Oh No (Commodores song)

1981 single by Commodores

"Oh No"

Single by Commodores
from the album  In the Pocket
B-side| "Lovin' You"
Released| September 1981
Genre| Pop, R&B
Label| Motown
Songwriter(s)| Lionel Richie
Producer(s)| James Anthony Carmichael, Commodores
Commodores singles chronology
| "Lady (You Bring Me Up)"
(1981)  | "Oh No"
(1981)  | "Why You Wanna Try Me"
(1982)

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"Oh No" is an R&B ballad from the 1981 Commodores album In the Pocket. Written by Lionel Richie, the song was released as a single in 1981, being his last hit with the Commodores before going solo.

Similarities of the song's opening bars can be heard in Richie's 1981 duet "Endless Love" with Diana Ross.

Record World praised "the combination of delicate piano melodies and Lionel Richie Jr.'s emotional lead vocal."[1]

This song was also featured in the 1982 movie The Last American Virgin.[2]

## Track listings

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7" single

1. "Oh No" – 3:00
2. "Lovin' You" – 4:36

## Charts

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Chart (1981)  | Peak
position

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Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 51
Canada (RPM) [4] | 3
UK Singles (OCC)[5] | 44
US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 4
US Hot Black Singles[7] | 5
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[8] | 5
Year-end chart (1982) | Rank

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US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[9] | 69

## References

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1. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. September 26, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
2. ^ Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The Last American Virgin (Special Edition) (CD), retrieved 2021-07-11
3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 72\. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
4. ^ "RPM Weekly 50 Singles - Library and Archives Canada". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. December 26, 1981. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
5. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
6. ^ "Commodores Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research.
8. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research.
9. ^ "Talent in Action : Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 51\. December 25, 1982. p. TIA-20.

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* Milan Williams
* Thomas McClary
* Lionel Richie
* Andre Callahan
* Michael Gilbert
* Ronald LaPread
* James Ingram
* Skyler Jett
* Sheldon Reynolds

Albums|

* Machine Gun
* Caught in the Act
* Movin' On
* Hot on the Tracks
* Commodores
* Commodores Live!
* Natural High
* Midnight Magic
* Heroes
* In the Pocket
* Commodores 13
* Nightshift
* United
* Rock Solid
* Commodores Christmas
* No Tricks

Compilations|

* Greatest Hits
* Love Songs
* All the Great Hits
* The Very Best of Commodores
* The Very Best of The Commodores
* Gold

Singles|

* "Slippery When Wet"
* "Sweet Love"
* "Just to Be Close to You"
* "Easy"
* "Brick House"
* "Too Hot ta Trot"
* "Three Times a Lady"
* "Sail On"
* "Still"
* "Lady (You Bring Me Up)"
* "Oh No"
* "Painted Picture"
* "Only You"
* "Nightshift"
* "Janet"
* "Goin' to the Bank"
* "Take It from Me"

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