Nothing from Nothing (Billy Preston song)

"Nothing from Nothing"
Single by Billy Preston
from the album The Kids & Me
B-side "My Soul Is a Witness"
Released August 5, 1974 (August 5, 1974)
Genre Soul, ragtime
Length 2:38
Label A&M
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Billy Preston
Certification Gold
Billy Preston singles chronology
"You're So Unique"
(1974)		 "Nothing from Nothing"
(1974)		 "Struttin'"
(1974)

"Nothing from Nothing" is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher and recorded by Billy Preston for his 1974 album The Kids & Me. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in October 1974, becoming Preston's second solo chart-topper in the United States (following his 1973 hit "Will It Go Round in Circles").[1] It spent four and a half months on the chart.


Preston performed "Nothing from Nothing" later on Saturday Night Live - the first musical performance ever on the show. The song was also used in a Chevrolet commercial, and prominently featured in the 2008 film Be Kind Rewind.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australia KMR [2] 60
Canadian RPM [3] 3
France[4] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[5] 1
U.S. Record World [6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1974) Position
Australia [7] 182
Canada[8] 44
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 37
U.S. Cash Box [10] 16

References

  1. ↑ Bronson, Fred (1992). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits - revised & enlarged. New York: Billboard Books. p. 139. ISBN 0-8230-8298-9.
  2. ↑ http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092
  3. ↑ http://tsort.info/music/yr1974.htm
  4. ↑ http://tsort.info/music/yr1974.htm
  5. ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19741012.html
  6. ↑ http://tsort.info/music/yr1974.htm
  7. ↑ http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092
  8. ↑ http://tsort.info/music/yr1974.htm
  9. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1974/Top 100 Songs of 1974". musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  10. ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1974YESP.html

External links

Preceded by
"I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John		 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
October 19, 1974 (one week) 		Succeeded by
"Then Came You" by Dionne Warwick and The Spinners
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