When You Say Nothing at All
1988 single by Keith Whitley
"When You Say Nothing at All" is a country song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. It was a hit song for four different performers: Keith Whitley, who took it to the top of the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart on December 24, 1988; Alison Krauss & Union Station, whose version was their first solo top-10 country hit in 1995; Irish singer Frances Black, whose 1996 version became her third Irish top-10 single and brought the song to the attention of Irish pop singer Ronan Keating, whose 1999 version was his first solo single and a number-one hit in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Zealand.
Origin.
Songwriters Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz came up with "When You Say Nothing at All" at the end of an otherwise unproductive day. Strumming a guitar, trying to write their next song, they were coming up empty. "As we tried to find another way to say nothing, we came up with the song", Overstreet later told author Ace Collins. They thought the song was OK, but nothing special. When Keith Whitley heard it, he loved it, and was not going to let it get away. Earlier, he had recorded another Overstreet-Schlitz composition that became a No. 1 hit for another artist - Randy Travis' "On the Other Hand." Whitley did not plan to let "When You Say Nothing at All" meet the same fate.
Keith Whitley.
RCA released "When You Say Nothing at All" as the follow-up single to the title song of Whitley's "Don't Close Your Eyes" album. The former song already had hit No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart, his first chart-topper after three prior singles made the top 10. "When You Say Nothing at All" entered the Hot Country Singles chart on September 17, 1988, at No. 61, and gradually rose to the top, where it stayed for two weeks at the end of the year. It was the second of five consecutive chart-topping singles for Whitley, who did not live to see the last two, as he died on May 9, 1989, of alcohol poisoning. "Keith did a great job singin' that song," co-composer Schlitz told author Tom Roland. "He truly sang it from the heart." In 2004, Whitley's original was ranked 12th among CMT's "100 Greatest Love Songs". It was sung by Sara Evans on the show. As of February 2015, the song has sold 599,000 digital copies in the US after it became available for download.
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Alison Krauss & Union Station version.
In 1994, bluegrass music group Alison Krauss & Union Station covered the song for a tribute album to Whitley titled '. After this cover began to receive unsolicited airplay, BNA Records, the label that had released the album, issued it to radio in January 1995. That version, also featured on Krauss' compilation ', peaked at No. 3 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and a commercial single reached No. 2 on the same magazine's Hot Country Singles Sales chart. The B-side of the single was Keith Whitley's "Charlotte's in North Carolina", which was another previously unreleased track featured on the Tribute album.
Its success, as well as that of the album, caught Krauss by surprise. "It's a freak thing," she told a "Los Angeles Times" reporter in March 1995. "It's kinda ticklin' us all. We haven't had anything really chart before. At all. Isn't it funny though? We don't know what's goin' on...The office said, 'Hey, it's charting,' and we're like, 'Huh?'"
Mike Cromwell, then the production director at WMIL-FM in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, concocted a duet merging elements of the Alison Krauss & Union Station version with Whitley's original hit version. The "duet" garnered national attention, and it spread from at least Philadelphia to Albuquerque. This "duet" was however never officially serviced to radio and has never been available commercially.
The Alison Krauss & Union Station recording won the 1995 CMA award for "Single of the Year". It has sold 468,000 digital downloads as of May 2017.
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Frances Black version.
"When You Say Nothing At All" is the opening track on Frances Black's third solo album, "The Smile on Your Face" (1996), the title of the album being a lyric from this song. Released in August 1996 as the album's first single, this single became her third to reach the Irish top 10, peaking at number eight during an 11-week run in the top 30.
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Ronan Keating version.
"When You Say Nothing at All" was released as the debut solo single by Irish singer-songwriter Ronan Keating. The song was recorded for the soundtrack to the film "Notting Hill" and also appeared on Keating's debut solo album, "Ronan". This cover was released on July 26, 1999, in the United Kingdom. It peaked at number one in the UK, Ireland, and New Zealand. The single is certified double platinum in the UK and platinum in Australia, Denmark, and Sweden.
In February 2003, Keating re-recorded the song as a duet with Mexican singer Paulina Rubio in Spanglish, which was released in Spain, Mexico, and Latin America (excluding Brazil) to promote Keating's second studio album, "Destination". In Brazil, Ronan chose the Brazilian singer Deborah Blando to re-record the song in English and English-Portuguese for the "10 Years Of Hits" album exclusive for that country. A music video was recorded for this version with Blando.
Critical reception.
"Daily Record" wrote that Keating "sounds like Marti Pellow on this drippy ballad." The Spanish website "Jenesaispop" described the Spanglish version as one of the most "squeaky" bilingual collaboration, while Victor González of "GQ Spain" praised the collaboration as "great" in an article of "unusual collaborations".
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Credits and personnel.
Credits are taken from the UK CD1 liner notes.
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Nothing at All (children's book)
1941 Picture book
Nothing at All is a 1941 picture book by Wanda Gag. The story is about an invisible dog named Nothing at All and his attempts to turn visible. The book was a recipient of a 1942 Caldecott Honor for its illustrations.
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Nothing at All
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Nothing from Nothing (disambiguation)
"Nothing from Nothing" is a 1974 Billy Preston song.
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Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (disambiguation)
Whatever You Say, Say Nothing is a 1993 album by Deacon Blue.
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Nothing at All (Santana song)
"Nothing at All" is a song by Santana, released in the United States as the second single from their album "Shaman" in March 2003. The song features Musiq Soulchild singing vocals. It was written by Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas along with Cory Rooney. "Nothing at All" was produced by Rooney and Dan Shea. The music video was directed by Marc Webb, with the female lead played by Joy Bryant and the male lead played by actor Andre Warmsley.
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Without You I'm Nothing
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Nothing/Everything
Nothing/Everything is the debut album recorded by pop singer-songwriter Paula Kelley.
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All or Nothing (Joe song)
"All or Nothing" is a song by American R&B singer Joe. It was written by Joe, Denvil Tracey Gerrell, and Keith Miller for his debut studio album, "Everything" (1993), while production was helmed by Joe, featuring co-production from Miller. Released in 1994 as the album's third single, it reached number 33 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, while peaking at number 56 on the UK Singles Chart.
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Nothing (A Chorus Line song)
Nothing, also referred to as Montage Part 2, is a song from the musical "A Chorus Line". It is sung by the Puerto Rican character Diana. "Nothing" was written in 1968 by Edward Kleban.
Synopsis.
"CityBeat" explains "Diana Morales...talks about a teacher who berated her". "All About Theatre" talks about "Diana's recollections of a horrible high school acting class". "The Independent" describes it as "an account of her humiliations at the hands of a high-school Method Acting teacher".
