No Show (song)
2005 single by Kool & the Gang
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"No Show" is a song recorded by R&B/Funk band Kool & the Gang for their 1981 studio album Something Special. A cover of the tune, featuring Blackstreet, appeared on the band's 2004 studio album The Hits Reloaded via Edel Records. Released as a single, this said rendition reached No. 36 on the US Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart.[1][2][3]
| "No Show" | ||||
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| Single by Kool & the Gang | ||||
| from the album The Hits Reloaded | ||||
| Released | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Label | Edel | |||
| Songwriters | Ronald Nathan Bell, Robert Earl Bell, Claydes Charles Smith, Robert Mickens, J.T. Taylor, George Melvin Brown, Eumir Deodato | |||
| Producers | Eumir Deodato, Kool & the Gang | |||
| Kool & the Gang singles chronology | ||||
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Compendium
No Show was produced by Eumir Deodato and Kool & the Gang. The song was also composed by George Brown, J.T. Taylor and Ronald Bell.[1]
Critical reception
Craig Lytle of Allmusic called No Show "a sorrowful account of a man left standing in the rain, waiting for the love that never showed."[4] Marc D. Allan of the Boston Globe described the tune as a "sweet, soft ballad."[5]