"Nobody to Love"
Single by Sigma
from the album Life
Released6 April 2014 (2014-04-06)[1]
GenreDrum and bass
Length4:12
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Sigma
Sigma singles chronology
"Rudeboy"
(2013) 		"Nobody to Love"
(2014) 		"Changing"
(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]

Track listing

Digital download – single[12]
No.TitleLength
1."Nobody to Love"4:12
Digital download – US version[13]
No.TitleLength
1."Nobody to Love"3:13
Digital download – EP
No.TitleLength
1."Nobody to Love" (Sigma's Future Jungle mix)4:31
2."Nobody to Love" (Jakwob remix)4:15
3."Nobody to Love" (Grum radio edit)3:57
4."Nobody to Love" (Grum remix)5:01
5."Nobody to Love" (instrumental edit)3:58
Digital download – remix EP (part two)
No.TitleLength
1."Nobody to Love" (Third Party remix)5:17
2."Nobody to Love" (TS7 remix)4:41
3."Nobody to Love" (TS7 radio edit)3:00
CD single[14]
No.TitleLength
1."Nobody to Love" (radio edit)3:10
2."Nobody to Love" (extended mix)4:04

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the CD single liner notes.[14]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[57] Platinum 70,000^
Belgium (BEA)[58] Gold 15,000*
Germany (BVMI)[59] Platinum 300,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[60] Platinum 15,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[61] 2× Platinum 1,200,000‡
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[62] Gold 1,300,000†

* 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.

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Worldwide[12] 6 April 2014 Digital download
Netherlands[63] 17 April 2014
United States[13] 12 August 2014

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