Critical reception.
"The Arts Desk" described it as "the song about theatrical pretension". "Metro Theatre Arts" wrote the song had "the essence of a star waiting to bloom". "CT Theatre News and Reviews" described the song as "dead-on and quite moving". "The Independent" called it "hilarious, gutsy to attack...that is one of the best songs in Marvin Hamlisch's snappy, agile score".
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Nothing Fixed or Final
Nothing Fixed or Final, released in 2005 under Franciscus Henri Productions, is a collection of songs and poems written by poet Sydney Carter, performed by Franciscus Henri.
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Something or Nothing
"Something or Nothing" is a song by British rock band Uriah Heep. The song was written by Ken Hensley, Mick Box and Gary Thain and sung by David Byron. The song is the sixth track on their seventh album "Wonderworld", it is also the first track on the second side of the album. "Something or Nothing" was recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany during January and March 1974. The B-side of the song is "What Can I Do" which has never been released on the album "Wonderworld". The song is being played with only four chords: D,A,C and G. The song has been performed during Uriah Heep live concerts, and was included on their second live album "Live at Shepperton '74" as the fourth track.
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Something Outa Nothing
"Something Outa Nothing" is a song written by Simon May, Stewart James and Bradley James, for the BBC soap opera "EastEnders". It featured in an "EastEnders" storyline in 1986 and was recorded by actors Letitia Dean and Paul J. Medford. It was released as a single in 1986 reaching number 12 in the UK Singles Chart.
The song in "EastEnders".
In 1986, Dean and Medford's characters, Sharon Watts and Kelvin Carpenter, are members of a band called The Banned, along with Simon Wicks (Nick Berry), Eddie Hunter (Simon Henderson), Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) and Harry Reynolds (Gareth Potter). They enter a competition for young musicians, and both Harry and Simon vow to outdo each other by writing the best song to perform. Harry does not complete his song, but Simon writes "Something Outa Nothing". He first recites the lyrics in episode 162, starts to sing it in the next episode and gradually puts the song together throughout a number of episodes, and the band start to rehearse and learn it. However, Simon leaves the band following a disagreement with Harry and writes "Every Loser Wins". "Something Outa Nothing" is first heard in full in episode 175 during The Banned's final rehearsal. They perform "Something Outa Nothing" for the competition but Harry sabotages the performance and the band are booed off stage.
The song is played in the episode first broadcast on 24 August 2010 when Ian finds a cassette tape and plays it to his family. Occasionally, Ian and Sharon will reference the song whilst reminiscing about their teenage years.
Track listing.
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Nothing from Nothing (EP)
Nothing from Nothing was the first mini-album recorded by Ayumi Hamasaki, featuring Dohzi-T and DJ Bass and released on December 1, 1995. After the album failed to chart, her talent agency and record label, Nippon Columbia, dropped her. Due to her subsequent success, it is generally considered a collector's item. Since her first album under Avex Trax, "A Song for ××" (1999), topped the Oricon charts, previously-sold copies of "Nothing from Nothing" have become sought-after items within her fan base. Musically, "Nothing from Nothing" is a hip hop album that features Hamasaki rapping on all of the tracks, except "Limit".
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All for Nothing
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Everything or Nothing
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All or Nothing
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Nothing (disambiguation)
Nothing is the concept of the absence of anything.
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Say Nothing
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A Box of Nothing
1985 novel
A Box of Nothing is a novel by Peter Dickinson published in 1985.
Plot summary.
"A Box of Nothing" is a novel in which a youngster acquires a box containing the original nothingness that existed before the beginning of the universe.
Reception.
Dave Langford reviewed "A Box of Nothing" for "White Dwarf" #66, and stated that "Somewhere in the entropic desert a new universe is gestating, and there's a race to ensure it's the "right kind" of universe. . . Amiable and batty."
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What If I Was Nothing
"What If I Was Nothing" is a power ballad by American metalcore band All That Remains. The song was released as a single from their sixth album, "A War You Cannot Win", on September 4, 2014, and a music video was released to YouTube on October 21, 2013. In the U.S., it peaked at number two on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and at number 3 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.
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I Am Nothing
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Almost Nothing
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All or Nothing at All
1938 song by Arthur Altman and Jack Lawrence
"All or Nothing at All" is a song composed in 1939 by Arthur Altman, with lyrics by Jack Lawrence.
Frank Sinatra recording.
Frank Sinatra's August 31, 1939 recording of the song, accompanied by Harry James and his Orchestra was a huge hit in 1943, when it was reissued by Columbia Records during the 1942-44 musicians' strike. The record topped the "Billboard" charts in 1943 during a 21-week stay and sold over a million copies. On the Harlem Hit Parade chart, "All or Nothing at All" went to number eight.
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Nothingburger
Slang term
Nothingburger, sometimes spelled as nothing-burger or nothing burger, is a term used to describe a situation that receives a lot of attention, but which, upon closer examination, proves to be of little to no real significance.
The phrase refers to the notion that a regular hamburger should have different flavorful ingredients, but if the meat were to be removed, all that would be left would be a "nothingburger", thus many ingredients might be on the outside, but upon further inspection on the inside, nothing remains.
History.
The term "nothingburger" was first coined in the 1950s by Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parsons, and has a history of use in American political circles, especially within the Washington, D.C. beltway. The term reached its peak usage, especially among United States political circles in the late 2010s. In 2017, United States Senator Ted Cruz used the word in response to questions around then–United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions, saying: "The underlying meeting is a nothingburger. It's what senators do every day, meeting with foreign ambassadors. That's part of the job." Later in the same year, Hillary Clinton called the investigation into her email server the "biggest nothing-burger ever", and CNN commentator Van Jones described the allegations of collusion between Russia and Donald Trump as a "nothingburger" in a covertly recorded conversation.
The "Oxford English Dictionary" was reported by the BBC to have added "nothingburger" as a valid word to its dictionary as recently as 2018. It defined the word thus: "Nothingburger is a way of describing someone or something seen to have little importance." As of 2023[ [update]], the Merriam-Webster dictionary, which focuses on American English usage, had not yet included nothingburger as a valid word to be defined in its dictionaries, but has a page dedicated to monitoring the word and is considering the word for inclusion potentially in the future.
Spelling variations also exist, with no apparent consensus regarding spelling. All variants, including "Nothingburger", "Nothing burger", "no thing burger", or the hyphenated "Nothing-burger", have appeared in press and in social media usage by popular and political figures.
