Sweet Nothin's is a 1959 song by

Brenda Lee Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944), known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer. Performing rockabilly, pop and country music, she had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s and is ranked fourth in that decade, surpassed onl ...

written by

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. It peaked at No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 12 on the Hot R&B Sides chart, in 1960. The song (as Sweet Nuthin's) also charted on the

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in 1960, peaking at No. 4, marking Lee's first appearance on the UK chart. Musician and producer

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adapted Brenda's vocals in this song to produce the distinctive backing vocals in "Kiss", the smash hit for

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. Lee's voice from "Sweet Nothin's" was sampled in

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's song " Bound 2" on his 2013 album ''

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'', which in turn was sampled by Sigma in their 2014 song, "

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", which also uses the same vocal sample from "Sweet Nothin's" as "Bound 2" does.

In popular culture

The song was used in a 1985 TV commercial for

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beer in Canada.

References

{{Authority control 1959 singles Brenda Lee songs 1959 songs Rockabilly songs Songs written by Ronnie Self