Sweet Nothin's

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"Sweet Nothin's"
Single by Brenda Lee
from the album Brenda Lee
B-side"Weep No More My Baby"
Released28 September 1959
Recorded13 August 1959
Length2:23
LabelDecca 30967
Songwriter(s)Ronnie Self
Producer(s)Owen Bradley
Brenda Lee singles chronology
"Let's Jump the Broomstick"
(1959) 		"Sweet Nothin's"
(1959) 		"That's All You Gotta Do"
(1960)

Sweet Nothin's is a 1959 song by Brenda Lee written by Ronnie Self.[1] It peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 12 on the Hot R&B Sides chart, in 1960.[2] The song (as Sweet Nuthin's) also charted on the UK Singles Chart in 1960, peaking at No. 4,[3] marking Lee's first appearance on the UK chart.

Musician and producer David Z adapted Brenda's vocals in this song to produce the distinctive backing vocals in "Kiss", the smash hit for Prince.[4] Lee's voice from "Sweet Nothin's" was sampled in Kanye West's song "Bound 2" on his 2013 album Yeezus,[5] which in turn was sampled by Sigma in their 2014 song, "Nobody to Love", which also uses the same vocal sample from "Sweet Nothin's" as "Bound 2" does.

In popular culture[]

The song was used in a 1985 TV commercial for Molson Canadian beer in Canada.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ Steve Leggett (2002-07-23). "Sweet Nothings - Brenda Lee | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. ^ "Brenda Lee UK chart runs". Polyhex.
  4. ^ "Prince 'Kiss'". Soundonsound.com. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  5. ^ Yeezus (PDF) (Media notes). Kanye West. Def Jam Recordings. 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2013.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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