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Everything and Nothing (disambiguation)
Everything and Nothing is a non-charting compilation album by David Sylvian
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Nothing (Dwight Yoakam song)
"Nothing" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was released in October 1995 as the first single from the album "Gone". The song reached #20 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was written by Yoakam and Kostas.
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All or Nothing (Fiction Factory song)
"All or Nothing" is a song by new wave band Fiction Factory, released in 1984 as the third and final single from the band's debut album, "Throw the Warped Wheel Out". The song was written by Kevin Patterson, Eddie Jordan and Chic Medley. It was produced by Alan Rankine.
Background.
After the early 1984 top 10 UK hit with "(Feels Like) Heaven", the follow-up, a reissue of debut single "Ghost of Love", only managed to reach No. 64 in the UK. The band became labelled as a one-hit wonder, as their following releases failed to reach commercial success. "All or Nothing" was released with little interest from record buyers, and it failed to make an appearance within the UK top 100. This was despite the song receiving acclaim from music journalists as a stand-out track from the band's debut album. The song was released with limited promotion, with the single not having a music video, unlike the previous two singles.
Release.
The single was released via 7" and 12" vinyl in the UK. A 7" single was also issued in the Netherlands. All releases were through CBS Records, who also distributed the release. A promotional 7" vinyl was released in the UK as well.
The 7" vinyl featured the exclusive non-album B-Side "Dreaming of Someone" - a song written by Patterson and Jordan, and produced by Fiction Factory. The 12" vinyl release featured an "Extended Version" of "All or Nothing", along with "Dreaming of Someone" and another exclusive, non-album B-side, "I Who Know You". This song was also written by Patterson and Jordan, and produced by Fiction Factory. Peter Wilson, who produced the majority of the band's debut album, mixed the track.
The single featured a full colour sleeve, featuring similar artwork as the band's debut album - a close up of Patterson in silhouette, with a glowing effect amongst a black backdrop. The photography was taken by David McIntyre in his own parent's garden. The effect was achieved by McIntyre drawing Patterson's outline on a piece of cardboard. A couple of days later they then took a camera, the exposure and the cardboard outline to a local place called "The Hermitage" – close to Perth – where Europe's tallest tree stands. The cardboard piece was positioned close to the tree, and then McIntyre did the second part of the exposure while walking about with a torch doing all the lights off Patterson.
Following the song's release on the "Throw the Warped Wheel Out" album, and as a single, the song was later included on the band's only compilation album "Feels Like Heaven", released in Europe during 1999 via Sony Music Entertainment. "I Who Know You" also appeared on the compilation.
Critical reception.
On its release as a single, Jerry Smith of "Music Week" described it as "slick pop" and wrote, "This has a commercial sound, with its funky bass and very Martin Fry type vocals punctuated by an intricate keyboard arrangement." Karen Swayne of "Record Mirror" described it as "another offering from one of the most anonymous of the recent crop of faceless bands cluttering up the charts". She added, "I blame it on Radio One for encouraging them. As long as this kind of bland synthesised music is deemed ideal airplay fodder, there'll always be Fiction Factories churning it out." In a retrospective review of "Throw the Warped Wheel Out", Michael Sutton of AllMusic said, "The slow groove of 'The Hanging Gardens' or the brisk, soulful melodies of 'All or Nothing' may not have the instant appeal of '(Feels Like) Heaven', but repeated spins uncover the finger-snapping hooks within."
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Nothing's News
"Nothing's News" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was released in June 1990 as the fifth and final single from his debut album "Killin' Time". It was his first single not to chart at number 1 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart but it did reach number 1 on The Canadian "RPM" country Tracks chart.
Content.
The song is about getting together with good friends at the bar and thinking about the times when life was better.
Chart performance.
"Nothing's News" would only reach number 3 on the Hot Country Songs chart. It became his fifth consecutive number one hit on the Canadian "RPM" charts where it spent one week at number 1 beginning September 15, 1990.
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You're Nothing
You're Nothing is the second studio album by Danish punk rock band Iceage. The album was released through Matador Records on 19 February 2013. Like its predecessor, "New Brigade", the album was met with critical acclaim.
Critical reception.
"You're Nothing" was well received by critics upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 80, based on 41 reviews, indicating "generally favorable". Brandon Stosuy of "Pitchfork" gave the album a "Best New Music" designation, saying that "Iceage write brilliant songs; on "You're Nothing", they've found a way to clarify these compositional skills without stripping away their power."
Fred Thomas, writing for AllMusic, also praised the album and the group's musical evolution, writing, "By the time the title track rolls around to close the album, Iceage have developed a record reaching out in many directions without straining to make any points."
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Amount to Nothing
Amount to Nothing is the debut album from the band Yakuza. It was self-released in October 31, 2000.
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Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
"Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt" is from an image of a tombstone within the 1969 novel "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut, and may also refer to:
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It's Nothing
"It's Nothing" is the third and final single from "Milk Me", a 2004 album by East Coast hip hop group The Beatnuts. It was released by Penalty Recordings as a 12 inch with "Confused Rappers" as its b-side. The song is produced by The Beatnuts and features rapped verses by Juju, Psycho Les and guest rapper A.G., as well as a chorus performed by Gab Goblin. The song is lyrically composed of braggadocios metaphors and punchlines. The song's beat is characterized by a flute sample and quick drums giving it a "futuristic funk" sound. The song also features live instrumentation provided by keyboardist Neal Evans.
Although "It's Nothing" failed to chart or receive an accompanying music video, it elicited positive critical attention: Tom Doggett of RapReviews.com considers it comparable to The Beatnuts' 1997 hit single "Off the Books" because of its flute sample. Robert DeGracia of AllHipHop.com claims that "It's Nothing" proves the great prowess of Beatnuts production, whilst complementing guest rapper A.G.
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Nothing at All (Kasey Chambers song)
2006 single by Kasey Chambers
"Nothing at All" is a country song performed and written by Kasey Chambers and produced by her brother, Nash Chambers, released in July 2006 as the lead single from her fourth studio album "Carnival" (2006).
The song won the "Most Performed Country Work" at the APRA Music Awards of 2007 It was the third year in a row Chambers won this award. The song earned Chambers a nomination for Best Female Artist at the ARIA Music Awards of 2006.
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Nothing from Nothing
"Nothing from Nothing" is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher and recorded by Billy Preston for his 1974 album "The Kids & Me". The song reached #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart for one week in October 1974, becoming Preston's second solo chart-topper in the United States (following his 1973 hit "Will It Go Round in Circles"). It spent four and a half months on the chart.
