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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1988 single by Keith Whitley

"When You Say Nothing at All"
Single by Keith Whitley
from the album Don't Close Your Eyes
B-side	"Lucky Dog"
Released	1988
Genre	Country
Length	3:40
Label	RCA
Songwriters	Paul Overstreet Don Schlitz
Producers	Garth Fundis Keith Whitley
Keith Whitley singles chronology
"Don't Close Your Eyes" (1988) "When You Say Nothing at All" (1988) "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" (1989)

"When You Say Nothing at All" is a country song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. It was a hit song for four different performers: Keith Whitley, who took it to the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart on December 24, 1988; Alison Krauss & Union Station, whose version was their first solo top-10 country hit in 1995; Irish singer Frances Black, whose 1996 version became her third Irish top-10 single; and Irish pop singer Ronan Keating, whose 1999 version was his first solo single and a number-one hit in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Zealand.

Origin

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Songwriters Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz came up with "When You Say Nothing at All" at the end of an otherwise unproductive day. Strumming a guitar, trying to write their next song, they were coming up empty. "As we tried to find another way to say nothing, we came up with the song", Overstreet later told author Ace Collins. They thought the song was OK, but nothing special.[1] When Keith Whitley heard it, he loved it, and was not going to let it get away.[1] Earlier, he had recorded another Overstreet-Schlitz composition that became a No. 1 hit for another artist – Randy Travis' "On the Other Hand". Whitley did not plan to let "When You Say Nothing at All" meet the same fate.[1][2]

Keith Whitley

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RCA released "When You Say Nothing at All" as the follow-up single to the title song of Whitley's Don't Close Your Eyes album. The former song already had hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, his first chart-topper after three prior singles made the top 10.[3] "When You Say Nothing at All" entered the Hot Country Singles chart on September 17, 1988, at No. 61, and gradually rose to the top, where it stayed for two weeks at the end of the year.[1][2] It was the second of five consecutive chart-topping singles for Whitley, who did not live to see the last two, as he died on May 9, 1989, of alcohol poisoning.[3] "Keith did a great job singin' that song", co-composer Schlitz told author Tom Roland. "He truly sang it from the heart".[2] In 2004, Whitley's original was ranked 12th among CMT's 100 Greatest Love Songs.[4] It was sung by Sara Evans on the show. As of February 2015, the song has sold 599,000 digital copies in the US after it became available for download.[5]

Charts

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Weekly charts [edit] Chart (1988) Peakposition Canadian RPM Country Tracks[6] 1 US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 1

Year-end charts [edit] Chart (1988) Position Canadian RPM Country Tracks[8] 56

Certifications

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[9]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Alison Krauss & Union Station version

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"When You Say Nothing at All"
Single by Alison Krauss & Union Station
from the album Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album and Now That I've Found You: A Collection
B-side	"Charlotte's in North Carolina" (by Keith Whitley)
Released	January 1995
Studio	Scruggs Sound (Berry Hill, Tennessee)[10]
Genre	Country
Length	4:20
Label	BNA
Songwriters	Paul Overstreet Don Schlitz
Producer	Randy Scruggs
Alison Krauss singles chronology
"Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" (1995) "When You Say Nothing at All" (1995) "Baby Now That I've Found You" (1995)

In 1994, bluegrass music group Alison Krauss & Union Station covered the song for a tribute album to Whitley titled Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album. After this cover began to receive unsolicited airplay, BNA Records, the label that had released the album, issued it to radio in January 1995.[11] That version, also featured on Krauss' compilation Now That I've Found You: A Collection, peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and a commercial single reached No. 2 on the same magazine's Hot Country Singles Sales chart.[3] The B-side of the single was Keith Whitley's "Charlotte's in North Carolina", which was another previously unreleased track featured on the Tribute album.

Its success, as well as that of the album, caught Krauss by surprise. "It's a freak thing", she told a Los Angeles Times reporter in March 1995. "It's kinda ticklin' us all. We haven't had anything really chart before. At all. Isn't it funny though? We don't know what's goin' on....The office said, 'Hey, it's charting,' and we're like, 'Huh?'"[12]

Mike Cromwell, then the production director at WMIL-FM in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, concocted a duet merging elements of the Alison Krauss & Union Station version with Whitley's original hit version. The "duet" garnered national attention, and it spread from at least Philadelphia to Albuquerque.[13] This "duet" was however never officially serviced to radio and has never been available commercially.

