No One in the World

1987 single by Anita Baker
"No One in the World"
Single by Anita Baker
from the album Rapture
B-side"Watch Your Step"
ReleasedJuly 1987
Recorded1985
Genre
  • R&B
  • soul
Length4:10
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)Marti Sharon, Ken Hirsch
Producer(s)Marti Sharon, Gary Skardina
Anita Baker singles chronology
"Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year)"
(1987)
"No One in the World"
(1987)
""Ain't No Need to Worry" (with The Winans)"
(1987)

"No One in the World" is a song by American R&B singer Anita Baker. It was the fourth single from her multi-platinum album, Rapture. It had previously been released by Dionne Warwick on her 1985 album Finder of Lost Loves and again on her 1987 album Reservations for Two.

Chart performance

"No One in the World" peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart,[1] and #9 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles.[2] The single peaked at number #44, missing Billboard's top 40 Hot 100 chart.

In popular culture

The song was featured in an early 1988 episode of the US daytime soap opera All My Children as well as 1988 episodes of Santa Barbara and The Young and The Restless and a 1989 episode of Another World.

Personnel

  • Drums, Percussion: John Robinson
  • Bass: Neil Stubenhaus
  • Guitars: Paul Jackson Jr., Dean Parks
  • Synthesizers, Keyboards, Piano: Paul Chiten, Greg Phillinganes
  • Arrangements by Sir Gant

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 44
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] 9
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1987) Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6] 49

References

  1. ^ Anita Baker Chart history-R&B Billboard.www.billboard.com
  2. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  3. ^ "Anita Baker Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "Anita Baker Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "Anita Baker Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  6. ^ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2020.

External links

  • AMG Allmusic
  • www.AnitaBaker.com
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Studio albums
  • The Songstress
  • Rapture
  • Giving You the Best That I Got
  • Compositions
  • Rhythm of Love
  • My Everything
Compilation albumsHoliday albumsSelected singles
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