Nothing Ever Happens

Nothing Ever Happens
"Nothing Ever Happens"
Single by Del Amitri
from the album Waking Hours
Released December 1989 (UK)
January 1990 (US)
Format CD single
Length 3:53
Label A&M
Writer(s) Justin Currie

"Nothing Ever Happens" is a song by the Scottish rock band Del Amitri. Released as a single between late 1989 and early 1990, it reached #11 in the UK charts (it was the band's biggest hit in the UK), and was a top-10 hit in Ireland, peaking at #4. It is the last track on the album Waking Hours.

Lyrics and Composition

The song deals with the banality of everyday life, with the refrain "and we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow." Its commentary relates to how oblivious most of us are to the world around us e.g. "the Martians could land in the car park and no one would care" but in its last line before the chorus gets suddenly cynical..."they'll burn down the Synagogues at six o'clock and we'll all go along like before."

Track listing

A-side

  • "Nothing Ever Happens"

B-side

  • "So Many Souls To Change"
  • "Don't I Look Like The Kind Of Guy You Used To Hate"
  • "Evidence"

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