Preston performed "Nothing from Nothing" on "Saturday Night Live", the first musical performance ever on the show.
The song was also used in late 2002 for all GM-brand commercials and was also prominently featured in both the 1975 low-budget independent bank-heist caper "Flash and the Firecat" and the 2008 film "Be Kind Rewind".
The song is also mentioned in the novel "Just Above My Head" by James Baldwin.
The song was also featured in the 2024 Apple TV+ animated Peanuts special "".
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Alternative rock band Lazlo Bane covered the song for their 2007 cover album "Guilty Pleasures".
The artist Mac Miller covered the song for his 2018 Spotify session. This single was released posthumously.
The Billy Preston version is featured in Season 2 of "South Park" in episode 6, "The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka," during a fictional interview of Bob Denver on the talk show "Jesus and Pals".
American folk band The Ghost of Paul Revere released a cover version, both as a single and as the opening track to their 2019 album "Field Notes, Vol. 2".
American musician Jon Batiste portrayed Billy Preston and performed a cover of the song in the 2024 film "Saturday Night".
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Everything and Nothing
Everything and Nothing is a compilation album by David Sylvian. Released in October 2000, the album contains previously released and unreleased, re-recorded, and alternate versions of tracks from Sylvian's twenty years with Virgin Records. The record peaked at no.57 in the UK albums chart.
Release formats.
It was released in two versions, a standard 2CD jewel case (CDVD 2897) and (in the UK) as a limited edition 3CD digipak (CDVDX 2897).
Background.
In addition to tracks from Sylvian's solo career and earlier with the group Japan ("Ghosts"), the album also includes previously unreleased material ("Some Kind of Fool", "The Scent of Magnolia", "Ride" and "Cover Me with Flowers", among others) along with collaborations ("Bamboo Houses" and "Heartbeat" with Ryuichi Sakamoto and "Buoy" with Mick Karn). The songs "Come Morning" and "Golden Way" were taken from the 1995 album "Marco Polo" by the World music duo Nicola Alesini & Pier Luigi Andreoni, on which Sylvian provided vocals for three of the songs.
"Thoroughly Lost to Logic", a piece written 1991, contained Sylvian reading a poem, which appeared on Ryuichi Sakamoto's composition "Salvation" from his work "Discord" released in 1998. This version was completed in 2000.
Four tracks on the album were recorded during the making of Sylvian's 1999 album "Dead Bees on a Cake" but did not make the final cut on the album. The compilation additionally derives its title from a line in the "Dead Bees on a Cake" song "Thalheim".
Personnel.
"This is a list of guest musicians exclusively about the unreleased tracks. For the other tracks, see respective albums."
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Say Nothing (film)
2001 film
Say Nothing is a 2001 drama, romance, and thriller film written by Madeline Sunshine and directed by Allan Moyle. The film stars William Baldwin, Nastassja Kinski, and Hart Bochner.
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Nothing (opera)
2016 Opera by David Bruce
Nothing is a two-act opera by the British composer David Bruce to a libretto by Glyn Maxwell, based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Janne Teller.
The opera was co-commissioned by the Royal Opera House, London, and Glyndebourne. The original production, directed by Bijan Sheibani, premiered at Glyndebourne in February 2016, featuring Glyndebourne Youth Opera and Southbank Sinfonia. The performances were conducted by Sian Edwards.
Roles.
The opera has five principal roles and three smaller roles that are performed by members of the chorus. The chorus itself is written for young voices.
Synopsis.
On the first day back at school one September, a boy called Pierre walks out of the class, climbs a plum tree, and declares that ‘nothing matters’. His classmates try without success to bring him down from the tree. Desperate to prove him wrong, they give up their childhood possessions to a bonfire, "a Pile of Meaning", so their tears will prove things matter.
When this makes no impression on Pierre, they decide to force one another to give up whatever is most important to each of them. This starts with toys and clothes, but soon escalates monstrously: one girl’s hair – the national flag – the corpse of a pet – a figure of Jesus – until finally, with Pierre still claiming life is pointless – the children give up body and soul in a terrible spiral of sacrifice.
Finally, Pierre comes to see the ‘Pile of Meaning’. He climbs it, crying out that life is beautiful – because it means nothing. In rage and regret the children set upon him. He is never seen again. Years later at Christmas, the children, now adults from all walks of life, gather by the plum tree to hang purple baubles on its branches, in recognition that whatever it was they went through together, the life and death of Pierre meant something, and cannot be forgotten.
"Nothing" is a story of lost childhood, the getting of wisdom, and the madness of crowds. The children are forced to confront the darkest answer to the question of existence, yet somehow find love and humanity in their responses. They absorb the horror of this communal experience, and move on through life, sadder and wiser, ever searching for truth and meaning.
Instrumentation.
The opera is scored for the following orchestra:
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Critical response.
The reviews for the opening production of "Nothing" were overwhelmingly positive. In a five star review, The Independent called the piece "a pretty well flawless piece which, unlike almost all other recent operas about adolescent alienation, rings true to life." Rupert Christiansen in The Telegraph said "The audience was held rapt by a performance that by any standards exerted a chilling power and intensity." Mark Pullinger of BachTrack.com said "Nothing is the most powerful contemporary opera I’ve seen since "Written on Skin", which is high praise indeed."
Future productions.
The original production of "Nothing" was revived by the Danish National Opera in Aarhus, Denmark in February 2017, as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations.
"Nothing" was performed at the Copenhagen Opera House in 2020 as part of the Royal Danish Theatre's 2020/2021 season.
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Something for Nothing (book)
1954 short story by Robert Sheckley
Something for Nothing is a humorous story by the science fiction writer Robert Sheckley. It was first published in the journal "Galaxy Science Fiction" in 1954 and in the collection "Citizen in Space" in 1955.
Plot.
Waking up one morning, Joe Collins unexpectedly finds in his room a cube with the inscription “Class A Recycler”. After some experimentation, he comes to the conclusion that this is what he had always dreamed of - something that will give him everything he desires. He orders palaces and oil wells, money and cars, herds of pedigree cattle and ballet troupes. One day he asks for immortality. Later he learns that the cube is a device for ordering things, but he still has to pay for the things. However, he still gets something for nothing: namely, immortality, which he gets for free - in order to work off his debt in marble quarries for several thousand years.
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Nothing Means Everything
Nothing Means Everything is the debut album from Scottish band The Dykeenies. It was released on the Lavolta Records label on 17 September 2007.

