The group’s official Myspace stated that an English version of “Nobody” would be released in the United States sometime in 2009, serving as their debut single there, with JYP Entertainment confirming the release in June 2009. “Nobody (English Ver.)” was released to iTunes on June 26, 2009 and to Amazon MP3 a day later. Wonder Girls have set up an official YouTube account and it includes the English version of music video itself.

On the October 31, 2009 issue of Billboard Hot 100, the single debuted at number #76. Wonder Girls became the first South Korean group to enter the chart. The single became the best-selling physical single of the year in the United States, and topped the Year-End Chart of the Billboard Hot Single Sales, which tracks physical single sales.

For their American live television debut, they performed “Nobody (English Ver.)” on The Wendy Williams Show, a FOX morning talk show. They also performed on a result show of FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance.

In 2014, “Nobody (English Ver.)” was used in the film Penguins of Madagascar.