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It's No Good
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Wikipedia article
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| cover = DepecheModeItsNoGood.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Depeche Mode
| album = Ultra
| B-side = Slowblow
| released =
| recorded = January 1996February 1997
| studio =
| genre = Synth-pop
| length =
| label =
| writer = Martin Gore
| producer = Tim Simenon
| prev_title = Barrel of a Gun
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Home
| next_year = 1997
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"'It's No Good'" a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 31 March 1997 as the second single from their ninth studio album, 'Ultra' (1997). It was commercially successful, reaching number-one in Denmark, Spain, Sweden and on the US 'Billboard' Hot Dance Club Play chart. Additionally, it managed to climb into the Top 10 in Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Scotland and the UK, where it peaked at number five.
On 15 May 1997, the band went on 'The Tonight Show' with Jay Leno and performed the song, a recording made available at the official Depeche Mode website. The B-side is an instrumental, called "Slowblow".
Critical reception
Larry Flick from 'Billboard' stated that the song is "considerably more low-key" than their "more caustic" previous hit, "Barrel of a Gun". He added, "In fact, this is the single that diehard Depeche Mode disciples have been starved for, in that it somewhat revisits the stylistic days of "Master and Servant". The music cruises at a funky, electro-pop pace with minimal sound-effect clutter. Rather, the focus is on Dave Gahan's forlorn performance and Martin Gore's sensitive lyrics." Dominic Pride from 'Music & Media' noted that the band "return with a sound which programmers and audiences can instantly recognise and identify with", adding that Gahan's voice "soars above the minimal electronics, which are interspersed with some spartan synth interludes, in a song that glides along smoothly to its conclusion."
Alan Jones from 'Music Week' described it as "a superbly retro track which harks back to their old style. Powerful and synth-based, it is a sublime and slightly disturbing piece that totally contradicts its title." Later, he also declared it "a brooding and menacing monster of a track." A reviewer from 'Sunday Mirror' wrote, "Although the first verse sounds scarily like Jimmy Nail to me, by the time the chorus sets in you recognise that proper Mode sound right away. Not as noisy as the last single but there's a stackful of harder remixes to please the mental, mental crowd".
Track listings
All songs written by Martin Gore.
*'UK 12-inch single (12 BONG 26)'
:A1. "It's No Good" (Hardfloor Mix) 6:43
:A1. "It's No Good" (Speedy J Mix) 5:04
:AA1. "It's No Good" (Motor Bass Mix) (Philippe Zdar (later of Cassius) and tienne de Crcy) 3:48
:AA2. "It's No Good" (Andrea Parker Mix) 6:14
:AA3. "It's No Good" (Bass Bounce Mix; remixed by Dom T) 7:16
*'UK CD single (CD Bong 26)'
#"It's No Good"
#"Slowblow" (Darren Price Mix)
#"It's No Good" (Bass Bounce Mix)
#"It's No Good" (Speedy J Mix)
*'European CD single (74321482762)'
#"It's No Good" (Hardfloor Mix)
#"Slowblow"
#"It's No Good" (Andrea Parker Mix)
#"It's No Good" (Motor Bass Mix)
*'UK cassette single and US 7-inch single (C BONG 26; 7-17390)'
#"It's No Good" 5:59
#"Slowblow" 5:25
*'US 12-inch maxi-single (0-43845)'
:A1. "It's No Good" (Hardfloor Mix) 6:41
:A2. "It's No Good" (Bass Bounce Mix) 7:15
:B1. "It's No Good" (Speedy J Mix) 5:00
:B2. "Slowblow" (Darren Price Mix) 6:27
*'US CD single (9 17390-2, 2-17390)'
#"It's No Good" 6:00
#"Slowblow" (Darren Price Mix) 6:27
#"It's No Good" (Bass Bounce Mix) 7:15
*'US and Canadian maxi-CD single (9 43845-2; CDW 43845)'
#"It's No Good"
#"It's No Good" (Hardfloor Mix)
#"Slowblow"
#"It's No Good" (Speedy J Mix)
#"It's No Good" (Bass Bounce Mix)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
See also
*List of number-one dance singles of 1997 (U.S.)
*List of number-one hits of 1997 (Denmark)
*List of number-one singles of 1997 (Spain)
*List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden
References
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