"No Time for Tears" is a song released by English DJ and producer

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and by British girl group

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. It was released on 25 November 2020 by

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and

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. The song was written by

Jade Thirlwall Jade Amelia Thirlwall (born 26 December 1992) is an English singer-songwriter. She rose to prominence in the 2010s as a member of Little Mix, one of the world's best-selling girl groups. With Little Mix, she released six studio albums and ach ...

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, along with

, and

Tre Jean-Marie Tre Jean-Marie (born 13 April 1993) is a British songwriter and record producer. His writing and production credits include AJ Tracey, Anne-Marie, Burna Boy, Craig David, Jacob Banks, Joy Crookes, Kaytranada, Labrinth, Little Mix, Mabel, N ...

; the latter who also produced the single. It was the last single that Little Mix released as a quartet, before

Jesy Nelson Jessica Louise Nelson (born 14 June 1991) is an English singer who rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Little Mix from 2011 to 2020, one of the world's best-selling girl groups. With Little Mix, she released six studio albums and ...

left the group in December 2020. The track reached number nineteen on the

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and was certified silver by the

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(BPI). It was later included on the expanded edition of Little Mix's sixth studio album ''

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'' (2020).

Background and composition

The song was announced on 23 November 2020 on both Dawe's and Little Mix's social media accounts. The song was written by

and

Music video

The music video was announced on 13 January. The video was released on 15 January.

Promotion

A lyric video for the song was released on 28 November 2020 on Dawe's official YouTube channel. Physical copies of the song went available for pre-order on 17 December 2020 on Nathan Dawe's official website and were released on 22 January 2021. A remix of the song by HUGEL was released on 31 December 2020. The next day, 1 January 2021, an acoustic version was released. On 22 January, a remix of the song by Mark Knight was released. A VIP remix was released on 5 February 2021, and a remix featuring British rapper

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was released on 4 March 2021.

Track listing

Digital single #"No Time for Tears" – 3:16 Digital download/streaming #"No Time for Tears" (HUGEL remix) – 3:08 Digital download/streaming #"No Time for Tears" (acoustic) – 3:25 Digital download/streaming #"No Time for Tears" (Mark Knight remix) – 3:25 Digital download/streaming #"No Time for Tears" (VIP remix) – 3:06 Digital download/streaming #"No Time for Tears" (

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] Atlantic Records, Atlantic UK (Warner Music Group, Warner UK). Catalogue:0190295059392. #"No Time for Tears" – 3:20 #"No Time for Tears" (acoustic) – 3:25 #"No Time for Tears" (HUGEL remix) – 3:08

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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and maxi single liners. Recording locations * RAK Studios, London (UK) *

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, London (UK) *Stardelta Audio Mastering,

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(UK) Personnel *

– producer *

– vocals *

– producer, bass, drums, mixer, piano, programmer, strings, synthesizer, vocal producer * Uzoechi Emenike – vocal producer * Niamh Murphy – backing vocals * Paul Norris – vocal engineer * Lewis Hopkin – mastering

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{Little Mix 2020 singles 2020 songs Nathan Dawe songs Little Mix songs Songs written by MNEK Songs written by Tre Jean-Marie