"Hell No!" was written by Audius Mtawarira, Andy Love and Cheryline Lim, and produced by Mtawarira.[3][4] It was released as a CD single in June 2005, as the lead single from Coulter's self-titled debut album, Ricki-Lee.[4][5] Lyrically, the song is about Coulter being frustrated with life.[6] According to The Hot Hits, "Hell No!" has the "in your face yet tongue in cheek attitude" and wrote that "the hot grooved, up-tempo track is perhaps not what many people expected from the 19 year old, 2004 Idol favourite".[4]The Age noted that "Hell No!" has "a funky street feel to it".[6] Matthew Chisling of Allmusic wrote "Coulter's versatile voice booms proudly" on the song.[1] "Hell No!" debuted and peaked at number five on the ARIA Singles Chart on 20 June 2005 and spent three consecutive weeks in the top ten.[7] The song was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments of 35,000 copies.[8]