Ain't Nobody Better Explained

Ain't Nobody Better
Cover:Ain't_Nobody_Better.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Inner City
Album:Paradise
Released:10 April 1989 (UK)
Length:4:01
Producer:Kevin Saunderson
Prev Title:Good Life
Prev Year:1988
Next Title:Do You Love What You Feel
Next Year:1989

"Ain't Nobody Better" is a song by American house/techno group Inner City. The single was the third consecutive number-one on the Billboard dance chart in the US.[1] It also made it into the top 10 in the United Kingdom,[2] Finland and Switzerland. However, the single failed to place on the soul singles chart and on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Critical reception

Pan-European magazine Music & Media complimented the song as "cool, funky and irresistible dance music. Already doing well in the UK and a good bet for a major European hit."[3] Jerry Smith from Music Week wrote, "Techno genius Kevin Saunderson is back to see if he can make it three in a row after his massive success with the stunning dance hits "Big Fun" and "Good Life". With characteristic mesmerising synths and clinical beats beneath Paris Grey's vocal, he can't really fail."[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 67
Denmark (IFPI)[6] 13
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 9
Italy (Hit Parade Italia)[8] 18
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[9] 12
UK Singles (OCC)10
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)1

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Billboard > Artists / Inner City > Chart History > Dance Club Songs. Billboard. 2016-01-15.
  2. Web site: Official Charts > Inner City. The Official UK Charts Company. 2016-01-15.
  3. Previews: Singles. Music & Media. April 29, 1989. March 26, 2018. PDF.
  4. Jerry. Smith. Singles. Music Week. April 24, 1989. March 13, 2023.
  5. Australian (ARIA) peak provided by ARIA through Web site: response to chart inquiry, received 2014-01-17. . . 2016-01-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129020822/http://i.imgur.com/j7baC6b.png . 2014-11-29 .
  6. Danish Singles Chart. May 12, 1989.
  7. Book: Pennanen, Timo . 2006 . Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 . fi . 1st . Tammi . 978-951-1-21053-5 . Helsinki.
  8. Web site: Indice per Interprete: I. Hit Parade Italia . March 14, 2018.
  9. Web site: Inner City — Ain't Nobody Better. Top40.nl. September 19, 2021. Dutch.
  10. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts. German. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. June 11, 2020.