The Alison Krauss & Union Station recording won the 1995 CMA award for "Single of the Year". It has sold 468,000 digital downloads as of May 2017.[14]

Track listing

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1. "When You Say Nothing at All"
2. "Charlotte's In North Carolina"

Charts

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Weekly charts [edit] Chart (1995) Peakposition Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[15] 7 UK Singles (OCC)[16] 81 US Billboard Hot 100[17] 53 US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[18] 3

Year-end charts [edit] Chart (1995) Position Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[19] 99

Certifications

[edit] Certifications for "When You Say Nothing at All"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[20]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Frances Black version

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"When You Say Nothing at All"
Single by Frances Black
from the album The Smile on Your Face
B-side	"Send Him a Letter"
Released	August 1996
Length	5:07
Label	Dara
Songwriters	Paul Overstreet Don Schlitz
Producers	Arty McGlynn Ciarán Byrnes
Frances Black singles chronology
"The Sky Road" (1995) "When You Say Nothing at All" (1996) "Stranger on the Shore" (1997)
Music video
"When You Say Nothing at All" on YouTube

"When You Say Nothing At All" is the opening track on Frances Black's third solo album, The Smile on Your Face (1996), the title of the album being a lyric from this song. Released in August 1996 as the album's first single, this single became her third to reach the Irish top 10, peaking at number eight during an 11-week run in the top 30.

Track listing

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1. "When You Say Nothing at All"
2. "Send Him a Letter"

Personnel

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• Paul Overstreet – writing
• Don Schilitz – writing
• Frances Black – vocals
• Mary Black – backing vocals
• Arty McGlynn – guitar, production
• Ciarán Byrnes – engineering, production
• Rod McVey – keyboards, piano
• Noel Bridgeman – drums
• James Blennerhasset – bass

Charts

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Chart (1996)	Peakposition
Ireland (IRMA)[21]	8

Ronan Keating version

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"When You Say Nothing at All"
Single by Ronan Keating
from the album Ronan, Notting Hill and By Request
Released	July 26, 1999 (1999-07-26)
Studio	Metropolis, the Aquarium (London, England)
Length	4:18
Label	Polydor
Songwriters	Paul Overstreet Don Schlitz
Producer	Stephen Lipson
Ronan Keating singles chronology
"When You Say Nothing at All" (1999) "These Days" (1999)
Paulina Rubio singles chronology
"Casanova"(2002) "When You Say Nothing at All (Cuando no Dices Nada)"(2003) "Te Quise Tanto"(2004)
Music video
"When You Say Nothing at All" on YouTube

"When You Say Nothing at All" was released as the debut solo single by Irish singer-songwriter Ronan Keating. The song was recorded for the soundtrack to the film Notting Hill and also appeared on Keating's debut solo album, Ronan. This cover was released on July 26, 1999, in the United Kingdom.[22] It peaked at number one in the UK, Ireland, and New Zealand. The single is certified double platinum in the UK and platinum in Australia, Denmark, and Sweden.

In February 2003, Keating re-recorded the song as a duet with Mexican singer Paulina Rubio in Spanglish, which was released in Spain, Mexico, and Latin America (excluding Brazil) to promote Keating's second studio album, Destination.[23] In Brazil, Ronan chose the Brazilian singer Deborah Blando to re-record the song in English and English-Portuguese for the 10 Years of Hits album exclusive for that country. A music video was recorded for this version with Blando.[24]

Critical reception

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Daily Record wrote that Keating "sounds like Marti Pellow on this drippy ballad".[25] The Spanish website Jenesaispop described the Spanglish version as one of the most "squeaky" bilingual collaboration,[26] while Victor González of GQ Spain praised the collaboration as "great" in an article of "unusual collaborations".[27]

Track listings

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• UK CD1[28]

1. "When You Say Nothing at All"
2. "When You Say Nothing at All" (acoustic version)
3. "This Is Your Song"
4. "When You Say Nothing at All" (video CD ROM)

• UK CD2[29]

1. "When You Say Nothing At All"
2. "At the End of a Perfect Day"
3. "I Will Miss You"

• UK cassette single[30]

1. "When You Say Nothing at All"
2. "This Is Your Song"

• Australian CD single[31]

1. "When You Say Nothing at All"
2. "This Is Your Song"
3. "When You Say Nothing at All" (acoustic version)

Credits and personnel

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Credits are taken from the UK CD1 liner notes.[28]

Studios

• Recorded at Metropolis and the Aquarium (London, England)
• Mixed at the Aquarium (London, England)
• Mastered at 777 Productions (London, England)

