Point of No Return (Nu Shooz song)
"Point of No Return" | ||||
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Single by Nu Shooz | ||||
from the album Poolside | ||||
Released | September 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Genre | Freestyle music, synthpop | |||
Length | 4:23 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | John Smith, Valerie Day | |||
Nu Shooz singles chronology | ||||
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Audio sample | ||||
"Nu Shooz - Point Of No Return"
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"Point of No Return" is the title of the second single taken from the Nu Shooz album Poolside. The song spent one week at #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in September 1986.[1] It also peaked at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[2] and #36 on the R&B chart[3] in the U.S., as well as topping out at #48 on the UK singles chart.[4] The song was mixed by Shep Pettibone.
Music video
The music video features band member Valerie Day walking on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and entering a ballet studio, meeting up with her husband John Smith and opening a closet full of sneakers and dancing shoes animated with stop motion (including pixilation). Valerie and John start dancing themselves as well. The video was directed by Wayne Isham.[5]
Charts
Chart (1986-1987) | Peak position |
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Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] | 23 |
Germany (Official German Charts)[7] | 24 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] | 18 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] | 23 |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[10] | 48 |
US Billboard Hot 100[11] | 28 |
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[12] | 1 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[13] | 36 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Dance Songs: Top Dance Music Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ "Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ "Top Hip-Hop Songs / R&B Songs Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ "ChartArchive - Nu Shooz". Archive.today. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ Mark Sawicki (2007). Filming the Fantastic: A Guide to Visual Effects Cinematography. Focal Press. ISBN 978-0-240-80915-1.
- ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0859." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
- ↑ "Musicline.de – Nu Shooz Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
- ↑ "Charts.nz – Nu Shooz – Point of No Return". Top 40 Singles.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Nu Shooz – Point of No Return". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ↑ "Nu Shooz: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
- ↑ "Nu Shooz Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Nu Shooz Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Nu Shooz Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
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