Point of No Return (Nu Shooz song)

For the song by Exposé, see Point of No Return (Exposé song).
"Point of No Return"
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
Nu Shooz singles chronology
"I Can't Wait"
(1986)		 "Point of No Return"
(1986)		 "Don't Let Me Be the One"
(1986)
Music sample
"Nu Shooz - Point Of No Return"

"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.

Music video

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 and dancing shoes animated with stop motion. The video was directed by Wayne Isham.[5]

Charts

Chart (1986-1987) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 23
Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 24
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] 18
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 23
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[10] 48
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 28
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[12] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[13] 36

See also

References

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
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