Nobody to Love

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" 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).

"Nobody to Love"
Single by Sigma
from the album Life
Released	6 April 2014 (2014-04-06)[1]
Genre	Drum and bass
Length	4:12
Label	3Beat All Around the World
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 Tyler Okonma
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 and New Zealand and reached the top three in Flanders and Ireland, as well as 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.^[5] 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.^[6][7]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Nobody to Love" was directed by Craig Moore^[8] and was filmed in Cape Town, South Africa.^[5] It was first released onto YouTube on 24 March 2014 at a total length of four minutes and four seconds.^[9] The video features South African models Liv de Klerk and Nicole Naude^[10] on a road trip, described as "Thelma and Louise reinvented".^[11]

Track listing

Digital download – single^[12]

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

Digital download – US version^[13]

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^[14]

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

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the CD single liner notes.^[14]

• 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

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2014) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[15] 11 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[16] 4 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[17] 2 Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)[18] 1 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[19] 34 Belgium Dance (Ultratop Wallonia)[20] 38 Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[21] 4 Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[22] 18 Denmark (Tracklisten)[23] 21 Germany (GfK)[24] 7 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[25] 26 Hungary (Single Top 40)[26] 4 Ireland (IRMA)[27] 3 Mexico Anglo (Monitor Latino)[28] 7 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[29] 7 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[30] 14 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[31] 1 Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[32] 1 Poland (Dance Top 50)[33] 12 Scotland (OCC)[34] 1 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[35] 1 Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[36] 13 Slovenia (SloTop50)[37] 4 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[38] 52 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[39] 8 UK Singles (OCC)[40] 1 UK Dance (OCC)[41] 1 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[42] 29

Year-end charts Chart (2014) Position Australia (ARIA)[43] 84 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[44] 39 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[45] 16 Germany (Official German Charts)[46] 32 Hungary (Single Top 40)[47] 22 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[48] 30 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[49] 51 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[50] 41 Poland (ZPAV)[51] 12 Slovenia (SloTop50)[52] 32 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[53] 55 UK Singles (OCC)[54] 15 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[55] 79 Chart (2015) Position Slovenia (SloTop50)[56] 47 Chart (2018) Position Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[57] 85

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[58]	Platinum	70,000^
Belgium (BRMA)[59]	Gold	15,000*
Germany (BVMI)[60]	Platinum	300,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[61]	2× Platinum	60,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[62]	2× Platinum	1,200,000‡
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[63]	Gold	1,300,000†
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. † Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Worldwide[12]	6 April 2014	Digital download	3Beat All Around the World
Netherlands[64]	17 April 2014		3Beat Spinnin'
United States[13]	12 August 2014		Island Republic