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  Cover Nogoodadvice1jpg
  Artist Girls Aloud
  From Album Sound Of The Underground
  B-side "On a Round"
  Released May 12, 2003
  Format CD, DVD, 12" and Cassette
  Recorded 2003
  Genre Pop
  Length 3:48
  Label Polydor
  Writer Miranda Cooper <br> Brian Higgins <br> Lisa Cowling<br> Nick Coler<br> Xenomania <br> Lene Nystrom
  Producer Xenomania
  Last Single " Sound Of The Underground "<br>(2002)</small>
  This Single "'''No Good Advice'''"<br>(2003)</small>
  Next Single " Life Got Cold "<br>(2003)</small>
  Misc {{Extra tracklisting
  Album The Sound Of Girls Aloud
  Type compilation
  Prev Track " Biology "
  Prev No 3
  This Track "'''No Good Advice'''"
  Track No 4
  Next Track " I'll Stand By You "
  Next No 5


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  Background khaki
  Cover NoGoodAdviceDVDCoverjpg
  Lower Caption UK DVD cover


  Upper Caption Audio sample
  Name No Good Advice
  Audio File NoGoodAdviceSampleogg




"No Good Advice" was the follow-up single to Girls Aloud 's #1 single " Sound Of The Underground ". While it was not as big a hit as its predecessor, it still managed to reach #2 in the UK singles charts and became a big seller despite 5 months being left between the single releases. It featured an all-new track "On a Round" as the b-side. In the United Kingdom it has sold in excess of 118,000 copies, with 42,762 copies being sold in its first week of release. According to bandmember Nadine, "No Good Advice" became a hit in the United States on college radio but was never released there.


SONG INFORMATION

The song is about a girl who doesn't need "no good advice" and is doing things her own, independent way, but it's also got a hidden meaning - according to an interview with Peter Robinson for the Guardian in July 2004, Brian Higgins said that the song reflected his general mood of failure after a special deal between Xenomania and London Records fell through in 2000, and about persisting in spite of what people told him to do/not to do. {Link without Title}
The Girls have stated in a special show which was shown on MTV to promote their second album " What Will The Neighbours Say? " that they hated the No Good Advice video shoot as both Cheryl and Sarah's trousers ripped and the make-up artist shouted at them.
Viewers of FHM TV voted the video for "No Good Advice" as the fifth sexiest music video of all time in 2006 . {Link without Title}


MUSIC VIDEO

, Cheryl Cole , Sarah Harding (on car), Nicola Roberts & Nadine Coyle .]]
The video for "No Good Advice" features the girls clad in metallic, silver, futuristic outfits which are seen on the cover of the original release of their album, Sound Of The Underground .

In one scene, the girls fade in and out around a rusty old car parked near a phone booth.

They are joined by several men playing electric guitar, whom they flirt with while standing on the roof of the car, sitting on the hood, sitting inside the car, and in various other poses.

In a separate scene, while a black background with bright pinkish lights being emitted from behind, all five girls shake Tambourine s and dance.

The last 2 scenes are intertwined with neon-coloured special effects animating the background.

During a 2005 MTV special, the group revealed the video was their least favourite, partly due to a troubled shoot.




TRACK LISTINGS AND FORMATS

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "No Good Advice".


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TRIVIA

  • An explicit version of "No Good Advice" appears on " The Sound Of Girls Aloud " (Special Edition). This version replaces the line 'shut your mouth because it might show' with 'shut your mouth because your s

    -t might show.' This is the only difference between the 'explicit' version and the album version.



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