He Ain't No Competition

"He Ain't No Competition" is a 1988 single released by British boyband Brother Beyond. It reached No.6 in the UK charts in September 1988. The song was written by its three producers, the Stock Aitken Waterman trio.[1] The song is considered the follow-up to the highly commercially successful "The Harder I Try".

"He Ain't No Competition"
Single by Brother Beyond
from the album Get Even
B-side"Call Me Lonely"
ReleasedOctober 1988 (1988-10)
Genre
Length3:19
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Stock Aitken Waterman
Brother Beyond singles chronology
"The Harder I Try"
(1988)		 "He Ain't No Competition"
(1988)		 "Be My Twin"
(1989)

Background

The band had felt they wanted to move away from the poppy sound of "The Harder I Try", so they adopted novel techniques to develop this new sound blending elements of jazz fusion and hip hop, overdubbed with synthesized pop focus. Brother Beyond's album Get Even (from which the track is taken) had by the time of the release of the single already been released in Japan. It was repackaged for its release in the rest of the world, including the two SAW-produced tracks, and omitting two of the band's self-penned songs from the original release. This version was released in November 1988, and the album was also a top 10 hit.

Charts
Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 53
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 32
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 24
Germany (Official German Charts)[5] 39
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] 19
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 6

References
  1. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Swedish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  2. "Australian-charts.com – Brother Beyond – He Ain't No Competition". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. "Ultratop.be – Brother Beyond – He Ain't No Competition" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  4. Timo (13 August 2015). "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit BRA - BÅG". Sisältää hitin. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  5. "Offiziellecharts.de – Brother Beyond – He Ain't No Competition". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  6. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – He Ain't No Competition". Irish Singles Chart.
  7. "Charts.nz – Brother Beyond – He Ain't No Competition". Top 40 Singles.
  8. "Brother Beyond: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.


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