“Nobody's Wife” by Anouk

Anouk's debut album Together Alone arrived in 1997, and "Nobody's Wife", its second single, carried the Dutch singer's name well beyond the Netherlands. It's a rock ballad with a spine of steel, written by Anouk with Satindra Kalpoe and Bart van Veen, with George Kooymans, Barry Hay and John Sonneveld producing.

At home it climbed to number two, on the Single Top 100 as well as the Dutch Top 40. Early in 1998 it caught on across mainland Europe, making the top 10 in Flanders and the Nordic countries and holding number one in Iceland for two weeks. Dino Music issued it in the Netherlands, BMG handled Europe and Australia, and Columbia brought it to the United States. The black-and-white video keeps it simple: Anouk, singing and dancing to the song.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.