Stop at Nothing
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Nothin' at All (Heart song)
"Nothin' at All" is a song by American rock band Heart from their eponymous eighth studio album (1985). It was released on April 3, 1986, as the album's fourth single. The song was written by pop and musical theatre composer Mark Mueller.
The single peaked at number 10 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, becoming the band's ninth top-10 entry, as well as the fourth top-ten single from the parent album. Additionally, it peaked at number 38 on the UK Singles Chart in 1988, after reaching number 76 two years earlier during its original release.
Musically, the track represents an embrace of the new wave and power pop styles of radio-friendly rock songs of the early-to-mid-1980s (akin to contemporary U.S. groups such as The Cars) with elements such as strident keyboard playing mixed with an emphasis on rhythm guitar. This artistic choice was a softening from the heavier sound of earlier releases by Heart that were closer to hard rock while retaining the same melodramatic balladry driven songwriting.
Background and music video.
The track functions as a love song that describes a new romantic relationship which falls into place without any interpersonal conflict or even real effort. The song's title phrase is employed twice: both when the narrator describes the new relationship as being like "nothin' at all" (compared to everything else that she's previously experienced) and additionally when she asks the song's subject what he did to make falling in love so easy (him giving the exact response of "nothin' at all").
The music video for "Nothin' at All" touches on the lyrical content of the song only abstractly and features a combination of comedic elements such as Ann and Nancy Wilson debating each other on fashion choices as well as numerous moments of a large black panther stalking different environments in a darkened building. The clip additionally displays band members either miming to the track or pretending to play instruments. As of December 2022, it has been well-received on YouTube, with the release featuring over nine million views.
Reception.
The U.S. publication "Cash Box" stated that "Ann Wilson’s ever exhilarating vocal force is dynamic as ever here, aided by sizzling rock guitar musicianship."
Music critic Joe Viglione of AllMusic praised the track for how it "explodes off the turntable", in his view, and he additionally remarked that it incorporates a "mix which is arguably producer Ron Nevison's finest moment." He commented how, musically, the track represents an embrace of the new wave and power pop styles of radio-friendly rock songs of the early to middle 1980s by Heart, bringing the group in line with the spirit of contemporary U.S. bands such as The Cars.
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Simply Nothing
Simply Nothing is the debut album by singer-songwriter Shawn McDonald on Sparrow Records released August 10, 2004.

Apropos of Nothing
2020 memoir by Woody Allen
Apropos of Nothing is a 2020 memoir by American filmmaker and humorist Woody Allen. The book was originally due to be published by Grand Central Publishing, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, in April 2020, but on March 6, 2020, Hachette said they would no longer publish it. The memoir was published, in English, by Arcade Publishing and, in Italian, by La nave di Teseo on March 23, 2020. The photo of Allen on the back cover was taken by his longtime friend and frequent co-star Diane Keaton.
A statement by Arcade Publishing called the book "a candid and comprehensive personal account by Woody Allen of his life, ranging from his childhood in Brooklyn through his acclaimed career in film, theater, television, print and standup comedy, as well as exploring his relationships with family and friends." The book received mixed reviews upon release.
Background.
Allen has previously published essay collections. He had previously planned to release a memoir in 2003 published by Penguin, but reportedly changed his mind.
Contents.
"Apropos of Nothing" covers Allen's childhood in Brooklyn in the 1940s, as well as his early career writing on Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows" with Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and Larry Gelbart, and his early standup years in Greenwich Village with Nichols and May and Dick Cavett. Allen also writes about his extensive filmography, and his collaborations with actors throughout his career such as Diane Keaton, Emma Stone, Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, Michael Caine, Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, and Javier Bardem.
Allen also discusses his family life, including his relationship with his wife Soon-Yi Previn, ex-partner Mia Farrow, biological son Ronan Farrow, adoptive son Moses Farrow, and adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow. The book is dedicated to Previn. He also writes of the allegations of child molestation made against him by Dylan Farrow; he denies her charge, made in 1992 and again in 2014, that he sexually abused her when she was seven years old, but expresses sadness over their estrangement. He writes that he "would welcome Dylan with open arms if she'd ever want to reach out to us as Moses did, but so far that's still only a dream."
Allen, who directed Timothée Chalamet in "A Rainy Day in New York" in 2019, commented on Chalamet, who said he did not wish to profit from his work on the film and pledged to donate his salary from the film to three charities: Time's Up, RAINN, and the L.G.B.T. Center in New York. In "Apropos of Nothing", Woody Allen accuses Chalamet of telling Allen's sister and producer Letty Aronson that, "[H]e needed to do that as he was up for an Oscar for "Call Me by Your Name", and he and his agent felt he had a better chance of winning if he denounced me, so he did."
Allen also reveals that he and Louis C.K., whom Allen directed in "Blue Jasmine" (2013), attempted to write and act together in a comedy film. Their attempts to collaborate on a script failed, but C. K. contacted Allen years later offering Allen a role in a film he had written and planned to direct. After reading the script, Allen was shocked that the character he would be playing was a famed film director who was once accused of molesting a child, and is in a romantic relationship with a much younger woman. Allen declined the role, thinking the similarities to the allegations made against him would only play "right into the hands of the yahoos." C. K.'s planned film became "I Love You, Daddy" (2017). C. K.'s film was dropped by its distributor following a week prior to the film's intended debut.
Publication.
Hachette and cancellation.
The sexual abuse allegations against Allen and the Me Too movement reportedly led to Allen's memoir being rejected by several publishers, before being accepted by Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group. The book was officially announced by Grand Central Publishing on March 2, 2020.
Ronan and Dylan Farrow described the publication of the book by Hachette Book Group as "deeply upsetting" and a "betrayal". Ronan Farrow's book "Catch and Kill" (2019) was published by Little, Brown and Company, an imprint of Hachette Book Group. Farrow said that Hachette had shown "a lack of ethics and compassion for victims of sexual abuse" and announced he would no longer work with them. Michael Pietsch, CEO of Hachette Book Group, defended Grand Central Publishing's decision to publish the book, saying, "We do not allow anyone's publishing programme to interfere with anyone else's."
On March 5, 2020, approximately 75 employees of Hachette Book Group staged a walkout in protest of the book and gathered in Rockefeller Plaza, outside the publisher's New York offices. Other employees met with CEO Michael Pietsch to demand that Hachette cancel the publication of Allen's book. The following day, Hachette Book Group announced it would not publish the book, and would return the rights to Allen.
Reaction to cancellation.
