Artist:Nicolette
Song:No Government
Album:Mission: Impossible: From and Inspired by the Motion Picture
Here's an unknown song that appeared in the "soundtrack" for the 1996 film Mission: Impossible. From what I can tell, this is the only North American exposure that Scottish trip hop singer Nicolette Suwoton has ever had. She's had some success in England. And though No Government appears on the Mission: Impossible "soundtrack" album, the song does not appear in the film. Nicolette Suwoton was born in 1964 in Glasgow, Scotland but she has lived mostly in London. Her parents are Nigerian. She is known in England for two songs. One is the 1994 single Sly which was a guest vocal for the popular trip hop group Massive Attack. No Government is the other. She first released it on her 1990 debut album Now Is Early. The album was written and produced by the duo known as Shut Up and Dance (Philip "PJ" Johnson, Carlton "Smiley" Hyman). They have had success on the British charts. A remix of No Government was released on Nicolette's 1995 album Let No-One Live Rent Free in Your Head. That is on Gilles Peterson's Talkin' Loud label so it was more popular than the original version. It was produced by the duo Plaid (Andy Turner, Ed Handley). This version appeared on the Mission Impossible album. I hesitate to call it a soundtrack because only five of the album songs appear in the film. Soundtracks are usually compiled by someone who works in the record company office anyway. But this one seems like a corporate money grab. A lot of the album songs seem to come out of left field. Nicolette is still around. She's supposed to have a new album coming out but it's been delayed several times. Here's the video for No Government by Nicolette.
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