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Hell No!
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Wikipedia article
"'Hell No!'" is the debut single of Australian singer Ricki-Lee Coulter. It was released on 13 June 2005 as the lead single from her self-titled debut album, 'Ricki-Lee' (2005). "Hell No!" debuted and peaked at number five on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments of 35,000 copies. The music video for the song was directed by Bart Borghesi and filmed at Flinders Street, Melbourne.
Background and reception
"Hell No!" was written by Audius Mtawarira, Andy Love and Cheryline Lim, and produced by Mtawarira. Note: enter "Ricki Lee*" as 'Performer' then click 'Search', ignore any Ricki Lee Jones works. It was released as a CD single on 13 June 2005, serving as the lead single from 'Ricki-Lee'. Lyrically, the song is about Coulter being frustrated with life. According to 'The Hot Hits', "Hell No!" has the "in your face yet tongue in cheek attitude" and wrote that "the hot grooved, up-tempo track is perhaps not what many people expected from the 19 year old, 2004 'Idol' favourite". 'The Age' noted that "Hell No!" has "a funky street feel to it". Matthew Chisling of Allmusic wrote "Coulter's versatile voice booms proudly" on the song. "Hell No!" debuted and peaked at number five on the ARIA Singles Chart on 20 June 2005 and spent three consecutive weeks in the top ten. The song was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments of 35,000 copies.
Track listings
* 'Australian CD single'
# "Hell No!"
# "Hell No!" (instrumental)
# "Over the Rainbow"
* 'Australian remix CD'
# "Hell No!" (Cabin Crew remix radio edit)
# "Hell No!" featuring Israel Cruz (Elite Fleet remix)
# "Hell No!" featuring Sean Ray (Aztryx remix)
# "Hell No!" (Musik1 remix)
# "Hell No!" (Cabin Crew extended club remix) 6:28
# "Hell No!" (original version)
# "Hell No!" (acapellalead vocal)
# "Hell No!" (acapellabacking vocals)
Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of 'Ricki-Lee: The Singles'.
'Locations'
* Mixed at Sing Sing Studios
* Mastered at Crystal Mastering
'Personnel'
* Audius Mtawarira writing
* Andy Love writing
* Cheryline Lim writing
* Audius production, mixing
* Andy Baldwin mixing
* John Ruberto mastering
Charts
Weekly chart
Year-end charts
Certification
References
Category:2005 debut singles
Category:2005 songs
Category:Ricki-Lee Coulter songs
Category:Shock Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Audius Mtawarira
Category:Songs written by Audius Mtawarira
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