| "No Good (Start the Dance)" | ||||
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| Single by the Prodigy | ||||
| from the album Music for the Jilted Generation | ||||
| Released | 16 May 1994[1] | |||
| Recorded | Essex, England | |||
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| Label | XL | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Liam Howlett | |||
| Producer(s) | Liam Howlett | |||
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| "No Good (Start the Dance)" on YouTube | ||||
"No Good (Start the Dance)" is a song by English electronic music group the Prodigy. Written and produced by group member Liam Howlett, it was released on 16 May 1994 by XL Recordings as the second single from the group's second studio album, Music for the Jilted Generation (1994). Commercially, the track was presented with the slogan, "Hard dance with attitude"[2] and is built around a repeated vocal sample from "You're No Good for Me", a song released by American singer Kelly Charles in 1987. Howlett initially had doubts whether to use the sample because he thought it was too pop for his taste. The song also contains samples from "Funky Nassau" by Bahamian funk group the Beginning of the End. It was certified Gold in Germany for 250,000 sold copies. The music video for the song was directed by Walter Stern and filmed in London.
In 2012, NME ranked "No Good (Start the Dance)" at number 33 in their list of "100 Best Songs of the 1990s".[3]
- ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Music Week. 14 May 1994. p. 27. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "The Prodigy — No Good (Start the Dance)". Melody Maker. 1994-05-21. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ "100 Best Songs Of The 1990s (40-31)". NME. Retrieved 2018-10-02.