Writer Stephen King criticized Hachette's decision to cancel the book on Twitter. King stated, "The Hachette decision to drop the Woody Allen book makes me very uneasy. It's not him; I don't give a damn about Mr Allen. It's who gets muzzled next that worries me ... If you think he's a paedophile, don't buy the book. Don't go to his movies. Don't go listen to him play jazz at the Carlyle Hotel. Vote with your wallet ... In America, that's how we do it." King also said that "it was fucking tone-deaf of Hachette to want to publish Woody Allen's book after publishing Ronan Farrow's."
Suzanne Nossel of PEN America said, "This case represented something of a perfect storm. It involved not just a controversial book, but a publisher that was working with individuals on both sides of a longstanding and traumatic familial rupture. This presented unique circumstances that clearly coloured the positions staked out and decisions taken. If the end result here is that this book, regardless of its merits, disappears without a trace, readers will be denied the opportunity to read it and render their own judgments." She also said that she hoped the controversy would not mean that publishers would reject "manuscripts that editors think are worthwhile but that are about, or even by, people who may be considered contemptible".
Jo Glanville, the former director of writers' group English PEN and an editor on "Index on Censorship", also objected to Hachette's decision. In an article in "The Observer", Glanville stated, "I am always afraid when a mob, however small and well-read, exercises power without any accountability, process or redress. That frightens me much more than the prospect of Woody Allen's autobiography hitting the bookstores." Noting that Allen had been investigated twice after the accusation of alleged abuse and never charged, Glanville argued that "The staff at Hachette who walked out were not behaving like publishers; they were acting as censors". Hachette's decision to cancel the book's publication was also criticized by Hadley Freeman in "The Guardian", Fiona Sturges in "The Independent", Robbie Collin in "The Daily Telegraph", Kyle Smith in "National Review", Bret Stephens in "The New York Times", Lionel Shriver in "The Spectator", Douglas Murray in "The Spectator", Joe Nocera in "Bloomberg Opinion", Laurent Dandrieu in "Le Figaro", Rod Dreher in "The American Conservative", Barbara Kay in the "National Post", and Rachel Cooke in "The Observer".
However, Emily Alford, writing in "Jezebel", welcomed the decision. Alford argued that it was disrespectful to sexual abuse survivors for Hachette to publish Allen's book. Alford argued that offering "a 'conflicting point of view' from the same company that, not even a year ago, was championing survivors' stories while promoting "Catch and Kill" seems willfully, almost cruelly, obtuse." Alford also described Hachette's decision to publish the book without consulting Ronan and Dylan Farrow and Hachette's employees as "bad ethics and bad business". Writing about the controversy in "Forbes", Howard Homonoff said, "It's not hard to tag Hachette's efforts here a failure", stating that the company had underestimated the negative social media response to the announcement of the publication. Homonoff also said that having the same company publish both Allen's books and those of his outspoken critic, Ronan Farrow, "looks tone deaf at best".
Publication by Arcade.
The memoir was published in hardcover and e-book on March 23, 2020, by Arcade Publishing, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing.
Arcade Publishing founder Jeannette Seaver described the book as "wonderful, very well-written, extremely entertaining and so honest". "All you need to do is read the book, and you'll understand everything", she claimed. Of Hachette's decision not to publish the book, she said, "I was so appalled that [Hachette] would drop a man like Woody Allen."
Translations.
Spanish.
"El Confidencial" reported on March 9, 2020, that Allen's Spanish publisher Alianza remained committed to the book's release, despite Hachette dropping the book. The Spanish-language edition, titled "A propósito de nada", was published on May 21, 2020.
French.
Stock, a French-language subsidiary of Hachette, announced that they planned to publish a French translation of the book (by Marc Amefreville and Antoine Cazé) titled "Soit dit en passant" (lit. transl. "By the way") on May 13, 2020. In an interview with France Inter public radio, Stock's chairman, Manuel Carcassonne, said "Woody Allen is not Roman Polanski...Roman Polanski has acknowledged some of the accusations made against him. This is not at all the case for Woody Allen who has always protested his innocence and proved it in U.S. courts." Asked if he thought that authors signed to Stock might object to the publication, Carcassonne said "I haven't had the chance to warn all of our authors... but I think critics of the book will be satisfied and reassured when they read it." Carcassonne also said he was reassured by the reaction of his all-woman team of editors to reading the book. "Any reticence my own team had, simply disappeared after they had read the book. We're not of the same generation, they're young and are naturally into defending women's rights [but] they were reassured once they'd read it."
German.
A German-language translation was announced by German publisher Rowohlt with the title for publication on April 7, 2020. In an open letter, several German authors published by Rowohlt criticized the company's decision to publish the book without fact-checking first. This includes Giulia Becker, Kirsten Fuchs, Lena Gorelik, Marlene Hellene, Sebastian Janata, Julia Korbik, Sascha Lobo, Anselm Neft, Kathrin Passig, Till Raether, Anna Schatz, Aleks Scholz, Nis-Momme Stockmann, Margarete Stokowski, Sven Stricker.
Dutch.
A Dutch-language translation was announced by Netherlands publisher Uitgeverij Prometheus under the title "À propos." for publication on April 7, 2020.
Czech.
A Czech-language translation was published by Argo under the title "Mimochodem" on March 18, 2021. The translation is by Michael Žantovský, a well-known translator, former Czech Ambassador to the United States and currently director of Vaclav Havel Library.
Reception.
Some critics described the book as banal and tone-deaf and criticized its attitude towards women and found it self-pitying, while others praised its humour and easy-going narrative voice. At the review aggregator website Book Marks, which assigns individual ratings to book reviews from mainstream literary critics, the book received a cumulative "Pan" rating based on 12 reviews: two positive reviews, four mixed reviews, and six negative reviews.
Writing in "The Washington Post", author Monica Hesse panned Allen's "terrible" and "preposterous" memoir, criticizing its "total lack of self-awareness," as well as criticizing Allen for releasing the book during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Peter Biskind of the "Los Angeles Times" praised Allen's "fusillade of one-liners, two-liners, three-liners" in the book as well as the "vivid detail" about the people Allen has worked with in his film career. Tim Robey of "The Daily Telegraph" called it a "guilt-inducingly fun memoir," praising the passages about Allen's childhood as well as the "irresistible self-deprecation" Allen employs when detailing his career. Kyle Smith of "National Review" called the book "an absolute delight, hilarious and endearing and glistening with stardust." In an interview with "The New York Times", Larry David called it "a fantastic book, so funny. You feel like you're in the room with him... it's just a great book and it's hard to walk away after reading that book thinking that this guy did anything wrong."
