| "Point of No Return" | ||||||||
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| Single by Nu Shooz | ||||||||
| from the album Poolside | ||||||||
| Released | 1986 | |||||||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||||||
| Genre | Freestyle music, Synthpop | |||||||
| Length | 4:23 | |||||||
| Label | Atlantic | |||||||
| Writer(s) | John Smith, Valerie Day | |||||||
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"Point of No Return" is the title of the second single taken from the Nu Shooz album Poolside. The song spent one week at #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in September 1986.[1] It also peaked at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[2] and #36 on the R&B chart[3] in the U.S., as well as topping out at #48 on the UK singles chart.[4] The song was mixed by Shep Pettibone.
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The music video features band members Valerie Day walking on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and entering a ballet studio, and John Smith with a closet full of sneakers animated with stop motion. The video was directed by Wayne Isham.[5]
| Chart (1986-1987) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] | 28 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles[7] | 36 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[8] | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 23 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 23 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 18 |
| UK Singles Chart[9] | 48 |
| Preceded by "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" by Gwen Guthrie |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single September 6, 1986 |
Succeeded by "Down and Counting" by Claudja Barry |