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"No Sense"
Single by Cold Chisel
from the album Twentieth Century
A-side	"Hold Me Tight" (double A-side)
Released	October 1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	Rock
Length	2:57
Label	WEA
Songwriter(s)	Jimmy Barnes
Cold Chisel singles chronology
"When the War Is Over" (1982) "No Sense" / "Hold Me Tight" (1983) "Saturday Night" (1984)

"No Sense" is a 1983 song from Australian rock band Cold Chisel, and appeared on the album Twentieth Century. Released as double A-side single with "Hold Me Tight" it reached number 14 in the Australian charts. Receiving more radio airplay of the two songs on the single, it appeared on Cold Chisel's early greatest hits compilations. It has been described as being reggae or "almost ska."

The lyrics of the song were inspired by a fan from Wollongong who would send Barnes letters declaring her love and occasionally threatening suicide. The video was directed by Chilean artist Eduardo Guelfenbein, who had also done the artwork for the album and the picture sleeves. The video featured a slightly different intro to the song.

Reception

Toby Creswell said it featured Barnes' "customarily direct rock song approach, underneath which a very odd keyboard part was placed and on top, a reggaefied guitar. Like so many songs on Twentieth Century, this track takes chances with the formula."

Andrew McMillan wrote in RAM, "the recent release of "No Sense" simply heightens their ideal of self-justification. It's so goddamned abrasive, the last thing that would - under normal circumstances - warrant high rotation airplay. But since they're calling it quits, airplay is guaranteed."

Footnotes

1. David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. p. 72. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
2. Stephen Fitzpatrick (3 October 2015). "Cold Chisel: The Perfect Crime, 4.5 stars". The Australian. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
3. Michael Lawrence (2012). Cold Chisel: Wild Colonial Boys. Melbourne, Victoria: Melbourne Books. p. 326. ISBN 9781877096174.
4. "Eduardo Guelfenbein". MVDBase.com (person). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
5. Toby Cresswell. "Petrolheads". coldchisel.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2017.
6. Andrew McMillan (5 January 1984). "The Final Salute". RAM. No. 226. p. 33.

• Cold Chisel songs
• 1983 songs
• Songs written by Jimmy Barnes