Dwight Garner of "The New York Times" praised the book for being "occasionally funny" and admired parts of it for showcasing Allen's "authentic and easygoing voice," but criticized it as being "incredibly, unbelievably tone deaf on the subject of women" with Allen's "gratuitous pronouncement" on physical appearance whenever mentioning a woman. Garner also felt the final third of the book "falls apart dreadfully" with Allen's "handing out of goody bags" and the multiple "banalities" he employs when discussing celebrities he has worked with throughout his career. Peter Bart of "Deadline Hollywood" favorably reviewed Allen's "hilarious" account of his childhood as well as his "superbly revealing analysis" of his film career, but lamented Allen's "baffling and unhinged report of his personal encounters, which reads like a bad parody of a Dostoevsky novel, with subtitles by Freud."
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Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied
Song by English band the 1975
"Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" is a song by English band the 1975 from their fourth studio album, "Notes on a Conditional Form" (2020). The song was written by band members Matty Healy, George Daniel, Adam Hann and Ross MacDonald, while the production was handled by Daniel and Healy. The London Community Gospel Choir provide the song's choir vocals. Its creation was inspired by J Dilla and self-reflection, with the band wanting to fulfill their responsibilities as artists by challenging ideas.
An experimental neo soul, electro-gospel and R&B song, "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" combines elements of jazz, spoken word, soul, blue-eyed soul, gospel and hip hop. The song's production primarily consists of a lo-fi groove, jazz-influenced chords and a blues-influenced piano riff. Detailing Healy's search for truth in the world, the song's lyrics criticise other celebrities for financially exploiting their fans while also disavowing the 1975's own lyrics from "Love It If We Made It" and "Heart Out".
Upon release, "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics, with several deeming it an album highlight. Reviewers praised the song's lyrics, production and sonic experimentation, noting it serves as a deconstruction of the 1975's mythology. The song peaked at number 82 on the UK Singles Chart and number 28 on the New Zealand Hot Singles chart. An accompanying music video, created by Joey Holder, was released on 12 July 2020. Inspired by the novel "The Book of Pleasure: Psychology of Ecstasy" (1913) by Austin Osman Spare, the visual features sigils and positive affirmations layered over footage of snakes, eels, nematodes and sacred diagrams.
Background and development.
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"It's a very unique vocal delivery on ['Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied']. I wouldn't call it rapping, it’s just flow. I get to kind of flow and rhythmically punctuate with words."
—Healy, on his vocal delivery in "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied".
In April 2017, the 1975 announced "Music For Cars", the follow-up record to their second studio album "I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It" (2016), with it being set for release in 2018. However, in May 2018, Healy announced that "Music For Cars" would now represent an "era" composed of two studio albums. The first, "A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships" (2018), was released in November of the same year. The band began recording the second album "Notes on a Conditional Form", prior to the release of "A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships". Recording continued through 2019 during their Music for Cars Tour, intending to release it in May 2019. Healy deferred the album's release several times, scheduling it for 21 February 2020 and later for 24 April. Regarding the delays, the singer said they were caused by giving interviewers arbitrary release dates. Ultimately, "Notes on a Conditional Form" was released on 22 May 2020.
The origin of "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" came from a piano piece created by Daniel while the producer was "jamming". Healy then added a low-resolution breakbeat over the piece, creating a simple loop that allowed the pair to "kind of just go into producer mode"–inspired by the work of J Dilla. Regarding the production process, the singer said parts of the song's creation were "really fun for [them]". Lyrically, he said the track was meant to be a self-reflection and a fulfillment of their artistic responsibility. Healy noted that many artists fail to take a stance on issues or challenge any ideas, relying on association and projection to make themselves interesting. Elaborating further, the singer said: "[I]f you give people nothing to work with, if you say nothing, then you leave room for people to project anything." "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" was written by Daniel, Healy, Hann and MacDonald, while the production was handled by Daniel and Healy.
Music and lyrics.
Musically, "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" is an experimental neo soul, electro-gospel and R&B piano ballad, and has a length of three minutes and 38 seconds (3:38). The song has a brass and piano-driven instrumentation, while the production is composed of a soulful lo-fi hip hop groove, a "vibrant" bassline, jazz-influenced chords, a blues-influenced piano riff and a gospel choir performed by the London Community Gospel Choir. The track also contains elements of jazz, spoken word, soul, blue-eyed soul, gospel and hip hop. Healy's vocal delivery in "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" alternates between rapping and singing in his falsetto. During the rap portion of the song, Healy's voice undergoes a deep grime-inspired manipulation, which Callie Ahlgrim of "Insider" compared to English rapper Stormzy.
Lyrically, "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" narrates Healy's search for the truth in an increasingly confusing world. He confesses to embellishing in his previous songs and dismantles the lies and misconceptions about himself from their lyrics. "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" begins with an angsty hymn, while the first verse opens with Healy admitting "I never fucked in a car, I was lying / I do it on my bed, lying down, not trying", which disavows the opening lines of "Love It If We Made It" (2018) and "Sex" (2013). Using sentimental tones, the singer confesses to apathy while equating existential ennui with asking for sex. Elsewhere, he describes being too tired and bored to live a lifestyle expected of him, while lambasting other celebrities for their greed, rapping in a low-pitched voice: "You don't fuck with your poor fans / You need the rich ones to expand your floor plans." The song breaks into a choir-led plea, which Larry Fitzmaurice of "Entertainment Weekly" compared to "Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1" (1990) by George Michael, singing: "Life feels like a lie / I need something to be true / Is there anybody out there?"
Reception.
Upon release, "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" was met with positive reviews from contemporary music critics, with some deeming it a highlight from "Notes on a Conditional Form". Mitch Mosk of "Atwood Magazine" declared the song an album highlight and included it as his Editor's Pick, praising the "grandeur and utter beauty" while noting the song explores "groundbreaking" sonic territory for the 1975. He commended the track's lyrics, passionate emotions, "lush harmonies and aching, heartfelt tones". Writing for "The Guardian", Kitty Empire called "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" the album's "key track", deeming it a "subtly" updated version of U2's "I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For" (1987). Paul Schrodt of "Slant Magazine" called the song one of the album's "[m]ore successful curveballs". "The A.V. Club" writer Annie Zaleski deemed the track one of the strongest songs from "Notes on a Conditional Form", saying it eschews "big-picture statements and instead confronts anxiety about personal malaise and isolation".
