"Going Nowhere" is a song by English singer-songwriter Gabrielle. It was written by Gabrielle and George McFarlane and produced by Pete Cragie for Gabrielle's debut studio album, ''

Find Your Way ''Find Your Way'' is the debut album by English R&B singer Gabrielle. It was released in 1993 and features her UK number one single, "Dreams", along with three further UK Top 40 singles; " Going Nowhere", I Wish" and "Because of You". The albu ...

'' (1993). Released as the album's second single on 20 September 1993 by Go! Beat, the song reached number nine on the

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and number 18 in Ireland. It also peaked at number three on the Canadian ''

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'' Dance/Urban chart and number 14 on the US ''

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'' Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Critical reception

In his weekly UK chart commentary,

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wrote, "The girl and her eyepatch followup the summer's big No.1 " Dreams" with a track slightly more representative of her usual output and without the novelty value maybe not quite as big a hit." Push from ''

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'' said, "Not a patch on 'Dreams'." Andy Beevers from ''

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'' gave the song four out of five, adding, "How do you follow up a debut hit as massive as "Dreams"? Gabrielle wisely decides to stick to pretty much the same formula, delivering a distinctively sung, dead catchy song". He also noted, "However, this is no note-for-note rerun – the song is less overtly poppy than "Dreams" and Steve Jervier's production gives it a street soul edge." Tim Jeffery from the ''

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'' Dance Update described "Going Nowhere" as "a slow, soulful song aimed at the radio", and "not as innovative as "Dreams" but sure to be another hit." Tom Doyle from ''

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'' gave it two out of five, saying that "it's not nearly as catchy" as her first single.

Track listings

Charts

References

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