"No Show" is a song recorded by R&B/Funk band Kool & the Gang for their 1981 studio album Something Special. A cover of the tune, featuring Blackstreet, appeared on the band's 2004 studio album The Hits Reloaded via Edel Records. Released as a single, this said rendition reached No. 36 on the US Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart.
Compendium No Show was produced by Eumir Deodato and Kool & the Gang. The song was also composed by George Brown, J.T. Taylor and Ronald Bell.
Critical reception Craig Lytle of Allmusic called No Show "a sorrowful account of a man left standing in the rain, waiting for the love that never showed." Marc D. Allan of the Boston Globe described the tune as a "sweet, soft ballad."
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