I (Who Have Nothing) - Tom Jones - MP3 instrumental karaoke

One of the most interesting things about music is how it can transcend language. For instance, Tom Jones’s smash 1970 hit “I (Who Have Nothing)” is actually the English version of an Italian song called “Uno dei Tanti,” first written by Joe Sentieri in 1961. A couple of years later, the song was translated into English by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who also produced the first English language version by Ben E. King. This version was successful, hitting Number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, but it would go on to become an even bigger success when Welsh singer Tom Jones recorded his own version in 1970. Tom Jones’s version plays to his strengths as a singer, wringing every drop of melodrama out of the song’s tortured lyrics and orchestral arrangement. “I (Who Have Nothing)” by Tom Jones would peak at Number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as Number 2 on the Easy Listening chart.