"No Show" is a song recorded by R&B/Funk band Kool & the Gang for their 1981 studio album Something Special.[1] 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.[2][3]
| "No Show" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Kool & the Gang | ||||
| from the album The Hits Reloaded | ||||
| Released | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Label | Edel | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ronald Nathan Bell, Robert Earl Bell, Claydes Charles Smith, Robert Mickens, J.T. Taylor, George Melvin Brown, Eumir Deodato | |||
| Producer(s) | Eumir Deodato, Kool & the Gang | |||
| Kool & the Gang singles chronology | ||||
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Compendium
editNo 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
editCraig 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 also described the tune as a "sweet, soft ballad."[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Kool & the Gang - No Show. Mercury Records. 1981.
- ^ "Kool & the Gang - Adult R&B Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ Kool & The Gang feat. Blackstreet - No Show. Edel Records. 2005.
- ^ Lytle, Craig. Kool and the Gang: Something Special > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ^ Allan, Marc D (22 October 1981). "REVIEWS / RECORDS; KOOL AND THE GANG; SOMETHING SPECIAL; DE-LITE". Boston Globe. ProQuest 294105801.