"No Regrets" is the debut solo single by British hip hop artist Dappy

Dappy

Costadinos Contostavlos better known by his stage name Dappy, is a British singer-songwriter, rapper, actor of Greek descent. He is best known for being the lead singer of the Camden-based Grime/hip hop/R&B trio N-Dubz, with his cousin Tulisa and their friend Fazer...

. The song was produced by TMS

TMS (production team)

TMS are an English songwriting and record production team composed of Tom 'Froe' Barnes, Ben Kohn and Peter 'Merf' Kelleher, originating from West London...

 and was written by Dappy

Dappy

Costadinos Contostavlos better known by his stage name Dappy, is a British singer-songwriter, rapper, actor of Greek descent. He is best known for being the lead singer of the Camden-based Grime/hip hop/R&B trio N-Dubz, with his cousin Tulisa and their friend Fazer...

, TMS, and Ayak Thiik

Takeover Entertainment

Takeover Entertainment is an independent record label, talent agency, musician management company, producer, and publisher of music, currently based in the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 2006 and is run by Kwasi Danquah III , Archie Lamb IV and Jack Foster...

 . It was released in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 on 18 September 2011. This was Dappy's first solo number 1 single in the UK. The song includes many pop culture references to films such as The King's Speech, Back To The Future and The Italian Job.

Background

It was originally recorded by the 3 members of N-Dubz as part of their planned US debut album with Def Jam. After parting ways with the label, Dappy rerecorded the song as a solo artist for his debut solo album. The N-Dubz version was later featured on their compilation album, Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits (N-Dubz album)

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album released by British trio N-Dubz. It includes fourteen of the group's singles, excluding "Feva Las Vegas" and "We Dance On", one album track, two live lounge covers and the original N-Dubz version of Dappy's first solo single ,"No Regrets"...

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Music video

The music video was filmed in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 by US director Benny Boom

Benny Boom

Benny Boom is a music video director and current director of Gorilla Flix, Inc. He trained at Temple University's School of Radio, Television, & Film, and also served as a protégé of veteran director Little X and Hype Williams....

 to accompany the release of "No Regrets". It was first released onto YouTube on Friday, 5 August 2011, at a total length of four minutes and fourteen seconds.

Synopsis

The video is split into four scenes, it sees Dappy name checking celebs, fictional film characters and even royalty in a number of topical references, he then proceeds with rhymes that come thick and fast backed with an athemic chorus laced with the kind of meaning that a lot of people will be able to relate to. The first scene finds Dappy in a L.A. neighborhood, showing two friends who have gotten into gang trouble and a troubled women dealing with a breakdown of a marriage while also aspiring to be a medical doctor. The second scene finds Dappy in a boxing gym, where it shows a boxer training and preparing for a boxing world championship fight, before fellow N-Dubz

N-Dubz

N-Dubz are a British hip hop group from Camden Town, London. The group consists of members Dappy, Tulisa Contostavlos and Fazer.N-Dubz were previously signed to Polydor Records before joining All Around the World Records...

 bandmate Fazer makes a cameo appearance playing on the piano. The fourth and final scene builds up to Dappy concluding the video with a track key change alongside gospel choir backing singers on top of an L.A. skyscraper.

Critical reception

Lewis Corner of Digital Spy

Digital Spy

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 Blog gave the song a positive review stating:

"This is my king's speech, I'm nowhere near the end," Dappy announces on the opening line, proceeding to name-check no less than eight celeb mates over electro-hip-hop beats and a stirring piano riff. The result is the Big Mac of songs; you know it's no good for you, but it's thoroughly enjoyable nonetheless, and combined with an impressive vocal showing, a gospel choir and that key change that could put an X Factor winner's single to shame, Dapz's dream of a number one hit seems closer than ever before. .

Tracklisting

Chart performance

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Chart (2011)	Peak position

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Ireland	18 September 2011	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	All Around the World & Takeover Entertainment Ltd Takeover Entertainment Takeover Entertainment is an independent record label, talent agency, musician management company, producer, and publisher of music, currently based in the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 2006 and is run by Kwasi Danquah III , Archie Lamb IV and Jack Foster...
United Kingdom