Nothing Can Come Between Us

"Nothing Can Come Between Us"
Single by Sade
from the album Stronger Than Pride
B-side	"Make Some Room" "You're Not the Man"
Released	15 August 1988[1]
Genre	R&B soul disco-funk
Length	4:21 (album version) 3:52 (single version)
Label	Epic
Composer(s)	Sade Adu Stuart Matthewman Andrew Hale
Lyricist(s)	Sade Adu
Producer(s)	Sade
Sade singles chronology
"Paradise" (1988) "Nothing Can Come Between Us" (1988) "Turn My Back on You" (1988)
Music video
"Nothing Can Come Between Us" on YouTube

"Nothing Can Come Between Us" is a song by English band Sade from their third studio album, Stronger Than Pride (1988). It was released as the album's third single on 15 August 1988 by Epic, reaching number 92 on the UK Singles Chart and number three on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Critical reception

Pan-European magazine Music & Media described "Nothing Can Come Between Us" as "another brooding, percussion-oriented track in a velvety production. Just typical Sade."[2] Ben Thompson from NME felt the band comes in a "rugged and windswept vein" on the song, "a disappointment after the surprisingly energetic 'Paradise'."[3] Frank Guan of Vulture stated, "Truer words have never been sung than In the middle of the madness, hold on. Stuart Matthewman's best impression of funk guitar adds just the right amount of spice to the duet."[4]

Track listings

• 7-inch single

A. "Nothing Can Come Between Us" – 3:55

B. "Make Some Room" – 3:24

• 12-inch single

A. "Nothing Can Come Between Us" – 4:21

B. "Make Some Room" (extended version) – 5:00

• UK limited-edition gatefold 12-inch single

A. "Nothing Can Come Between Us" – 4:21

B1. "Make Some Room" (extended version) – 5:00

B2. "You're Not the Man" – 5:09

• UK CD single

1. "Nothing Can Come Between Us" – 4:21
2. "Make Some Room" (extended version) – 5:00
3. "You're Not the Man" – 5:09

• US cassette single

1. "Nothing Can Come Between Us"
2. "Make Some Room"

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Nothing Can Come Between Us" Chart (1988) Peak position Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 89 UK Singles (OCC)[6] 92 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[7] 21 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8] 3 US Top Black Contemporary Singles (Cash Box)[9] 2

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for "Nothing Can Come Between Us" Chart (1988) Position US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[10] 90

References

1. "Music Week" (PDF). p. 39.
2. "Previews: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 10 September 1988. p. 19. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
3. Thompson, Ben (27 August 1988). "Singles". NME. p. 16. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
4. Guan, Frank (26 October 2017). "All 73 Sade Songs, Ranked From Worst to Best". Vulture. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
5. "Sade – Nothing Can Come Between Us" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
6. "Sade: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
7. "Sade Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
8. "Sade Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
9. "Cash Box Top Black Contemporary Singles – Week ending October 15, 1988". Cash Box. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
10. "1988 The Year in Music & Video – Top Black Singles" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 100, no. 52. 24 December 1988. p. Y-23. ISSN 0006-2510 – via World Radio History.