"No Time for Tears" is a song by The Enemy from their second album Music For The People.
The song debuted on Radio 1 at 7pm on the 16/2/09. Following the premier of the song, the band were interviewed to discuss their "New Punk Sound"http://www.theenemy.com/news,new-single-on-radio-tonight_25.htm. The song entered the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 at #16 on 19 April 2009, marking the band's fourth UK Top 20 single. Despite it only reaching this position, it is the band's fastest selling single, selling 12,606 units in its first week.

Sound

The beginning of the song resembles that of This Is England

This Is England (song)

"This Is England" is a song by English punk rock band The Clash, released in September 1985 as the only single from their sixth and final critically maligned studio album Cut the Crap...

 by the punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band The Clash

The Clash

The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...

 (who have been listed by The Enemy

The Enemy (UK band)

The Enemy are an English rock band formed in Coventry in 2006, signed to Warner Music Group . In June 2007, The Enemy played twice at Glastonbury Festival, first in the 'Guardian Lounge' on Saturday and then the much larger 'Other Stage' on Sunday. They also headlined on the Saturday night of T in...

 as one of their biggest influences).http://theenemy.eu/default.aspx

The song in general also evokes memories of Love Spreads

Love Spreads

"Love Spreads" is a song by The Stone Roses, released in November 1994 as the first single from their second album Second Coming. The record was a number two hit in the UK, the highest peak for any song by the band, as well as the only Stone Roses song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, charting at...

 by The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses are an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s...

, with slide guitar and a more incandesant feel. It also as track mimics the step The Stone Roses took with their second album Second Coming

Second Coming (album)

Second Coming is the second studio album by The Stone Roses, released through Geffen Records on 5 December 1994 in the UK and in early 1995 in the US. It was recorded at Forge Studios in Oswestry, Shropshire and Rockfield Studios near Monmouth in Wales between 1992 and 1994...

, with increased drums and a much larger sound.

Track listing

All songs written by The Enemy.
Produced By Matt Terry
CD single (WEA455CD)

1. "No Time for Tears" (Album Version) – 5:15
2. "Cosmic Dancer" (Live from Union Chapel) (T.Rex Cover)

7" Vinyl Single

1. "No Time for Tears" (Album Version)
2. "Away from Here" (Live From Union Chapel)

iTunes Digital EP

1. "No Time for Tears" (Album Version) – 5:15
2. "Blue Monday
   Blue Monday (New Order song)
   "Blue Monday" is a single released in 1983 by British band New Order, and later remixed in 1988 and 1995. The song has been widely remixed and covered since its original release, and became a popular anthem in the dance club scene.-Background:...
   
   " (New Order
   New Order
   New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
   
    Cover) – 2:07
3. "Tainted Love
   Tainted Love
   "Tainted Love" is a song composed by Ed Cobb, formerly of The Four Preps, which was originally recorded by Gloria Jones in 1965. It attained worldwide fame after being covered by Soft Cell in 1981, reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart, and has since been covered by numerous groups and...
   
   " (Gloria Jones
   Gloria Jones
   Gloria Richetta Jones is an American singer and songwriter from Los Angeles, California. She recorded the 1964 northern soul song, "Tainted Love", later a hit for the British synth-pop duo, Soft Cell. She was the girlfriend of glam rock artist Marc Bolan of the band T...
   
   Cover) – 2:58