Nobody to Love

"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).

This article is about the song by Sigma. For the song by Luther Vandrosss, see Your Secret Love. For the song by The Nips, see The Nips.

"Nobody to Love"
Single by Sigma
from the album Life
Released	6 April 2014[1]
Recorded	2014
Genre	Drum and bass
Length	4:12
Label	3Beat All Around the World Island Republic Spinnin'
Songwriter(s)	Kanye West John Stephens Charlie Wilson Che Pope Elon Rutberg Cydel Young Malik Jones Sakiya Sandifer Mike Dean Norman Whiteside Bob Massey Robert Dukes Ronnie Self
Producer(s)	Sigma
Sigma singles chronology
"Rudeboy" (2013) "Nobody to Love" (2014) "Changing" (2014)

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, Scotland and New Zealand. In New Zealand, after falling out of the chart after three weeks, it returned to the chart the following week and went straight to number one. The song also reached the top 3 in Belgium and Ireland and 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. 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.

The song is composed in the key of E-flat major, and it has a fast tempo of 175 BPM, due to the genre being drum and bass.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Nobody to Love" was first released onto YouTube on 24 March 2014 at a total length of four minutes and four seconds, and filmed by WE ARE FAMILIA.[1][5][6] It was filmed in Cape Town, South Africa[7] and features two girls on a road trip.[8] As of August 2018, the video has received over 243 million views.

Track listing

Digital download – single[9]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nobody to Love"	4:12

Digital download – US version[10]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nobody to Love"	3:13

Digital download – EP

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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[11]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nobody to Love" (radio edit)	3:10
2.	"Nobody to Love" (extended mix)	4:04

Credits and personnel

• Songwriting – Kanye West, John Stephens, Charlie Wilson, Che Pope, Elon Rutberg, Cydel Young, Malik Jones, Sakiya Sandifer, Mike Dean, Norman Whiteside, Bob Massey, Robert Dukes, Ronnie Self
• Production and keyboards – Cameron Edwards, Joe Lenzie
• Additional programming and keyboards – Hal Ritson, Richard Adlam
• Vocals – Daniel Pearce
• Backing vocals – Yolanda Quartey

Credits adapted from CD single liner notes.[11]

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2014) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[12] 11 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[13] 4 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[14] 2 Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 1 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[16] 34 Belgium Dance (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 38 Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[18] 4 Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[19] 18 Denmark (Tracklisten)[20] 21 Germany (Official German Charts)[21] 7 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[22] 26 Hungary (Single Top 40)[23] 4 Ireland (IRMA)[24] 3 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[25] 7 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[26] 14 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[27] 1 Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[28] 1 Poland (Dance Top 50)[29] 12 Scotland (Official Charts Company)[30] 1 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[31] 1 Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[32] 13 Slovenia (SloTop50)[33] 4 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[34] 52 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[35] 8 UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[36] 1 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[37] 1 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[38] 29

Year-end charts Chart (2014) Position Australia (ARIA)[39] 84 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[40] 39 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[41] 16 Germany (Official German Charts)[42] 32 Hungary (Single Top 40)[43] 22 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[44] 30 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[45] 51 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[46] 41 Poland (ZPAV)[47] 12 Slovenia (SloTop50)[48] 32 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[49] 55 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[50] 15 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[51] 79 Chart (2015) Position Slovenia (SloTop50)[52] 47 Chart (2018) Position Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[53] 85 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Australia (ARIA)[54] Platinum 70,000^^ Belgium (BEA)[55] Gold 15,000^* Germany (BVMI)[56] Platinum 300,000^^ New Zealand (RMNZ)[57] Platinum 15,000^* United Kingdom (BPI)[58] Platinum 600,000 Streaming Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[59] Gold 130,000^^ ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Worldwide[9]	6 April 2014	Digital download	3Beat All Around the World
Netherlands[60]	17 April 2014		3Beat Spinnin'
United States[10]	12 August 2014		Island Republic

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