No Sense
"No Sense" | ||||
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Single by Cold Chisel | ||||
from the album Twentieth Century | ||||
A-side |
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Released | October 1983 | |||
Recorded | 1983 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 2:57 | |||
Label | WEA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jimmy Barnes | |||
Cold Chisel singles chronology | ||||
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"No Sense" is a 1983 song from Australian rock band Cold Chisel, and appeared on the album Twentieth Century. Released as double A-side single with "Hold Me Tight" it reached number 14 in the Australian charts.[1] Receiving more radio airplay of the two songs on the single, it appeared on Cold Chisel's early greatest hits compilations. It has been described as being reggae or "almost ska."[2]
The lyrics of the song were inspired by a fan from Wollongong who would send Barnes letters declaring her love and occasionally threatening suicide.[3] The video was directed by Chilean artist Eduardo Guelfenbein, who had also done the artwork for the album and the picture sleeves.[4] The video featured a slightly different intro to the song.
Reception
Toby Creswell said it featured Barnes' "customarily direct rock song approach, underneath which a very odd keyboard part was placed and on top, a reggaefied guitar. Like so many songs on Twentieth Century, this track takes chances with the formula."[5]
Andrew McMillan wrote in RAM, "the recent release of "No Sense" simply heightens their ideal of self-justification. It's so goddamned abrasive, the last thing that would - under normal circumstances - warrant high rotation airplay. But since they're calling it quits, airplay is guaranteed."[6]
Footnotes
- ^ David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. p. 72. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ Stephen Fitzpatrick (3 October 2015). "Cold Chisel: The Perfect Crime, 4.5 stars". The Australian. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ Michael Lawrence (2012). Cold Chisel: Wild Colonial Boys. Melbourne, Victoria: Melbourne Books. p. 326. ISBN 9781877096174.
- ^ "Eduardo Guelfenbein". MVDBase.com (person). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ Toby Cresswell. "Petrolheads". coldchisel.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2017.
- ^ Andrew McMillan (5 January 1984). "The Final Salute". RAM. No. 226. p. 33.
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