You're No Good for Me

"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)".

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

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
  • Kelly Charles – vocals
  • James Bratton – producer, mixing
  • Delores Drewry – producer
  • Russ Kip Moore – engineer
  • Keith Dumpson – mixing
  • Joe Maggio – executive producer
  • Greg Hatten – piano

Samples, remixes and cover versions

Dutch disc jockey 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]

An Electronic Italo House Project named Zener took a sample from the song to their single "Listen" back in 1991. It was released by Out Bank Records The track was written by Wilko & produced by Gordon Hammer.

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

In 2000, British 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 "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 a 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"
  • Hithouse - "Jack to the Sound of the Underground" (1988)
  • Zener - "Listen" (1991)
  • The Prodigy - "No Good (Start the Dance)" (1994)
  • Search & Destroy - "Don't Need Nobody" (1994)
  • Buzz Fuzz - "No Good 4 Me" (1997)
  • Oxide & Neutrino - "No Good 4 Me" (2000)
  • Norman Bass - "Jack to the Sound" (2002)
  • DJ Fixx - "No Good 4 Me" (2003)
  • Tocadisco - "You're No Good for Me" (2005)
  • Plan B - "No Good" (2005)
  • Bong-Ra - "Suicide Speed Machine Girl" (2006)
  • D'Explicit - "Good for Me" (2007)
  • Kollegah - "Hater" (2007)
  • Gareth Wyn - "You're No Good for Me" (2009)
  • gidropony - "No Good" (2009)
  • Ultrabeat - "The Stalker" (2009)
  • Super Beez - "You're No Good for Me" (2010)
  • Sean Finn - "No Good" (2011)
  • Hixxy & Technikore feat. Intraspekt - "Don't Need" (2011)
  • Fedde le Grand & Sultan & Ned Shepard - "No Good" (2013)
  • The Shapeshifters - "No Need No Body" (2013)
  • Samuele Sartini - "You're No Good for Me" (2014)
  • Røse - "No Good" (2015)
  • Dropgun - "Nobody" (2016)
  • Zonderling and Don Diablo - "No Good" (2018)[4]
  • Ally Brooke - "No Good" (2019)[5]

References
  1. You're No Good for Me (Media notes). Kelly Charles. Next Plateau Records. 1987.CS1 maint: others (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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Erik (2018-07-05). "Don Diablo And Zonderling Revisit Classic Sample In Wonky New House Tune". EDM Sauce. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  5. WhoSampled (2020-02-18). "Ally Brooke's 'No Good' sample of Kelly Charles's 'You're No Good For Me'". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
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