The song became the biggest hit of her career, reaching the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 on September 29, 1998 and peaking at number two on November 24, and number one on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on October 27, 1998, where it remained for a record-breaking 14 weeks.
This record was tied in 2005 by Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" and broken in 2006 by Mary J. Blige's "Be Without You", which spent 15 weeks at number-one. Jamie Foxx's 2009 single "Blame It" also topped the charts for 14 weeks and later in the same year Maxwell's "Pretty Wings" topped the chart for 14 weeks.
The song also peaked at number 2 on the Hot 100 chart for eight consecutive weeks on November 24, 1998 and reached number-one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart on October 13, 1998. It only reached as high as #55 on the UK Singles Chart. The dance remix was also a hit on the dance charts. The single reached number nine on the 1999 Billboard year-end chart.
According to the Nobody's Supposed To Be Here Songfacts,Cox became the first Canadian to top the Billboard R&B chart when this went to #1.
Nobody's Supposed to Be Here
Deborah Cox Lyrics
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Nobody's supposed to be here
I've tried that love thing for the last time
My heart says no, no
Nobody's supposed to be here
But you came along and changed my mind (my mind, my mind)
I've spent all my life
The love who'll stay for eternity
The heaven sent to fulfill my needs
But when I turned around
Again love has knocked me down
My heart got broken
Oh, it hurt so bad
I'm sad to say love wins again
So I place my heart under lock and key (ooh, yeah)
To take some time and take care of me
But I turn around and you're standing here
How did you get here? (get here)
Nobody's supposed to be here (nobody's supposed to be here)
I've tried that love thing for the last time (oh)
My heart says no, no (no)
Nobody's supposed to be here (nobody's supposed to be here)
But you came along and changed my mind (my mind, my mind)
This time I swear I'm through
But if only you knew
How many times I've said those words
Then fall again, when will I ever learn?
Knowing these tears I've cried
This lovely black butterfly
Must take a chance and spread my wings
Love can make you do some crazy things
So I place my heart under lock and key (ooh, yeah-yeah)
To take some time and take care of me (mm-hmm)
But I turn around and you're standing here
How did you?
Standing here
How did you get here? (Yeah, yeah)
No, nobody
No, no, no, no, no, no (shoo-do-doo, nobody's supposed to be here)
Nobody
No, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no
No
How did you get here?
Nobody's supposed to be here (yeah, oh yeah)
I've tried that love thing for the last time (I tried it, over and over)
My heart says no, no (no, no, no, no)
Nobody's supposed to be here (nobody's supposed to be here)
But you came along and you changed my mind (came along and you changed my mind, my mind)
How did you get here? (I'm not supposed to love)
Nobody's supposed to be here (I'm not supposed to care anymore)
I've tried that love thing for the last time
My heart says no, no (no, no, no, no, no)
Nobody's supposed to be here (no, no, no, no, no)
But you came along and changed my mind
The lyrics of "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here" by Deborah Cox speaks about a woman who has experienced many heartbreaks and has finally come to the conclusion that love is not for her. She has given up on the idea of love and has locked her heart away, convinced that she needs time to heal and to take care of herself.
The chorus reflects her disbelief at the fact that someone has come into her life again and made her feel something she thought she would never feel again. The line "nobody's supposed to be here" is repeated throughout the chorus, emphasizing how she has guarded her heart and is not ready for a relationship. The lyrics suggest that the person who has come into her life has changed her mind about love and has made her give it another chance.
The verse speaks about her search for love in the past, and how each time she thought she had found the one, she got her heart broken. She has tried to move on and forget, but she finds herself falling in love again and is scared that she will end up getting hurt again. The lyrics "Must take a chance and spread my wings, love can make you do some crazy things" suggest that she is willing to take a risk and open herself up to love again.
Overall, the song's theme is about the difficulty of letting someone in after experiencing heartbreak and how sometimes we can find love in the most unexpected places.
Line by Line Meaning
How did you get here?
The singer is surprised that the person she loves is in her life after she swore off love.
Nobody's supposed to be here
The singer didn't expect to fall in love again so soon after having her heart broken.
I've tried that love thing for the last time
The singer has sworn off love and doesn't want to get hurt again.
My heart says no, no
The singer's heart is telling her not to give into love again.
But you came along and changed my mind (my mind, my mind)
The person the singer loves has changed her mind about love and made her want to take another chance.
I've spent all my life
On a search to find
The love who'll stay for eternity
The heaven sent to fulfill my needs
The singer has been searching for true love her entire life, someone who will stay with her forever and make her happy.
But when I turned around
Again love has knocked me down
My heart got broken
Oh, it hurt so bad
The singer has been hurt by love in the past and is afraid to be hurt again.
I'm sad to say love wins again
So I place my heart under lock and key (ooh, yeah)
To take some time and take care of me
The singer is admitting that love has won again and is going to take time to focus on herself instead of love.
This time I swear I'm through
But if only you knew
How many times I've said those words
Then fall again, when will I ever learn?
The singer thinks she's done with love but knows she's said that before and still fell in love again.
Knowing these tears I've cried
This lovely black butterfly
Must take a chance and spread my wings
Love can make you do some crazy things
The singer knows she's cried a lot but is willing to take a chance on love again and see where it takes her.
No, nobody
No, no, no, no, no, no (shoo-do-doo, nobody's supposed to be here)
Nobody
No, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no
No
The singer is emphasizing that she wasn't expecting to fall in love again, but the person she loves is there anyway.
But you came along and you changed my mind (came along and you changed my mind, my mind)
The person the singer loves has made her change her mind about love and take another chance.
How did you get here? (I'm not supposed to love)
Nobody's supposed to be here (I'm not supposed to care anymore)
I've tried that love thing for the last time
My heart says no, no (no, no, no, no, no)
Nobody's supposed to be here (no, no, no, no, no)
But you came along and changed my mind
The singer is surprised that love has shown up in her life despite not expecting it, and the person she loves has changed her mind about love and made her want to take another chance.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Written by: Anthony Schapell Crawford, Montell Jordan
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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