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Sweet Nothin's
"Sweet Nothin's"
Single by Brenda Lee
from the album Brenda Lee
B-side"Weep No More My Baby"
Released28 September 1959
Recorded13 August 1959
StudioBradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre
Length2:23
LabelDecca 30967
SongwriterRonnie Self
ProducerOwen 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."

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The song was used in a 1985 TV commercial for Molson Canadian beer in Canada.[citation needed]

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