Song · Del Amitri
“Nothing Ever Happens” by Del Amitri
From the album Waking Hours (1989)
“Nothing Ever Happens” by Del Amitri appears on 4 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2001 and 2006. It was first released in 1989 on the album Waking Hours. Its best result is #256 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,892 alternative song of all time.
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"Nothing Ever Happens" is the closing track on Waking Hours, the 1989 second album from Scottish band Del Amitri, and Justin Currie wrote every word and note of it. Hugh Jones produced and Julian Mendelsohn mixed, and the result is folk rock with its collar turned up against the weather, a wry shrug of a song.
A&M put it out as a single on New Year's Day 1990, and it became the band's biggest British hit, reaching number 11 in the UK and number 4 in Ireland.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 256 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2004 | 425 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 365 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 373 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
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