Nobody Knows (Tony Rich song)

"Nobody Knows" is a song by R&B artist Tony Rich (then known as The Tony Rich Project) from his 1996 debut album Words. Released as his debut single, the song peaked at number two on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts (in both cases behind Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me").[1] It also became a hit in several other countries, topping the Irish Singles Chart for a week in June 1996 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; he lost to Eric Clapton's "Change the World".

"Nobody Knows"
Single by The Tony Rich Project
from the album Words
ReleasedNovember 7, 1995
Format7", CD single, cassette
Recorded1995
GenreR&B
Length5:06
LabelLaFace/Arista
Songwriter(s)Tony Rich, Joe Rich,Don DuBose
Producer(s)Tony Rich
The Tony Rich Project singles chronology
"Nobody Knows"
(1995)		 "Like a Woman"
(1996)

Track listing

US CD single (73008-24116-2)

  1. Album Version – 5:06
  2. Eddie F.'s Untouchable Remix – 6:17
  3. Rich Remix – 5:32
  4. Album Instrumental – 5:06

Official versions
  1. "Nobody Knows" (Album Version) – 5:06
  2. "Nobody Knows" (Radio Edit) – 4:22
  3. "Nobody Knows" (Album Instrumental) – 5:06
  4. "Nobody Knows" (Eddie F.'s Untouchable Remix) – 6:17
  5. "Nobody Knows" (Rich Remix) – 5:32

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[21] Gold 35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[31] Silver 200,000^
United States (RIAA)[32] Platinum 1,300,000[33]

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Kevin Sharp version
"Nobody Knows"
Single by Kevin Sharp
from the album Measure of a Man
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1996
FormatCD single
GenreCountry
Length3:26
LabelAsylum
Songwriter(s)Tony Rich,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 Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks, spending four weeks at 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.""[34]

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)[35] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[36] 1

Year-end charts
Chart (1997) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[37] 22
US Country Songs (Billboard)[38] 51

Other versions

In 1997, saxophonist Richard Elliot covered the song from his album "Jumpin' Off."[39][40] 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.

References
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  6. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (1.6. – 7.6. '96)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). June 1, 1996. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
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  29. Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  30. "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  31. "British single certifications – Tony Rich Project – Nobody Knows". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 10, 2019. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Nobody Knows in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  32. "American single certifications – Tony Rich Project – Nobody Knows". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 
  33. "Best-Selling Records of 1996". Billboard. BPI Communications Inc. 109 (3): 61. January 18, 1997. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  34. Billboard, October 12, 1996.
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