led them to rework it into an original song, with Wilson's vocals covered by former
One True Voice member
Daniel Pearce.[2][3] The beginning of the song's original mix samples "
Think (About It)" by
Lyn Collins. The female voice saying "uh huh, honey" is a sample of "
Sweet Nothin's" performed by
Brenda Lee.[6][7]
Music video
A music video to accompany the release of "Nobody to Love" was directed by Craig Moore[8] and was filmed in
Cape Town,
South Africa.[5] It was first released onto
YouTube on 24 March 2014 at a total length of four minutes and four seconds.[9] The video features South African models Liv de Klerk and Nicole Naude[10] on a road trip, described as "Thelma and Louise reinvented".[11]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. † Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.
^"
ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 201428 into search.
^"
ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – SINGLES DIGITAL – TOP 100 and insert 201433 into search. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^"
ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201427 into search.
^"
ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select SINGLES DIGITAL - TOP 100 and insert 201431 into search. Retrieved 12 August 2014.