"Nothing Ever Happens" is a song by the Scottish

alternative rock Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...

band

Del Amitri Del Amitri is a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Glasgow in 1980. They are best known for their 1990 single "Nothing Ever Happens" which reached No. 11 in the UK, and their 1995 hit "Roll to Me", which charted in the top 10 in both Can ...

. Released as a single on 1 January 1990 by

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, it reached #11 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's biggest hit in the UK; and was also a top-10 hit in

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, peaking at #4. It is the last track on the band's second studio album, ''

Waking Hours ''Waking Hours'' is the second studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Del Amitri, released in July 1989 by A&M Records. It reached number 6 in the UK Albums Chart and featured one of the band's most famous songs, " Nothing Ever Happens", ...

'' (1989).

Track listing

A-side *"Nothing Ever Happens" B-side *"So Many Souls To Change" *"Don't I Look Like The Kind Of Guy You Used To Hate" *"Evidence"

References

External links

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"On The Record: Justin Currie – Nothing Ever Happens by Del Amitri"
at bbc.co.uk
"Del Amitri: How I wrote 80s hit Nothing Ever Happens - Off The Record"
at The Times and The Sunday Times {{authority control 1989 singles 1990 singles Del Amitri songs 1989 songs A&M Records singles Song recordings produced by Hugh Jones (producer)