Point of No Return (Nu Shooz song)

For the Exposé (group) song, see Point of No Return (Exposé song).
"Point of No Return"
Single by Nu Shooz
from the album Poolside
B-side"Goin' Thru the Motions"
ReleasedSeptember 1986
Recorded1986
GenreFreestyle, synthpop
Length4:23 (album version)
3:34 (video version)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)John Smith, Valerie Day
Nu Shooz singles chronology
"I Can't Wait"
(1986) 		"Point of No Return"
(1986) 		"Don't Let Me Be the One"
(1986)
Audio sample
"Nu Shooz - Point Of No Return"

"Point of No Return" is the title of the second single taken from the Nu Shooz album Poolside. The song spent one week at #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in September 1986.[1] It also peaked at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[2] and #36 on the R&B chart[3] in the U.S., as well as topping out at #48 on the UK singles chart.[4] The song was mixed by Shep Pettibone.

Music video

The music video features band member Valerie Day walking on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and entering a ballet studio, meeting up with her husband John Smith and opening a closet full of sneakers and dancing shoes animated with stop motion (including pixilation). Valerie and John start dancing themselves as well. The shoes also form the flags of United States, UK, France, and Canada.[citation needed] The video ends with Valerie and John walking in stop motion and pixilation with the shoes. The video was directed by Wayne Isham.[5]

Charts

Chart (1986-1987) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 23
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] 18
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 23
UK Singles (OCC)[9] 48
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 28
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[11] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[12] 36
West Germany (GfK)[13] 24

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dance Songs: Top Dance Music Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Top Hip-Hop Songs / R&B Songs Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Official Charts Company - Nu Shooz". Archive.today. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  5. ^ Mark Sawicki (2007). Filming the Fantastic: A Guide to Visual Effects Cinematography. Focal Press. ISBN 978-0-240-80915-1.
  6. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0859." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  7. ^ "Nu Shooz – Point of No Return". Top 40 Singles.
  8. ^ "Nu Shooz – Point of No Return". Swiss Singles Chart.
  9. ^ "Nu Shooz: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  10. ^ "Nu Shooz Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Nu Shooz Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard.
  12. ^ "Nu Shooz Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  13. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Nu Shooz – Point of No Return" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.