No Good (Start the Dance)

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"No Good (Start the Dance)"
No Good (Start the Dance).jpg
Single by the Prodigy
from the album Music for the Jilted Generation
Released16 May 1994 (1994-05-16)[1]
RecordedEssex, England
Length
  • 6:17 (album version)
  • 4:01 (edit)
LabelXL
Songwriter(s)Liam Howlett
Producer(s)Liam Howlett
The Prodigy singles chronology
"One Love"
(1993) 		"No Good (Start the Dance)"
(1994) 		"Voodoo People"
(1994)

"No Good (Start the Dance)" is a song by English electronic music group the Prodigy. Written and produced by group member Liam Howlett, it was released on 16 May 1994 as the second single from their second studio album, Music for the Jilted Generation. It is built around a repeated vocal sample from "You're No Good for Me" by Kelly Charles (1987). Howlett initially had doubts whether to use the sample because he thought it was too pop for his taste. The song also contains samples from "Funky Nassau" by Bahamian funk group the Beginning of the End. It was certified Gold in Germany for 250,000 sold copies.

In 2012, NME listed it at number 33 in their list of "100 Best Songs of the 1990s".[2]

Critical reception[]

John Bush from AllMusic said the song is "excellent".[3] British newspaper Lennox Herald described it as "rough and ready".[4] NME picked it as "one of The Prodigy’s finest singles with its scuzzy euphoria and thumping bass."[5] Andy Beevers from Music Week gave it four out of five, calling it "another rough and rugged hardcore track. They still have plenty of grassroot support and will continue to outsell other hardcore acts by a big margin."[6] Brad Beatnik from the magazine's RM Dance Update wrote, "The first Prodigy release for more than a year sees them working up a typically frenetic hard groove with a neat wobbly bassline and standard 'no good for me' vocals." He added, "Massive chart action expected".[7] Another editor, James Hamilton deemed it a "typical frantic hardcore 145 2-0bpm".[8] Gareth Grundy from Select stated that Liam Howlett's "jungle and hardcore roots are still present, but he injects some space and gracious melody between the coruscating rhythm."[9]

Music video[]

The song's music video, directed by Walter Stern combines the humorous flavour of that for the band's previous video for "Out of Space" with the menace of "Firestarter" and "Breathe" videos to come. Filmed in a disused, underground cellar below Spitalfields market in the East End of London, the video features characters dancing to the song whilst the band members prowl around moodily. After Howlett breaks down a plaster wall with a sledgehammer, group member Keith Flint is seen in a straitjacket, eventually being locked into a Plexiglas box-prison.

Liam Howlett said to Dazed magazine "'No Good... was a response to all that shit Eurodance stuff", and said that the band had started to make better videos.[10]

The music video became the last music video to be played on the music channel NME TV directly before its closure at 6:00am on 5 January 2012.

Remixes and samples[]

Belgian producer CJ Bolland remixed this track on the original release in 1994. A drum and bass remix of the song was made by British producer DJ SS.

Several other artists (including Ally Brooke, Oxide & Neutrino, Plan B, Ultrabeat and Kollegah) have sampled "You're No Good for Me" by Kelly Charles since the Prodigy. The sample also appears on HitHouse's track "Jack to the Sound of the Underground", which predated the Prodigy's by several years.

Track listing[]

XL recordings[]

12" vinyl record[]

  1. "No Good (Start the Dance)" (Original Mix) – 6:22
  2. "No Good (Start the Dance)" (Bad for You Mix) – 6:52 (remixed by Liam Howlett)
  3. "No Good (Start the Dance)" (CJ Bolland Museum Mix) – 5:14

CD single[]

  1. "No Good (Start the Dance)" (Edit) – 4:01
  2. "No Good (Start the Dance)" (Bad for You Mix) – 6:52 (remixed by Liam Howlett)
  3. "No Good (Start the Dance)" (CJ Bolland Museum Mix) – 5:14
  4. "No Good (Start the Dance)" (Original Mix) – 6:22

Sony/Dancepool[]

  1. "No Good (Start the Dance)" (Edit) – 4:01
  2. "No Good (Start the Dance)" (CJ Bolland's Mix) – 5:14
  3. "One Love" (Jonny L Remix) – 5:10
  4. "Jericho" (Genaside II Remix) – 5:45
  5. "G-Force" (Energy Flow) – 5:18

Charts and certifications[]

Fedde Le Grand and Sultan & Ned Shepard version[]

"No Good"
No-Good-single-Fedde-Le-Grand.jpg
Single by Fedde Le Grand and Sultan & Ned Shepard
Released23 September 2013
Length3:00
LabelSpinnin' Records
Songwriter(s)Liam Howlett
Fedde Le Grand singles chronology
"Long Way From Home"
(2013) 		"No Good"
(2013)
Sultan & Ned Shepard singles chronology
"Long Way From Home"
(2013) 		"No Good"
(2013)
Music video
"No Good" on YouTube

In 2013, Dutch house DJ and producer Fedde le Grand and Canadian electronic music duo Sultan & Ned Shepard released a remake of the hit on Spinnin' Records.

The single charted in SNEP, the official French Singles Chart as well as in the "bubbling under" Ultratip in the Belgian (Wallonia) French market Singles Chart.

Track list

  1. "No Good" (club edit) (3:00)
  2. "No Good" (extended mix) (5:17)

Chart performance

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[36] 72
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[37] 7
France (SNEP)[38] 60

References[]

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  2. ^ "100 Best Songs Of The 1990s (40-31)". NME. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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  4. ^ Lennox Herald. 1994-05-27. p. 30. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  5. ^ "100 Best Songs Of The 1990s". NME. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  6. ^ Beevers, Andy (1994-05-14). "Market Preview: Dance" (PDF). Music Week. p. 19. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  7. ^ Beatnik, Brad (1994-04-30). "Hot Vinyl" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 5. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  8. ^ Hamilton, James (1994-05-28). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 5. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  9. ^ "Reviews: New Singles". Select. 1994-06-01. p. 97. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  10. ^ THe Prodigy select 10 inspirational Jilted jams - Dazed magazine 4 July 2014
  11. ^ "Australian-charts.com – The Prodigy – No Good (Start the Dance)". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
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  14. ^ Danish Singles Chart 9 September 1994
  15. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 1994-06-25. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  16. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
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  33. ^ "SCHWEIZER JAHRESHITPARADE 1994". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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  36. ^ "Ultratop.be – Fedde Le Grand And Sultan + Ned Shepard – No Good" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
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