Point of No Return (Nu Shooz song)

"Point of No Return"
Single by Nu Shooz
from the album Poolside
Released	1986
Recorded	1986
Genre	Freestyle music, Synthpop
Length	4:23
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	John Smith, Valerie Day
Nu Shooz singles chronology
"I Can't Wait" (1986) "Point of No Return" (1986) "Don't Let Me Be the One" (1986)
Music sample "Nu Shooz - Point Of No Return"

"Point of No Return" is the title of the second single taken from the Nu Shooz album Poolside. The song spent one week at #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in September 1986.^[1] It also peaked at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart^[2] and #36 on the R&B chart^[3] in the U.S., as well as topping out at #48 on the UK singles chart.^[4] The song was mixed by Shep Pettibone.

Music video

The music video features band members Valerie Day walking on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and entering a ballet studio, and John Smith with a closet full of sneakers animated with stop motion. The video was directed by Wayne Isham.^[5]

Charts

Chart (1986-1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6]	28
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles[7]	36
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[8]	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles	23
Swiss Singles Chart	23
New Zealand Singles Chart	18
UK Singles Chart[9]	48

See also

• List of number-one dance singles of 1986 (U.S.)

References

1. Hot Dance Club Play at billboard.com
2. Hot 100 at billboard.com
3. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at billboard.com
4. UK Singles Chart at chartstats.com
5. Mark Sawicki (2007). Filming the Fantastic: A Guide to Visual Effects Cinematography. Focal Press. ISBN 978-0-240-80915-1.
6. Billboard Hot 100 at billboard.com
7. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at billboard.com
8. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play at billboard.com
9. UK Singles Chart at chartstats.com