No News

No News
"No News"
Single by Lonestar
from the album Lonestar
A-side "Tequila Talkin'"[1]
Released January 8, 1996
Format CD Single, 7" 45 RPM
Genre Country
Length 2:53
Label BNA
Writer(s) Phil Barnhart
Sam Hogin
Mark D. Sanders
Producer Don Cook
Wally Wilson
Lonestar singles chronology
"Tequila Talkin'"
(1995)
"No News"
(1995)
"Runnin' Away with My Heart"
(1996)

"No News" is the title of a song recorded by American country music band Lonestar. It was released in January 1996 as the second single from their debut album, Lonestar. "No News" reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in April 1996 (see 1996 in country music), giving the group its first number-one single. It was written by Phil Barnhart, Sam Hogin, and Mark D. Sanders.[1]


Contents

Content

The song is a moderate up-tempo in which the narrator tells of how his former lover has left him. Having not heard from her or her family, he says that he would "prefer a bad excuse to no news". In the verses, he offers several possibilities as to her disappearance, such as "Lost her car at the mall / Got locked in a bathroom stall".[2] The radio edit replaces the line "Joined a cult, joined the Klan" with "playin' guitar with the band".

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it "different, catchy, and utterly infectious." She goes on to say that the production is "first-rate" and that the performance is "right on the mark."[3]

Music video

This was their first music video, and it was directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions.

Chart positions

"No News" debuted at number 57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 13, 1996. The song was commercially released as a double A-side with "Tequila Talkin'"; this double-sided single reached number 22 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.[1]

Chart (1996) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 22
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. ^ a b c Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 244. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
  2. ^ Wahlert, Brian. "Lonestar review". Country Standard Time. http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=1820. Retrieved 2008-06-09. 
  3. ^ Billboard, January 27, 1996
Preceded by
"To Be Loved by You"
by Wynonna
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single

April 13-April 27, 1996
Succeeded by
"You Win My Love"
by Shania Twain
Preceded by
"You Can Feel Bad"
by Patty Loveless
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

April 1, 1996

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