| "Don't Mean Nothing" | ||||
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| Single by Richard Marx | ||||
| from the album Richard Marx | ||||
| B-side | "The Flame of Love" | |||
| Released | May 26, 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Blues rock[1] | |||
| Length | 4:41 (album version) 3:59 (7" radio edit) 6:15 (extended rock mix) | |||
| Label | Manhattan Records | |||
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"Don't Mean Nothing" is the debut single by singer/songwriter/producer Richard Marx from his triple platinum 1987 eponymous album. It hit No. 1 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart and No. 3 on the Hot 100.[2][3] With the chart success of "Don't Mean Nothing" and subsequent singles from his debut album, Marx became the first male artist to reach the top three of the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart with four singles from a debut album.[4] In 1988, Marx was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Rock Vocal Performance - Solo" for "Don't Mean Nothing". He competed against Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Bob Seger, and Joe Cocker.[5]
The MTV music video featured Cynthia Rhodes, who would later become Marx's first wife, and actor G.W. Bailey from the Police Academy movies.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (May 17, 2021). "The Number Ones: Richard Marx's "Hold On To The Nights". Stereogum. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
Marx's debut single "Don't Mean Nothing" is a soft-rock snarl about how fake everyone in the music business is...
- ^ Hunt, Dennis (16 August 1987). "Richard Marx: Soaring On His Own". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ Hochman, Steve (6 July 1990). "Hit-Maker Richard Marx Doesn't Split Hairs : Pop music: The singer with the famed mane shrugs off his critics and looks for respect". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Richard Marx Celebrates 25 Years on Billboard Charts". Billboard. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Richard Marx to headline piano conference at Raue Center". Daily Herald. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2018.