Anouk her first single " Mood Indigo" did not have the success that had been hoped for.
The Golden Earring promise to deliver more songs, but are too busy with their own band.
Anouk decide with good friend Bart van Veen to write some songs.
In two weeks time the duo has six songs ready
Anouk hopes that one song is good enough for her debut album. "Nobody's Wife" is released as a single and in a few weeks is the number 2 in the Dutch charts.
"Nobody's Wife " seems a reckoning with the brief marriage that Anouk has had with Edwin Jansen, her manager.
Highest Position 2 (40 Weeks)
Highest Position 2 (20 Weeks)
Highest Position 5 (17 Weeks)
Highest Position 2 (23 Weeks)
Highest Position 2 (17 Weeks)
Highest Position 9 (5 Weeks)
Highest Position 34 (14 Weeks)
Single Top 100 (NLD)
Top 40 (NLD)
UltraTop 50 (BEL)
Singles Top 60 (SWE)
Single Top 20 (NOR)
Single Top 20 (FIN)
Top 20 Singles (FRA)
7 43215 57052 3 | European Maxi-Single | Dino Music / BMG | 1997
1. Nobody's Wife (radio edit)
2. Nobody's Wife (album version)
3. Nobody's Wife (instrumental)
4. It's a Shame
03:18
03:25
03:26
03:26
7 43215 57052 3 | Australian Maxi-Single | Dino Music / BMG | 1997
7 43216 22872 0 | European Maxi-Single | Dino Music / BMG | 1997
1. Nobody's Wife (US-Remix)
2. Nobody’s Wife (album version)
3. Nobody’s Wife (edit album version)
4. It’s a Shame
03:25
03:25
03:18
03:26
DNCS 2389 | Dutch Mini-Single | Dino Music | August 28, 1997
1. Nobody's Wife (radio edit)
03:18
7 43215 50012 4 | European Mini-Single | Dino Music / BMG | 1997
7 43215 57062 2 | European (FR?) Mini-Single | Dino Music | 1997
1. Nobody's Wife
2. It’s a Shame
03:25
03:26