You're No Good

"You're No Good"
side-A label
US single of Dee Dee Warwick recording
Single by Dee Dee Warwick
B-side"Don't Call Me"
Released1963
GenreR&B
Length2:30
LabelJubilee
Songwriter(s)Clint Ballard Jr.
Producer(s)Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

"You're No Good" is a song written by Clint Ballard Jr., first performed by Dee Dee Warwick for Jubilee Records in 1963 with production by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It has since been covered by many artists, including charting versions by Betty Everett in 1963, The Swinging Blue Jeans in 1964, and Linda Ronstadt in 1974, whose version was a number 1 hit in the United States.

In the lyrics, the singer tells her ex that she's glad they broke up because he's "no good." We learn in the second stanza that she also broke up a previous relationship with a man who was "gentle and true." In a twist of fate, she would not blame him if he said to her that she's no good.