| No Mercy | |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Alias: | Marty Cintron |
| Origin: | Germany |
| Genre: | Pop, Eurodance, dance-pop |
| Years Active: | 1995–present |
| Label: | Hansa, Arista, Show No Mercy Entertainment |
| Website: | No Mercy Website |
| Current Members: | Marty Cintron Ariel Hernández Gabriel Hernández |
No Mercy is a German pop band of American singers who were originally brought together in Germany by producer Frank Farian.[1] [2] The group consists of Bronx-born Marty Cintron and twin brothers Ariel and Gabriel Hernández, who hailed from Miami.
In 1995 the band released their single "Missing" which was a cover version of Everything but the Girl's 1994 hit. No Mercy released their debut album My Promise on October 21, 1996.[3] My Promise was the original title chosen by the band's German record company, Hansa, BMG.[1] The album was released in the U.S. only a week later under the self title No Mercy on October 29, 1996.[4] The album, however, was released in most areas of the world with its original title My Promise, including Australia where it received two times platinum sales accreditation.[5] My Promise which became a top-5 album in countries like Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland,[6] produced two internationally popular singles, including "Where Do You Go" and "When I Die", the first being a cover of La Bouche's "Where Do You Go" from 1995. This was followed by the single "Please Don't Go", which entered the top 5 in Austria and the U.K.[7] [8] The band released a re-worked version of the band Exile's number one song from 1978, "Kiss You All Over", which was a moderate success on the charts but still managed to enter the top 20 in Austria, the Netherlands and the UK.[9] [10] [8]
No Mercy's second album, More, which was released in Germany in October 1998,[11] included singles such as "Hello How Are You", "More than a Feeling" (originally recorded by Boston) and "Tu Amor" (originally by Jon B., and later covered also by RBD). Although More was not as successful as its predecessor, it still managed to achieve success in the GSA region (Germany, Switzerland, Austria), peaking at No.7, No.9, No.9 respectively.[12]
In 2002, a single, "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" featuring guitarist Al Di Meola, was released to gauge support for No Mercy's third album. The record producer decided instead to rework the songs for solo artist Daniel Lopes' debut album, Shine On, in 2003. The band would guest feature in that album, on the track "Summer Angel".
In October 2007, No Mercy released their third album, Day By Day, under a new Australian-based independent record label, Show No Mercy Entertainment Pty Ltd, and via iTunes.
On December 16, 2011 No Mercy released the single "Shed My Skin" featuring Stan Kolev via iTunes.
Guitarist and lead vocalist Marty Cintron performs in Europe under the No Mercy name.
In 2021, Frank Farian released a cover of the eighties song Cherish by Kool & the Gang. He made also a mix version of it with the song Rivers of Babylon in which No Mercy cooperated.[13]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [14] | AUS [15] | AUT [16] | BEL (FL) [17] | NLD [18] | NZ [19] | SWI [20] | UK [21] | ||||||||
| My Promise |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 5 | 17 |
Platinum[22] 2× Platinum[23] 2× Platinum[24] 2× Platinum[25] | |||||
| More |
| 7 | – | 9 | – | – | – | 9 | – |
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| Day By Day |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUS | AUT | BEL (FL) | IRE [31] | NLD [32] | NZ | SWI | UK | US | ||||||
| "Missing" | 1995 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | My Promise/ No Mercy | |||
| "Where Do You Go" | 1996 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
Platinum Platinum[33] Gold[34] Gold | |||
| "When I Die" | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 41 |
Platinum | ||||
| "Please Don't Go" | 1997 | 11 | 35 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 21 | ||||
| "Kiss You All Over" | 40 | 47 | 13 | 43 | – | 18 | 44 | 33 | 16 | 80 | |||||
| "Hello How Are You" | 1998 | 24 | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | 14 | – | – | More | |||
| "Tu Amor" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| "More Than a Feeling" | 1999 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| "Morena" | 2000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 68 | – | – | Non-album singles | |||
| "Where Is the Love" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (featuring Al Di Meola) | 2002 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| "Shed My Skin" (featuring Stan Kolev) | 2011 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| "Day by Day 2015" | 2015 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||