Nobody's Home (Clint Black song)

"Nobody's Home"
Single by Clint Black
from the album Killin' Time
B-side "Winding Down"
Released October 1989[1]
Format 7" single, Cassingle
Recorded 1988
Genre Country
Length 3:29
Label RCA 9078-7-R
Writer(s) Clint Black
Producer(s) James Stroud & Mark Wright
Clint Black singles chronology
"Killin' Time"
(1989)
"Nobody's Home"
(1989)
"Walkin' Away"
(1990)

"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 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

  1. "45cat – Clint Black – Nobody's Home / Winding Down – RCA – USA – 9078-7-R". 45cat. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6650." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. February 10, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  4. "Clint Black – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Clint Black.
  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.
Preceded by
"It Ain't Nothin'"
by Keith Whitley
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

January 20 - February 3, 1990
Succeeded by
"Southern Star"
by Alabama
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

February 10, 1990
Succeeded by
"Statue of a Fool"
by Ricky Van Shelton
Preceded by
"A Better Man"
by Clint Black
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one song of the year

1990
Succeeded by
"Don't Rock the Jukebox"
by Alan Jackson
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