No Good Advice

"No Good Advice"
Single by Girls Aloud
from the album Sound of the Underground
B-side	"On a Round"
Released	12 May 2003 (2003-05-12)[1]
Genre	Indie rock dance-rock
Length	3:48
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Miranda Cooper Brian Higgins Lisa Cowling Nick Coler Lene Nystrøm
Producer(s)	Brian Higgins Xenomania
Girls Aloud singles chronology
"Sound of the Underground" (2002) "No Good Advice" (2003) "Life Got Cold" (2003)
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"No Good Advice" on YouTube

"No Good Advice" is a song by British-Irish girl group Girls Aloud, taken from their debut album, Sound of the Underground (2003). The song was written by Aqua's Lene Nystrøm Rasted, Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania, and produced by Higgins and Xenomania. The song has themes of rebellion, reflecting Higgins' general mood of failure after a business partnership fell through.

Following the overwhelming success of Girls Aloud's debut single, "Sound of the Underground", the group waited five months until May 2003 before releasing the follow-up. "No Good Advice" cemented their success when it peaked at number two in Ireland and on the UK Singles Chart. "No Good Advice" performed moderately elsewhere, reaching the top 40 in the Netherlands, the top 50 in Belgium, and number 88 in Australia.

The music video features Girls Aloud dressed in futuristic silver outfits and hologram effects. "No Good Advice" was promoted through various live performances and has since been performed on Girls Aloud's first three concert tours. Described as "a disco track with guitar", the song has heavy 1980s influences. The track was lauded by many contemporary music critics, who deemed it a worthy sequel to its predecessor and praised Higgins' production.