Personnel

• Paul Overstreet – writing
• Don Schilitz – writing
• Ronan Keating – vocals
• Miriam Stockley – backing vocals
• Tessa Niles – backing vocals
• Dominic Miller – guitar
• Stephen Lipson – bass, production, programming
• Peter-John Vettese – keyboards
• James McNally – whistle, accordion
• Andy Duncan – drums
• Heff Moraes – engineering, mixing
• Arun Chakraverty – mastering

Charts

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Weekly charts [edit] Chart (1999) Peakposition Australia (ARIA)[32] 3 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[33] 5 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[34] 3 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[35] 38 Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[36] 78 Denmark (IFPI)[37] 6 Estonia (Eesti Top 20)[38] 9 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[39] 6 Europe (European Hit Radio)[40] 5 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[41] 5 France (SNEP)[42] 41 Germany (GfK)[43] 6 Hungary (Mahasz)[44] 8 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[45] 2 Ireland (IRMA)[21] 1 Italy (Musica e dischi)[46] 2 Latvia (Latvijas Top 20)[47] 8 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[48] 5 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[49] 5 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[50] 1 Norway (VG-lista)[51] 5 Scotland Singles (OCC)[52] 1 Spain (Top 40 Radio)[53] 32 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[54] 2 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[55] 4 UK Singles (OCC)[56] 1 UK Airplay (Music Week)[57] 2

Year-end charts [edit] Chart (1999) Position Australia (ARIA)[58] 15 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[59] 38 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[60] 25 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[61] 28 Germany (Media Control)[62] 49 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[63] 19 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[64] 39 New Zealand (RIANZ)[65] 5 Sweden (Hitlistan)[66] 19 Taiwan (Hito Radio)[67] 77 UK Singles (OCC)[68] 18 UK Airplay (Music Week)[69] 20

Certifications

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[70]	Platinum	70,000^
Belgium (BRMA)[71]	Gold	25,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[72]	Platinum	90,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[73]	Gold	300,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[74]	Gold	35,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[75]	2× Platinum	60,000‡
Norway (IFPI Norway)[76]	Gold
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[77]	Gold	30,000‡
Sweden (GLF)[78]	Platinum	30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[79]	2× Platinum	1,200,000‡
* Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	July 26, 1999	CD cassette	Polydor	[22]
Japan	October 1, 1999	CD		[80]

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v t e Keith Whitley
Discography
Studio albums	L.A. to Miami Don't Close Your Eyes I Wonder Do You Think of Me Wherever You Are Tonight Sad Songs & Waltzes
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Kentucky Bluebird
Extended plays	A Hard Act to Follow
Notable singles	"Miami, My Amy" "Ten Feet Away" "Homecoming '63" "Hard Livin'" "Would These Arms Be in Your Way" "Some Old Side Road" "Don't Close Your Eyes" "When You Say Nothing at All" "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" "I Wonder Do You Think of Me" "It Ain't Nothin'" "I'm Over You" "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" "Brotherly Love" "Somebody's Doin' Me Right"
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v t e Alison Krauss & Union Station
Alison Krauss Barry Bales Ron Block Jerry Douglas Russell Moore Stuart Duncan John Pennell Jeff White Brent Truitt Mike Harman Adam Steffey Tim Stafford Dan Tyminski
Studio albums	Different Strokes Too Late to Cry Two Highways I've Got That Old Feeling Every Time You Say Goodbye I Know Who Holds Tomorrow So Long So Wrong Forget About It New Favorite Lonely Runs Both Ways Paper Airplane Windy City Arcadia
Compilation albums	Now That I've Found You: A Collection Live A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection Essential Alison Krauss
With Robert Plant	Raising Sand Raise the Roof
Singles	"When You Say Nothing at All" "Baby Now That I've Found You" "Baby Mine" "The Lucky One" "Missing You" "Please Read the Letter" "Rich Woman" "Can't Let Go"
Featured singles	"Teach Your Children" "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" "It's Not Over" "Buy Me a Rose" "Whiskey Lullaby" "Do This Life"
Related articles	Discography Awards and nominations Alison Brown Robert Plant Viktor Krauss Up! Close and Personal

