You're No Good for Me

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"You're No Good for Me"
Single by Kelly Charles
Released1987 (1987)
RecordedAlpha Recording, Teaneck
Genre House, garage house
Length3:55
Label Next Plateau
Songwriter(s) James Bratton, Kelly Charles
Producer(s) James Bratton, Delores Drewry, Joe Maggio (exec.)

"You're No Good for Me" is a house song by American singer Kelly Charles that was released as a single on Next Plateau Records in 1987. The song's hook "You're no good for me, I don't need nobody / Don't need no one that's no good for me" has been sampled numerous times by artists such as Ally Brooke, Hithouse, Oxide & Neutrino, Plan B and the Prodigy who had a hit single in 1994 with "No Good (Start the Dance)".

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Background

The song was written by James Bratton and Kelly Charles and was produced by Bratton and Delores Drewry at Alpha Recording in Teaneck, New Jersey. [1] It was released as a single in 1987 on Next Plateau Records in the United States and on London Records in the United Kingdom.

Track listings

12-inch single
  1. "You're No Good for Me" (radio version) – 3:55
  2. "You're No Good for Me" (club mix) – 5:00
  3. "You're No Good for Me" (Classy club dub mix) – 6:00
7-inch single
  1. "You're No Good for Me" (instrumental) – 3:45
  2. "You're No Good for Me" (radio version) – 3:55

Personnel

Samples, remixes and cover versions

Dutch DJ and producer Hithouse's single "Jack to the Sound of the Underground" was the first dance record to sample "You're No Good for Me" in 1988. The song peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. [2]

British electronic group the Prodigy sampled the song for their 1994 hit single "No Good (Start the Dance)".

In 2000, UK garage duo Oxide & Neutrino interpolated "You're No Good for Me" on their second single "No Good 4 Me", which was taken from their debut album Execute (2001). The song features vocals from fellow So Solid Crew members Megaman, Romeo and Lisa Maffia and also contains elements from "No Good (Start the Dance)" by the Prodigy. The single peaked at No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart and was also certified silver by the BPI for sales of over 200,000 units. [3]

In 2005, Plan B also interpolated the song in the chorus of "No Good", the first single taken from his debut album Who Needs Actions When You Got Words (2006). The track was produced by Paul Epworth and also samples "Psychedelic Shack" by the Temptations. The song was first released as a double A-side with "Sick 2 Def" in 2005 and was re-released in slightly remixed form by Jeremy Wheatley as a stand-alone single in 2007 with additional remixes including a remix by Chase & Status.

German rapper Kollegah also sampled "You're No Good for Me" and "No Good (Start the Dance)" in his song "Hater" (2007). Ultrabeat interpolated the song into "The Stalker" from their second album The Weekend Has Landed (2009). Lostprophets have incorporated the song into their cover of the Prodigy's "Omen" during their live shows.

List of songs that sample "You're No Good for Me"

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References

  1. You're No Good for Me (Media notes). Kelly Charles. Next Plateau Records. 1987.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. "Hithouse". The Official Charts Company . Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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