"Dub Be Good to Me" | ||||
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Single by Beats International featuring Lindy Layton | ||||
from the album Let Them Eat Bingo | ||||
Released | 24 January 1990[1] | |||
Genre | Dub | |||
Length | 3:59 | |||
Label | Go! Beat | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Norman Cook | |||
Beats International featuring Lindy Layton singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Dub Be Good to Me" on YouTube |
"Dub Be Good to Me" is a song by British dub group Beats International featuring singer Lindy Layton, released on 24 January 1990 by Go! Beat Records as the first single from their debut album, Let Them Eat Bingo (1990). It was written by frontman Norman Cook and interprets the SOS Band's 1983 hit "Just Be Good to Me", which it is named after. It also samples the songs "The Guns of Brixton" by the Clash, the Once Upon a Time in the West theme by Ennio Morricone, and "Jam Hot" by Johnny Dynell.
"Dub Be Good to Me" was a number-one hit in the United Kingdom and Israel and also reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. MTV Dance ranked the song at number 59 on their list of "The 100 Biggest 90's Dance Anthems of All Time" in 2011.[2]