Transcribed by Mark Dorset

[Annoucement sample:] "Thankyou, every - come on, give her a proper Liverpool hand, you can do better than that! And now ladies and gentlemen, what you've been waiting for:"

[sung:] I've come a long way. / [spoken:] I've come a long, long way since the day you walked into my life. [sung:] You walked into my life. / [spoken:] You smoothed out all the rough edges with your sweet love and devotion. [sung:] I was tired, / in love like a fool. / [spoken:] I was tired of living the life of a fool, I was wondering where I'd gone wrong. [sung:] But I know / it's gonna work out fine. / [spoken:] But I know it's gonna work out fine, when I see that look in your eyes. [sung:] Yeah! /

I've never felt so good, / I've never felt so strong, / Nothing can stop us now! (no no, no no)

[sung:] I've heard some people say. / [spoken:] Yeah, nothing can stop us now. I've heard people say that a man who needs a woman is weak, [sung:] So wrong, oh so wrong. / [spoken:] but they're so wrong, because nobody can hide from love. [sung:] Do, do you want to know? / [spoken:] Do you want to know, do you want to know something else that's true? [sung:] It's true, it's true, the touch of your hand, oh. / [spoken:] Just the touch of your hand, and I know we can make it.

[sung:] I've never felt so good, / I've never felt so strong, / Nothing can stop us now! / I've never felt so strong, / I've never felt so good, / Nothing can stop us now! [whispered:] (nothing! nothing!...)

Credits

Composition:

• Bob Stanley
• Pete Wiggs

Vocals:

• Sarah Cracknell

References

Trivia

Kylie Minogue covered this song on her Confide In Me single. (It was on one of the two CD formats. The same format also included a cover of a Prefab Sprout ballad called If You Don't Love Me, which Bob & Pete produced.

Here's the band talking about the track, shamelessly pinched from Melody Maker:

Sarah:
That was the first song we did after I joined.
Pete:
We wrote it when we were young and full of spunk. When we literally thought nothing could stop us.
Sarah:
I was very excited and fulfilled when I sang it. Very happy and naive and a bit nervous.
Pete:
As if nothing could stop you...
Bob:
...attaining that Number Fifty-Four chart position.
Pete:
Nothing could stop it rocketing in at Number Fifty-Four.

Versions and sources

Nothing Can Stop Us

• Fairytales From Saint Etienne compilation album [ CD (Japan)]
• Foxbase Alpha album [vinyl twelve inch]
• Foxbase Alpha album [CD]
• Foxbase Alpha album [cassette]
• Foxbase Alpha album [CD (German release)]
• Foxbase Alpha album [vinyl twelve inch (US)]
• Foxbase Alpha album [CD (US & Canadian release)]
• Foxbase Alpha album [cassette (US and Canada)]
• Foxbase Alpha album [CD (Japan)]
• Nothing Can Stop Us single [vinyl seven inch]
• Nothing Can Stop Us single [vinyl twelve inch]
• Nothing Can Stop Us single [CD]
• Smash The System compilation album [double CD]
• Too Young To Die singles compilation album [twelve inch vinyl]
• Too Young To Die singles compilation album [CD]
• Too Young To Die singles compilation album [double CD]
• Too Young To Die singles compilation album [cassette]

Nothing Can Stop Us (bonus beats)

• Nothing Can Stop Us single [vinyl twelve inch (US)]

Nothing Can Stop Us (house mix)

• Nothing Can Stop Us single [vinyl twelve inch (US)]
• Nothing Can Stop Us single [CD (US)]

Nothing Can Stop Us (instrumental)

• Nothing Can Stop Us single [CD]
• Nothing Can Stop Us single [remix vinyl twelve inch]

Nothing Can Stop Us (j mark andrews remix)

• Hot Tracks 11-2 [DJ remix CD]

Nothing Can Stop Us (kenlou dub)

• Nothing Can Stop Us single [vinyl twelve inch (US)]
• Nothing Can Stop Us single [CD (US)]

Nothing Can Stop Us (lionrock mix)

• Casino Classics compilation remix album [double CD]
• Casino Classics compilation remix album [vinyl triple twelve inch]
• Casino Classics compilation remix album [cassette]
• Casino Classics compilation remix album [limited double CD with slipcase]

Nothing Can Stop Us (masters at work dub)

• Nothing Can Stop Us single [vinyl twelve inch (US)]
• Nothing Can Stop Us single [CD (US)]

Nothing Can Stop Us (single remix)

• Nothing Can Stop Us single [CD (US)]

Nothing Can Stop Us (twelve inch remix)

• Nothing Can Stop Us single [vinyl twelve inch (US)]
• Nothing Can Stop Us single [CD (US)]

Nothing Can Stop Us [first video]

• Too Young To Die videos compilation [VHS video cassette]

Nothing Can Stop Us [second video]

• Too Young To Die videos compilation [VHS video cassette]