Conrad Duncan of "Under the Radar" described "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" as a "burst of light-footed neo-soul". He noted the song exemplifies "Notes on a Conditional Form"'s overall rejection of Healy's former theatrics, specifically by dismantling the 1975's most acclaimed line from "Love It If We Made It". Additionally, Duncan called the track the emotional centrepiece of the album, saying it is an example of where "[t]he 1975 are at their best, combining self-deprecating humor with sharp radio-friendly hooks". "Paste" writer Lizzie Manno said "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" recalls the distorted hip hop of the band's "I Like America & America Likes Me" (2018) and the gospel vocals of "It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)" (2018), while Elly Watson of "DIY" similarly praised it as a "clever" throwback to "Love It If We Made It".
Justin Curto of "Vulture" said "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" encompasses "everything worth loving (or loathing) about [t]he 1975", while praising the lyrics, production and unexpected rapping. Fitzmaurice called the song's choir vocals "beautiful", while "Clash" writer Brenton Blanchet said the track's bridge "encapsulates the ultra-powered, multi-dimensional superhero of an album". On a similar note, Ross Horton of "musicOMH" called it "another winner" for the band. Writing for "Exclaim!", Ian Gormely interpreted "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" to be a deconstruction of the 1975's own mythology, saying Healy "picks apart the lies and misconceptions about himself from past lyrics". Similarly, Dan Stubbs of "NME" said Healy is "bent on deconstructing the entire artifice of his carefully curated persona", while "Beats Per Minute" writer Lauren Mullineaux said Healy debunks his "self-mythologising" nature. Similarly, "Pitchfork"'s Sam Sodomsky called the song a "self-referential cry into the void about fame". Commercially, "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" reached number 82 on the UK Singles Chart and number 28 on the New Zealand Hot Singles chart.
Music video.
An accompanying music video, created by Joey Holder, was released on 12 July 2020. The visual serves as the 11th release from "Artists Respond to NOACF", an online art exhibition released in lieu of their planned Music for Cars Tour. To create the video, Holder took inspiration from the occult and the novel "The Book of Pleasure: Psychology of Ecstasy" (1913) by Austin Osman Spare. She began by segmenting the song into eight verses and then extracting positive affirmations from each: "Life is a search for your truth", "sexual sorcery", "returns and unites", "free at any time", "revealed by all systems", "forget dependence, "somewhere unlearnt" and "what you wish to believe can be true". The filmmaker used Spare's sigil-making technique to develop a symbol for each of the eight affirmations. The video features the eight reoccurring symbols and affirmations layered over footage of sacred diagrams, squirming snakes, eels and nematodes, which form the shapes of the symbols. The visual also includes a moon, meant to represent the eight lunar phases which hold importance for chaos magic. Regarding the meaning of the video, the 1975 asserted that it is intended to remind viewers of "the central role music played in old pagan ceremonies and rituals".
Credits and personnel.
Credits adapted from "Notes on a Conditional Form" album liner notes.
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Nothing (novel)
2010 fiction novel by Janne Teller
Nothing is a fiction novel by Danish author Janne Teller published in 2000. It was published on February 9, 2010, by Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Plot.
Danish 8th grader Pierre Anthon tells his classmates about his existential dread. Upon doing so, he leaves school, returning to his home, where he lives with his dad. He takes residence in a plum tree.
Agnes, the narrator, decides to work with her classmates in an attempt to convince Pierre that life has a purpose, and to convince him to give up living in the plum tree in favor of returning to school. The classmates decide to create a "heap of meaning," which is a collection of one personal sacrifice from each participant. The participants choose items based on personal meaning. A classmate named Dennis begins the heap by giving up his Dungeons and Dragons books, and then challenges another classmate Sebastian to give up his fishing rod. Sebastian complies, and asks Laura to sacrifice her earrings, which she does.
The classmates begin to see the heap as a game, asking "Who can sacrifice the most meaningful item for the heap?" Agnes is forced to sacrifice her new sandals, and as a result she forces Gerda to sacrifice her pet hamster. The children begin to sacrifice darker and darker things, including their virginity, their fingers, and additional animals. Law Enforcement and the media get involved, and the heap begins to receive national coverage. The classmates sell the heap to a museum for $3.6 million.
Pierre is still not convinced, citing the sale of the heap as rendering it meaningless. Sofie begins to wreak havoc, causing the entire group of classmates to break out into violence. Agnes flees the unfolding violence and pleads with Pierre to give up his existential dread and come down from the tree, which he agrees to. He comes to see the bloody violence, and scolds the classmates as being idiotic. He is then murdered, and the novel ends with Agnes reflecting back upon the events.
Reception.
The novel has received positive reviews, with a rating of 3.6 out of 5 on Goodreads. The novel has received various awards, including a nomination for the Garden State Teen Book Award.
The book has been adapted into an opera of the same name, which was performed at the Glyndebourne opera house in 2016.
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Song About Nothing
2019 single by Smiley
"Song About Nothing" is a single by Romanian singer Smiley released on May 20, 2019. The song peaked at number thirty-five in the Romania Top 100 charts, spending seven weeks there.
Music video.
The music video of the song was released alongside the song itself on May 20, 2019, and was directed and produced by Smiley alongside HaHaHa Production staff.
The video was shot in Downtown Los Angeles in early April 2019. It begins by showing a pixel art look-alike cardboard of main artist Smiley's body coming out of a wall. The figure creates a tape recorder out of nothing and starts strolling the city, taking a walk into the park or dancing on rooftops. As it walks the streets, the cardborad body surprises lots of people who stop to take pictures or dance with it. Halfway into the video, the real body of Smiley appears singing the lyrics of the song. In the meantime, the cardboard body continues its journey through Los Angeles by meeting a couple of newly weds downtown, then strolling the Hollywood Hills where it meets dog walkers and then the Santa Monica State Beach where it shares a skateboard session with a kid and attends a dancing party with other random people at sunset. At the end of the video, the real body of Smiley joins the party.
Song concept.
The song's main message refers to bringing out the joy of living and the feel-good mood. As the lyrics hint, a person can "make something out of nothing" when they feel good. In an interview following the release of the song in May 2019, Smiley explained: “I was always puzzled by the answer I got when asking “What are you doing? Nothing! This is the idea of the song, of doing something out of nothing. Actually, we all do something, even when it seems we don’t do anything.”.
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Nothing (The Script song)
2010 single by the Script
"Nothing" is a song by Irish pop rock band the Script from their second studio album, "Science & Faith". The song was released as the second single on 19 November 2010. It was written and produced by Danny O'Donoghue, Mark Sheehan, Steve Kipner, and Andrew Frampton. The song charted at number 15 in