Nobody's Home (Clint Black song)

"Nobody's Home"
"Nobody's Home"
Single by Clint Black
from the album Killin' Time
B-side	"Winding Down"
Released	October 1989
Recorded	1988
Genre	Country
Length	3:29
Label	RCA Nashville 9078-7-R
Songwriter(s)	Clint Black
Producer(s)	James Stroud & Mark Wright
Clint Black singles chronology

"Nobody's Home" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was released in October 1989 as the third single from his debut album Killin' Time. The song was his third consecutive number-one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.^[2] It was also Black's first single not to have an accompanying music video.

Content[]

The song is a ballad about a man who becomes depressed and miserable after his former significant other abandoned him. Since the split, he has lived his life metaphorically as a zombie; he maintains the same routines in his life, but is not mentally the same person as he once was before the split.

Chart performance[]

"Nobody's Home" spent three consecutive weeks at the top of the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart beginning on the week of January 20, 1990. The song went on to be named the No. 1 song of 1990 in Billboard magazine's year-end issue.

Chart (1989–1990)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1990)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	31
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	1

References[]

^ "45cat – Clint Black – Nobody's Home / Winding Down – RCA – USA – 9078-7-R". 45cat. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6650." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. February 10, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
^ "Clint Black Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM. December 22, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
^ "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

[1] "45cat – Clint Black – Nobody's Home / Winding Down – RCA – USA – 9078-7-R". 45cat. Retrieved April 6, 2014.

[whitburn-2] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

[sc_Canadacountry_-3] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6650." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. February 10, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Clint_Black-4] "Clint Black Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[5] "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM. December 22, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

[6] "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

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show v t Clint Black singles
Killin' Time	"A Better Man" "Killin' Time" "Nobody's Home" "Walkin' Away" "Nothing's News"
Put Yourself in My Shoes	"Put Yourself in My Shoes" "Loving Blind" "One More Payment" "Where Are You Now"
The Hard Way	"We Tell Ourselves" "Burn One Down" "When My Ship Comes In"
No Time to Kill	"A Bad Goodbye" (with Wynonna Judd) "No Time to Kill" "State of Mind" "A Good Run of Bad Luck" "Half the Man"
One Emotion	"Untanglin' My Mind" "Wherever You Go" "Summer's Comin'" "One Emotion" "Life Gets Away"
Greatest Hits	"Like the Rain" "Half Way Up"
Nothin' but the Taillights	"Still Holding On" (with Martina McBride) "Something That We Do" "Nothin' but the Taillights" "The Shoes You're Wearing" "Loosen Up My Strings" "You Don't Need Me Now"
D'lectrified	"When I Said I Do" (with Lisa Hartman Black) "Been There" (with Steve Wariner) "Love She Can't Live Without"
Spend My Time	"Spend My Time"
Other songs	"Desperado" "Hey, Good Lookin'" (with Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait) "Long Cool Woman"

show v t Billboard Year-End Hot Country Songs number one single of the year
1980–1989	1980: "My Heart" – Ronnie Milsap 1981: "Fire and Smoke" – Earl Thomas Conley 1982: "Always on My Mind" – Willie Nelson 1983: "José Cuervo" – Shelly West 1984: "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" – Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson 1985: "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" – Ronnie Milsap 1986: "Never Be You" – Rosanne Cash 1987: "Give Me Wings" – Michael Johnson 1988: "Don't Close Your Eyes" – Keith Whitley 1989: "A Better Man" – Clint Black
1990–1999	1990: "Nobody's Home" – Clint Black 1991: "Don't Rock the Jukebox" – Alan Jackson 1992: "I Saw the Light" – Wynonna Judd 1993: "Chattahoochee" – Alan Jackson 1994: "I Swear" – John Michael Montgomery 1995: "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" – John Michael Montgomery 1996: "My Maria" – Brooks & Dunn 1997: "It's Your Love" – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill 1998: "Just to See You Smile" – Tim McGraw 1999: "Amazed" – Lonestar
2000–2009	2000: "How Do You Like Me Now?!" – Toby Keith 2001: "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" – Brooks & Dunn 2002: "The Good Stuff" – Kenny Chesney 2003: "My Front Porch Looking In" – Lonestar 2004: "Live Like You Were Dying" – Tim McGraw 2005: "That's What I Love About Sunday" – Craig Morgan 2006: "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" – Rodney Atkins 2007: "Watching You" – Rodney Atkins 2008: "Just Got Started Lovin' You" – James Otto 2009: "I Run to You" – Lady Antebellum
2010–2019	2010: "Love Like Crazy" – Lee Brice 2011: "Crazy Girl" – Eli Young Band 2012: "Time Is Love" – Josh Turner 2013: "Cruise" – Florida Georgia Line 2014: "This Is How We Roll" – Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan 2015: "Take Your Time" – Sam Hunt 2016: "H.O.L.Y." – Florida Georgia Line 2017: "Body Like a Back Road" – Sam Hunt 2018: "Meant to Be" – Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line 2019: "Whiskey Glasses" – Morgan Wallen
2020–2029	2020: "I Hope" - Gabby Barrett