Nobody I Know
{{short description|1964 song composed by Lennon–McCartney performed by Peter and Gordon}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Nobody I Know
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Peter and Gordon
| album =
| B-side = You Don't Have to Tell Me
| released = 29 May 1964 (UK)
15 June 1964 (US)
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
- Pop{{AllMusic |class=album|id=mw0001044064|title= Peter & Gordon - The Best of Peter & Gordon (2004) Review|last= Raggett|first= Steve|access-date= February 16, 2025}}
- soft rock{{AllMusic |class=album|id=mw0000011614|title= Peter & Gordon - The Ultimate Peter & Gordon (2001) Review|last= Ruhlmann|first= William|access-date= February 16, 2025}}
| length =
| label = Columbia DB7292 (UK)
Capitol 5211 (US)
| writer = Lennon–McCartney
| producer = John Burgess
| prev_title = A World Without Love
| prev_year = 1964
| next_title = I Don't Want to See You Again
| next_year = 1964
}}
Nobody I Know is a song written by Paul McCartney{{cite book|last=Compton |first=Todd |year=2017 | title = Who Wrote the Beatle Songs? A History of Lennon-McCartney |publisher=Pahreah Press |location=San Jose |isbn=978-0-9988997-0-1 |page=74}} (attributed to Lennon–McCartney) which Peter and Gordon recorded in an April 1964 session at Abbey Road Studio. Peter and Gordon had had a UK and US #1 hit with the McCartney composition "A World Without Love" and McCartney wrote "Nobody I Know" with the specific intent of providing a follow-up hit for the duo. Billboard described the song as a "strong follow-up" to "A World Without Love."{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2021-05-01|date=June 20, 1964|page=20|title=Singles Reviews|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1964/Billboard%201964-06-20.pdf|format=PDF}} Cash Box described it as "a captivating uptempo romancer...that the twosome wraps up with loads of charm."{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=June 20, 1964 |page=14 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohstory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1964/CB-1964-06-20.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Chart performance
"Nobody I Know" reached #9 in Canada, #10 UK, and #12 US.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4719.pdf| title=RPM Top 40-5s - August 4, 1964}}[http://musicvf.com/song.php?id=32719 Nobody I Know - By: Peter & Gordon], MusicVF.com. Accessed 19 September 2015[http://www.billboard.com/artist/328816/peter-gordon/chart?page=1&f=379 Peter & Gordon - Chart History - The Hot 100], Billboard.com. Accessed 19 September 2015
Cover versions
- A French rendering entitled "Partir, il nous faut" was recorded by Petula Clark and issued on a 1965 EP headed by her hit "Dans les temps".Gramophone, Volume 42, Part 2, (1965). p. 502
References
{{reflist}}
{{authority control}}
Category:Songs written by Lennon–McCartney
Category:Peter and Gordon songs
Category:Columbia Graphophone Company singles
Category:Capitol Records singles
{{beatles-song-stub}}
{{1960s-single-stub}}