Can't Nobody
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| Single by Kelly Rowland | ||||
| from the album Simply Deep | ||||
| Released | February 4, 2003 | |||
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| Recorded | 2002; The Hit Factory (New York City, New York) |
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| Length | 4:04 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Rich Harrison | |||
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"Can't Nobody" is an song performed by American recording artist Kelly Rowland. Penned and produced by Rich Harrison for Rowland's solo debut album Simply Deep (2002), it incorporates elements of Trouble Funk's 1982 song "Let's Get Small", written by band members Robert "Syke Dyke" Reed and Tony Fisher.
The song was released as the album's third single in February 2003 and although it widely failed to match the success of its predecessors "Stole" and "Dilemma", "Can't Nobody" reached the top-five in the United Kingdom, as well as the top-twenty in Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands and Ireland.
"Can't Nobody" was the first song producer and songwriter Rich Harrison worked on through his deal with Sony Music Entertainment and the first song ever finished with a Destiny's Child member. In contrast to his own production style and major parts of Simply Deep – which generally featured mid-tempo tracks and wide influences by pop and rock music – the track includes a beat driven but poppy and radio-friendly instrumental, involving elements from "Let's Get Small", a song written by Robert Reed and Tony Fisher and performed by Trouble Funk.
In the lyrics, Rowland describes an infatuation as she tries to convince the object of desire of her charms and advantages, singing lines such as: "I'm so real, so soft to touch, my love my kiss so sweet, glorious ..."
Even though Rowland didn't perform the single during official promo appearances and the video received minor airplay only, "Can't Nobody" did comparatively well on the charts. In Europe and Australia the single once again saw success, entering the top ten on the majority of the charts it appeared on, reaching number five on the UK Singles Chart and top twenty on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. The single became Rowland's ninth best selling solo single in the United Kingdom as of November 2011. In the United States, the song received little commercial response, when it debuted and peaked at number ninety-seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number seventy-two on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
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