Sweet Nothin's

Album

All Day, All Night

Label

Decca Records

Genre

Teen Pop

Composer(s)

Ronnie Self

Entered Chart

Dec 21, 1959

Peak Date

Apr 18, 1960

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Decca 9-30967

B-Side

Weep No More Baby

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

Uh-huh, honey
Alright
My baby whispers in my ear
Mmm, sweet nothin's
He knows the things I like to hear
Mmm, sweet nothin's
Things he wouldn't tell
Nobody else
Secret, baby
I keep 'em to myself
Sweet nothin's
Mmm, sweet nothin's
We walk along hand in hand
Mmm, sweet nothin's
Yeah, we both understand
Mmm, sweet nothin's
Sittin' in the classroom trying to read my book
My baby give me that special look
Sweet nothin's
Mmm, sweet nothin's
Ah, sittin' on my front porch
Mmm, sweet nothin's
Well, do I love you? Of course
Mmm, sweet nothin's
Mama turned on the front porch light, sayin'
"Come in darling, that's enough for tonight"
Sweet nothin's
Mmm, sweet nothin's
Sweet nothin's
Mmm, sweet nothin's
Sweet nothin's