Nobody Else (Tex Pistol and Rikki Morris song)

"Nobody Else"
Single by Tex Pistol and Rikki Morris
from the album 'Nobody Else'
A-side	"Nobody Else"
B-side	"Wilf"
Released	May 1988 (1988-05)
Genre	Pop
Length	4:16
Label	Pagan Records
Songwriter(s)	Rikki Morris
Producer(s)	Ian Morris
Tex Pistol and Rikki Morris singles chronology
"The Game of Love" (1987) "Nobody Else" (1988) "Come Back Louise" (1989)

"Nobody Else" is a 1988 single by New Zealand musician brothers Tex Pistol (Ian Morris) and Rikki Morris. It was the follow-up single to Tex Pistol's cover of "The Game of Love", which reached number one in the New Zealand singles chart in 1987. "Nobody Else", an original song, also charted at number one.^[1]

Background[]

After Tex Pistol had a number-one single in 1987 with "The Game of Love", Pagan Records head Trevor Reekie convinced Ian Morris to release "Nobody Else" as the follow-up single. It was a romantic ballad written and sung by Morris' younger brother Rikki.^[2] The song peaked at number one and charted for 16 weeks, twice as long as "The Game of Love".^[1][3]

Awards[]

At the 1988 New Zealand Music Awards, "Nobody Else" was nominated for Single of the Year, with Ian Morris also nominated for Producer of the Year for the same song while Rikki Morris won Songwriter of the Year ^[4]

Track listing[]

7" vinyl^[5]

1. "Nobody Else"
2. "Wilf"

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Year-end charts[]

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