You're No Good for Me
"You're No Good for Me" is a house song by American singer Kelly Charles that was released as a single on Next Plateau Records in 1987. The song's hook "You're no good for me, I don't need nobody / Don't need no one that's no good for me" has been sampled numerous times by artists such as Hithouse, Oxide & Neutrino, Plan B and The Prodigy who had a hit single in 1994 with "No Good (Start the Dance)".
Background
The song was written by James Bratton and Kelly Charles and was produced by Bratton and Dolores Drewry at Alpha Recording in Teaneck, New Jersey. It was released as a single in 1987 on Next Plateau Records in the United States and on London Records in the United Kingdom.
Track listings
Personnel
No Good (Start The Dance)
Come on, who can, who can, can hear the bass drum? (Distorted)
Come on, who can, who can, can hear the bass drum?
You're no good for me
I don't need nobody
Don't need no-one
That's no good for me
You're no good for me
I don't need nobody
Don't need no-one
That's no good for me
You're no good for me
I don't need nobody
Don't need no-one
That's no good for me