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Sweet Nothin's
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Sweet Nothin's
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Brenda Lee
| album = Brenda Lee
| B-side = Weep No More My Baby
| released = 28 September 1959
| format =
| recorded = 13 August 1959
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length =
| label = Decca 30967
| writer = Ronnie Self
| producer = Owen Bradley
| prev_title = Let's Jump the Broomstick
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = That's All You Gotta Do
| next_year = 1960
}}
'Sweet Nothin's' is a 1959 song by Brenda Lee written by Ronnie Self. It peaked at No. 4 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and No. 12 on the Hot R&B Sides chart, in 1960. The song (as 'Sweet Nuthin's') also charted on the UK Singles Chart in 1960, peaking at No. 4, 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. Lee's voice from "Sweet Nothin's" was sampled in Kanye West's song "Bound 2" on his 2013 album 'Yeezus', 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.
References
Category:1959 singles
Category:Brenda Lee songs
Category:1959 songs
Category:Rockabilly songs
Category:Songs written by Ronnie Self
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