It's No Good

"It's No Good"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Ultra
B-side	"Slowblow"
Released	March 31, 1997
Format	Vinyl record 7", 12", CD
Recorded	1996
Genre	Alternative dance
Length	5:58 (album version) 4:06 (radio edit)
Label	Mute Records
Writer(s)	Martin Gore
Producer	Tim Simenon
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"Barrel of a Gun" (1997) "It's No Good" (1997) "Home" (1997)
Music sample Depeche Mode - "It's No Good"

"It's No Good" is Depeche Mode's thirty-second (32nd) UK single, released on March 31, 1997 (April 15 in the US), and the second single for the then upcoming album Ultra. It reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart.

Description

"It's No Good" is a moodily rhythmic, perhaps even "sexy" song with a distinct lyrical hook in the chorus:

Don't say you want me
Don't say you need me
Don't say you love me
It's understood

It played well on American radio and MTV, and is a favorite live . The "Speedy J Mix" made it onto Remixes 81 - 04 in 2004, as did the "Club 69 Future Mix" (Remix Peter Rauhofer), which was previously promo only.

The B-side is another instrumental, called "Slowblow". It was the last actual B-side from the Ultra era, making the album the only one by Depeche Mode to not have a non-remix/non-live vocal B-side track (Although if you exclude non-exclusive songs, Black Celebration can count as well). The instrumental itself is slow and moody.

The music video for "It's No Good" was directed by Anton Corbijn, depicting the band as a low-rent lounge act at a number of sleazy gigs. An alternate video was recorded for "It's No Good" in 2001 as a screen projection for the Exciter Tour.

On May 15, 1997, the band went on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and performed the song, a recording made available at The official Depeche Mode website. It was the first time they performed a song on an American TV show since 1988, when they performed "Strangelove". The "Hardfloor Mix" of the song was featured briefly in the Friends episode The One with Joey's Dirty Day. "It's No Good" was also used in an episode of Nash Bridges.

Chevelle covered "It's No Good" on 2002's "Wonder What's Next Deluxe Version".

Track listings

All songs written by Martin L. Gore.

12": Mute / 12Bong26 (UK)

1. "It's No Good (Hardfloor Mix)" (6:44)
2. "It's No Good (Speedy J Mix)" (5:01)
3. "It's No Good (Motor Bass Mix)" (?:??)
4. "It's No Good (Andrea Parker Mix)" (6:12)
5. "It's No Good (Bass Bounce Mix)" (7:14) (remixed by Dom T)

• The "Motor Bass Mix" is a vinyl edit, and not the same as the ones on the CDs.

CD: Mute / CDBong26 (UK)

1. "It's No Good" (6:00)
2. "Slowblow (Darren Price Mix)" (6:29)
3. "It's No Good (Bass Bounce Mix)" (7:14)
4. "It's No Good (I like to bang Boo and boo to all Overloads Mix)" (5:01)

CD: Mute / LCDBong26 (UK)

1. "It's No Good (Hardfloor Mix)" (6:44)
2. "Slowblow" (5:27)
3. "It's No Good (Andrea Parker Mix)" (6:12)
4. "It's No Good (I like to bang Boo and boo to all the Overlords Mix)" (3:47)

CD: Mute / CDBong26X (EU)

1. "It's No Good" (5:59)
2. "Slowblow" (5:27)
3. "It's No Good (Bass Bounce Mix)" (7:14)
4. "It's No Good (Speedy J Mix)" (5:01)
5. "It's No Good (Hardfloor Mix)" (6:44)
6. "Slowblow (Darren Price Mix)" (6:29)
7. "It's No Good (Andrea Parker Mix)" (6:12)
8. "It's No Good (Motor Bass Mix)" (3:47)

• This CD is the 2004 re-release

Promo 12": Mute / PL12Bong26 (UK)

1. "It's No Good (Club 69 Future Mix)" (8:35)
2. "It's No Good (Club 69 Future Dub)" (7:06)
3. "It's No Good (Club 69 Funk Dub)" (5:06)

Radio Promo CD: Mute / RCDBong26 (UK)

1. "It's No Good (Radio Edit)" (4:06)
2. "It's No Good (Album Version)" (5:58)

Promo CD: Mute / XLCDBong26 (UK)

1. "It's No Good (Live)" (4:07)

7": Reprise / 17390-7 (US)

1. "It's No Good" (5:58)
2. "Slowblow" (5:25)

CD: Reprise / 17390-2 (US)

1. "It's No Good" (5:58)
2. "Slowblow (Darren Price Mix)" (6:29)
3. "It's No Good (Bass Bounce Mix)" (7:14)

CD: Reprise / 9 43845-2 (US)

1. "It's No Good" (5:58)
2. "It's No Good (Hardfloor Mix)" (6:43)
3. "Slowblow" (5:24)
4. "It's No Good (Speedy J Mix)" (5:05)
5. "It's No Good (Bass Bounce Mix)" (7:15)

Promo 12": Reprise / PRO-A-8662-A (US)

1. "It's No Good (Speedy J Mix)" (5:04)
2. "It's No Good (Hardfloor Mix)" (6:44)
3. "It's No Good (Club 69 Future Mix)" (8:05)
4. "It's No Good (Club 69 Future Dub)" (7:06)
5. "It's No Good (Club 69 Funk Dub)" (5:06)

• "Club 69 Future Mix" on the US promo is shorter than the UK's, despite the label falsely saying they have the same length.

Promo CD: Reprise / PRO-CD-8662 (US)

1. "It's No Good (Radio Edit)" (4:01)
2. "It's No Good" (5:59)

CD-R: Reprise / n/a (US)

Several versions of these exist, with different tracklists, each with one or two of the following:

1. "It's No Good (Club 69 Mix/Brat is a Twat Radio Edit)" (4:08)
2. "It's No Good (Dom T Mix/Brat is a Twat Radio Edit)" (3:52)
3. "It's No Good (Hardfloor Mix/Brat is a Twat Radio Edit)" (3:18)

Chart performance

Chart (1997)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	5
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	52
Austrian Singles Chart	28
Belgian Ultratop Chart (Flanders)	43
Belgian Ultratop Chart (Wallonia)	14
Canadian Billboard Singles Chart	14
Dutch GfK chart	50
Finnish Singles Chart	5
German Singles Chart	5
Irish Singles Chart	13
Norwegian Singles Chart	11
Spain (AFYVE)	1
Swedish Singles Chart	1
Swiss Singles Chart	30
US Billboard Hot 100	38
US Billboard Adult Top 40	31
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	4
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	13

External links

• Single information from the official Depeche Mode web site
• Allmusic song review
• Allmusic US single review

Preceded by "Love Is All We Need" by Mary J. Blige featuring Nas

Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single June 21, 1997

Succeeded by "It Must Be Love" by Robin S.