DEPECHE MODE IT'S NO GOOD NOW IN 4K THE VIDEO NOT OFFICIAL THE VIDEO FULLY REMASTERED

It's No Good/Released

1997



Album: Ultra

Artist: Depeche Mode

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"It's No Good" is Depeche Mode's 32nd UK single, released on 31 March 1997 (15 April in the US), and the second single for the album Ultra. It was very successful, reaching number-one in Denmark, Spain, Sweden and on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play. Additionally, it managed to climb into the Top 10 in Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Scotland and the UK, where it peaked at number 5.
"It's No Good"Single by Depeche Modefrom the album UltraB-side"Slowblow"Released31 March 1997Recorded

January 1996–February 1997

Abbey Road, Eastcote, Westside, Strongroom, RAK, London

Electric Lady, New York

Larrabee West, Los Angeles

GenreSynth-pop[1][2]Length

5:58 (album version)

4:06 (radio edit)

LabelMuteSongwriter(s)Martin GoreProducer(s)Tim SimenonDepeche Mode singles chronology"Barrel of a Gun"
(1997)"It's No Good"
(1997)"Home"
(1997)

Music video"It's No Good" on YouTube
On 15 May 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.[3] The B-side is an 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).

Critical receptionEdit
Larry Flick from Billboard stated that the song is "considerably more low-key" than their "more caustic" previous hit, "Barrel of a Gun". He added, "In fact, this is the single that diehard Depeche Mode disciples have been starved for, in that it somewhat revisits the stylistic days of "Master and Servant". The music cruises at a funky, electro-pop pace with minimal sound-effect clutter. Rather, the focus is on Dave Gahan's forlorn performance and Martin Gore's sensitive lyrics."[4] Dominic Pride from Music & Media noted that the band "return with a sound which programmers and audiences can instantly recognise and identify with", adding that Gahan's voice "soars above the minimal electronics, which are interspersed with some spartan synth interludes, in a song that glides along smoothly to its conclusion."[5] Sunday Mirror wrote, "Although the first verse sounds scarily like Jimmy Nail to me, by the time the chorus sets in you recognise that proper Mode sound right away. Not as noisy as the last single but there's a stackful of harder remixes to please the mental, mental crowd".[6]

Music videoEdit
The music video for the song depicts the band as a low-rent lounge act at a number of sleazy gigs. It was directed by Dutch photographer, music video director, and film director Anton Corbijn. At the beginning of the video, he makes a cameo appearance introducing the band at the club they perform at. "It's No Good" was published on YouTube in March 2009. By November 2020, the video has been viewed over 18,8 million times.[7]
It's No Good

Song by Depeche Mode

Lyrics

I'm going to take my time
I have all the time in the world
To make you mine
It is written in the stars above
The gods decree
You'll be right here by my side
Right next to me
You can run but you cannot hide

Don't say you want me
Don't say you need me
Don't say you love me
It's understood
Don't say you're happy
Out there without me
I know you can't be
'Cause it's no good

I'll be fine
I'll be waiting patiently
'Til you see the signs
And come running to my open arms
When will you realize
Do we have to wait 'til our worlds collide
Open up your eyes
You can't turn back the tide

Don't say you want me
Don't say you need me
Don't say you love me
It's understood
Don't say you're happy
Out there without me
I know you can't be
'Cause it's no good

I'm going to take my time
I have all the time in the world
To make you mine
It is written in the stars above

Don't say you want me
Don't say you need me
Don't say you love me
It's understood
Don't say you're happy
Out there without me
I know you can't be
'Cause it's no good
Don't say you want me
Don't say you need me
Don't say you love me
It's understood
Don't say you're happy
Out there without me
I know you can't be
'Cause it's no good

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Martin Lee Gore

It's No Good lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC