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I was having a bit of a nineties moment last night and remembered this song. I’m not normally an R&B fan (and arguably this is just straight-forward pop anyway) but I always had a bit of a soft spot for this song. Finding the video of this performance from Top of the Pops made me feel a bit like I was 10 years old again… just for 2 mins 49 seconds. 

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‘Nobody Knows’ was the debut single by Tony Rich, released back in 1996. The album it was taken from, Words, received a Grammy award for Best R&B Album. Previously, he had been writing for other artists at LaFace, such as TLC, Boyz II Men and Toni Braxton, but ‘Nobody Knows’ netted him his first platinum single of his own, reaching #2 in the US and #4 in the UK.

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KS