v t e Ronan Keating
Discography
Studio albums	Ronan (2000) Destination (2002) Turn It On (2003) Bring You Home (2006) Songs for My Mother (2009) Winter Songs (2009) Duet (2010) When Ronan Met Burt (2011) Fires (2012) Time of My Life (2016) Twenty Twenty (2020) Songs from Home (2021)
Compilation albums	10 Years of Hits (2004)
Singles	"When You Say Nothing at All" "These Days" "Life Is a Rollercoaster" "The Way You Make Me Feel" "In This Life" "Lovin' Each Day" "If Tomorrow Never Comes" "I Love It When We Do" "We've Got Tonight" "The Long Goodbye" "Lost for Words" "She Believes (In Me)" "Last Thing on My Mind" "I Hope You Dance" "Father and Son" "Baby Can I Hold You" "All Over Again" "Iris" "Time After Time" "This Is Your Song" "Stay" "Fires" "Wasted Light" "Summer Wonderland" "Forever and Ever, Amen"
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v t e Paulina Rubio singles
Discography
La Chica Dorada	"Mío" "Sabor a Miel" "Amor de Mujer" "Abriendo las Puertas al Amor"
24 Kilates	"Nieva, Nieva" "Él Me Engañó" "Asunto de Dos" "Vuelve Junto a Mí"
El Tiempo Es Oro	"Te Daría Mi Vida" "Hoy Te Dejé de Amar" "Nada de Ti" "Bésame en la Boca"
MaxiSingle	"Pobre Niña Rica"
Planeta Paulina	"Solo Por Ti" "Enamorada" "Siempre Tuya Desde La Raíz"
Paulina	"Lo Haré Por Ti" "El Último Adiós" "Tal Vez, Quizá" "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" "Yo No Soy Esa Mujer" "Sexi Dance" "Vive el Verano"
Border Girl	"Don't Say Goodbye/Si Tú Te Vas" "Casanova/Baila Casanova" "The One You Love/Todo Mi Amor" "I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)" "I Was Made For Lovin' You"
Pau-Latina	"Algo Tienes" "Te Quise Tanto" "Mía" "Dame Otro Tequila"
Ananda	"Ni una Sola Palabra" "Nada Puede Cambiarme" "Ayúdame" "Que Me Voy A Quedar "Me Siento Mucho Más Fuerte Sin Tu Amor"
Gran City Pop	"Causa y Efecto" "Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes" "Algo de Ti"
Brava!, Brava! Reload and Bravísima!	"Me Gustas Tanto" "All Around the World" "Heat of the Night" "Me Voy" "Boys Will Be Boys"
Deseo	"Desire (Me Tienes Loquita)" "Suave y Sutil" "Me Quema" "Mi Nuevo Vicio" "Si Te Vas"
Featured songs	"When You Say Nothing At All" "Nena" "Dirty Picture" "Golpes en el Corazón" "Tú y Yo
Others songs	"El Ultimo Adios (The Last Goodbye)" "Fotos y Recuerdos" "Somos El Mundo 25 Por Haiti" "Si Supieran" "De Qué Sirve" "Yo Soy"

v t e CMA Single of the Year
1967−1970	"There Goes My Everything" (1967) "Harper Valley PTA" (1968) "A Boy Named Sue" (1969) "Okie from Muskogee" (1970)
1971−1980	"Help Me Make It Through the Night" (1971) "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." (1972) "Behind Closed Doors" (1973) "Country Bumpkin" (1974) "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" (1975) "Good Hearted Woman" (1976) "Lucille" (1977) "Heaven's Just a Sin Away" (1978) "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (1979) "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (1980)
1981−1990	"Elvira" (1981) "Always on My Mind" (1982) "Swingin'" (1983) "A Little Good News" (1984) "Why Not Me" (1985) "Bop" (1986) "Forever and Ever, Amen" (1987) "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" (1988) "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" (1989) "When I Call Your Name" (1990)
1991−2000	"Friends in Low Places" (1991) "Achy Breaky Heart" (1992) "Chattahoochee" (1993) "I Swear" (1994) "When You Say Nothing at All" (1995) "Check Yes or No" (1996) "Strawberry Wine" (1997) "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" (1998) "Wide Open Spaces" (1999) "I Hope You Dance" (2000)
2001−2010	"I am a Man Of Constant Sorrow" (2001) "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" (2002) "Hurt" (2003) "Live Like You Were Dying" (2004) "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" (2005) "Believe" (2006) "Before He Cheats" (2007) "I Saw God Today" (2008) "I Run to You" (2009) "Need You Now" (2010)
2011−2020	"If I Die Young" (2011) "Pontoon" (2012) "Cruise" (2013) "Automatic" (2014) "Girl Crush" (2015) "Die a Happy Man" (2016) "Blue Ain't Your Color" (2017) "Broken Halos" (2018) "God's Country" (2019) "The Bones" (2020)
2021−2030	"Starting Over" (2021) "'Til You Can't" (2022) "Fast Car" (2023) "White Horse" (2024) "You Look Like You Love Me" (2025)

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