Nobody Knows (Tony Rich song)


"Nobody Knows" is a song by R&B artist Tony Rich from his 1996 debut album Words. Released as his debut single, the song peaked at number two on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. It also became a hit in several other countries, topping the Irish Singles Chart for a week in June 1996 and reaching number two in Australia and Canada, number four in the United Kingdom, and the top 20 in the Netherlands, New Zealand and Sweden. Rich received a nomination for the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance; he lost to Eric Clapton's "Change the World".

Track listing

US CD single
  1. Album Version – 5:06
  2. Eddie F.'s Untouchable Remix – 6:17
  3. Rich Remix – 5:32
  4. Album Instrumental – 5:06

    Official versions

  5. "Nobody Knows" – 5:06
  6. "Nobody Knows" – 4:22
  7. "Nobody Knows" – 5:06
  8. "Nobody Knows" – 6:17
  9. "Nobody Knows" – 5:32

    Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

All-time charts

Certifications

Kevin Sharp version

American country music artist Kevin Sharp recorded a cover version of the song on his 1996 debut album Measure of a Man. It was released in September 1996 as his debut single. It became his only number-one single on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks, spending four weeks at the chart.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that his "smooth, melodic voice and sensitive interpretation of the lyric signal show promise for this talented new artist.""

Music video

The music video was directed by Jeffrey Phillips and premiered in late 1996.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Other versions

In 1997, saxophonist Richard Elliot covered the song from his album "Jumpin' Off." Eli Mattson delivered a piano/vocal cover on the third season of America's Got Talent in 2008. British boyband JLS also recorded a cover of the song; it was leaked onto the internet in June 2010 and has now appeared as the B-Side to their single She Makes Me Wanna. British pop singer Shayne Ward included a cover on his third album, Obsession.
The song is featured on the Boyzone album, BZ20, released in November 2013.