You Got Nothing I Want
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"You Got Nothing I Want" was a 1981 single from Australia
n rock
band Cold Chisel
, the first released from the album Circus Animals
. One of the band's heaviest and most aggressive songs, it was written by singer Jimmy Barnes
in response to the treatment they received at the hands of a record company executive during a U.S. tour earlier in the year. Don Walker said, "After we came back, Jim wrote You Got Nothing I Want more or less as a personal tribute to Marty Schwartz."
"You Got Nothing I Want" was also the first song on the album and representative of the different sound Cold Chisel was attempting on Circus Animals in a conscious effort to move away from the slick commercial pop rock of East
. Allmusic describes Barnes' vocals as sounding like, "a buzz saw blade that's flown loose and ripped through a bunch of parked cars." It spent 19 weeks in the national charts, peaking at number 12.
A video clip was made for the song. Directed by Peter Cox, who had previously directed the "Cheap Wine" video, it featured the band miming in the wooden-floored Paddington Town Hall.
On the 2007 tribute album
Standing on the Outside: The Songs of Cold Chisel
, "You Got Nothing I Want" was covered by Alex Lloyd
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Cold Chisel
Cold Chisel
Cold Chisel is a rock band that originated in Adelaide, Australia. It is one of the most acclaimed Australian rock bands of all time, with a string of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s and huge sales that continue to this day, although its success and acclaim was almost completely restricted to...
, the first released from the album Circus Animals
Circus Animals
Circus Animals was a studio album released by Australian band Cold Chisel in 1982. It was recorded and mixed at Paradise Studios and EMI Studio 301, Sydney . It reached number one on the Australian charts, remaining in the charts for 40 weeks...
. One of the band's heaviest and most aggressive songs, it was written by singer Jimmy Barnes
Jimmy Barnes
James Dixon Swan , better known as Jimmy Barnes, is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer-songwriter. His father Jim Swan was a prizefighter and his older brother John Swan is also a rock singer. It was actually John who had encouraged and taught Jim how to sing as he wasn't really interested at...
in response to the treatment they received at the hands of a record company executive during a U.S. tour earlier in the year. Don Walker said, "After we came back, Jim wrote You Got Nothing I Want more or less as a personal tribute to Marty Schwartz."
"You Got Nothing I Want" was also the first song on the album and representative of the different sound Cold Chisel was attempting on Circus Animals in a conscious effort to move away from the slick commercial pop rock of East
East (album)
East was the third studio album by Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel, released in June 1980. The album peaked at No. 2 and spent 63 weeks on the national chart. It was the biggest-selling Australian album release of the year...
. Allmusic describes Barnes' vocals as sounding like, "a buzz saw blade that's flown loose and ripped through a bunch of parked cars." It spent 19 weeks in the national charts, peaking at number 12.
A video clip was made for the song. Directed by Peter Cox, who had previously directed the "Cheap Wine" video, it featured the band miming in the wooden-floored Paddington Town Hall.
On the 2007 tribute album
Tribute album
A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...
Standing on the Outside: The Songs of Cold Chisel
Standing on the Outside (album)
Standing on the Outside: The Songs of Cold Chisel is a tribute album dedicated to the songs of Australian band Cold Chisel. The album features 18 songs recorded by Australian and New Zealand artists The Living End, Dallas Crane, Pete Murray, Ben Lee, Thirsty Merc, Evermore, Paul Kelly, Troy...
, "You Got Nothing I Want" was covered by Alex Lloyd
Alex Lloyd
Alex Lloyd is an Australian singer-songwriter. His most popular album Watching Angels Mend, which includes the songs "Amazing" and "Green", was released in 2001 went double platinum. His third album Distant Light released in 2003 featured three songs that made the Australian top 40 singles charts...
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