Sweet Nothin's

"Sweet Nothin's"
Single by Brenda Lee
from the album Brenda Lee
B-side	"Weep No More My Baby"
Released	28 September 1959
Recorded	13 August 1959
Studio	Bradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Rockabilly[1][2] teen pop[2] country[3]
Length	2:23
Label	Decca 30967
Songwriter	Ronnie Self
Producer	Owen Bradley
Brenda Lee singles chronology
"Let's Jump the Broomstick" (1959) "Sweet Nothin's" (1959) "That's All You Gotta Do" (1960)

Sweet Nothin's is a 1959 song by Brenda Lee written by Ronnie Self.^[4] It peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 12 on the Hot R&B Sides chart, in 1960.^[5] The song (as Sweet Nuthin's) also charted on the UK Singles Chart in 1960, peaking at No. 4,^[6] marking Lee's first appearance on the UK chart.

The track begins with the sound of a whispering man who is speaking in a gibberish voice, where only Brenda Lee could understand, before the singing begins. Several radio stations banned the whispering dialogue as being too risque for airplay

Musician and producer David Z adapted Lee's vocals from the song to produce the distinctive backing vocals in "Kiss", the smash hit for Prince.^[7] Lee's voice from "Sweet Nothin's" was later sampled in Kanye West's song "Bound 2" on his 2013 album Yeezus.^[8] This sample in turn was used by Sigma in their 2014 song "Nobody to Love."