Oh No | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Commodores |
Album: | In the Pocket |
B-Side: | Lovin' You |
Released: | September 1981 |
Genre: | Pop, R&B |
Label: | Motown |
Producer: | James Anthony Carmichael, Commodores |
Prev Title: | Lady (You Bring Me Up) |
Prev Year: | 1981 |
Next Title: | Why You Wanna Try Me |
Next Year: | 1982 |
"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.
7" single
Chart (1981) | Peak position | |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 51 | |
Canada (RPM) [3] | 3 | |
US Hot Black Singles[4] | 5 | |
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[5] | 5 |