It Just Won't Do

"It Just Won't Do"
Single by Tim Deluxe featuring Sam Obernik
B-side"We All Love Sax"
Released8 July 2002 (2002-07-08)
GenreHouse[1]
Length
  • 5:11 (album version)
  • 3:21 (radio edit)
LabelUnderwater
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tim Deluxe
Tim Deluxe singles chronology
"Sirens"
(2001) 		"It Just Won't Do"
(2002) 		"Less Talk More Action!"
(2003)
Audio
"It Just Won't Do" on YouTube

"It Just Won't Do" is a song by English DJ and producer Tim Deluxe, featuring English singer Sam Obernik on vocals. The track, a Latin-inspired house song,[1] was written and produced by Tim Deluxe and co-written by Ben Onono. The song contains a prominent trumpet riff performed by Simon Finch. Following exposure at the Winter Music Conference in Miami, Florida,[2] the song gained popularity in dance clubs and was eventually released as a standalone single through Underwater Records on 8 July 2002. The song was later included on Tim Deluxe's debut studio album, The Little Ginger Club Kid, in 2004.

"It Just Won't Do" became Deluxe's and Obernik's highest-charting single in the UK, peaking at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. In Europe, it became a top-10 hit in Hungary, the Netherlands, and Spain, and it topped the European Dance Traxx chart for 14 weeks, tying the record for the longest stay at number one on this ranking. In Australia, the track reached number 13 and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The song was nominated for two awards: Track of the Season at the 2002 DJ Awards and the Ivors Dance Award in 2003, winning the former accolade.

  1. ^ a b "The ARIA Report: Chartifacts!" (PDF). ARIA. 2 September 2002. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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