No Good Advice

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"No Good Advice"
Single by Girls Aloud
from the album Sound of the Underground
B-side(s)	"On a Round"
Released	May 12, 2003
Format	CD, DVD, 12" and Cassette
Recorded	2003
Genre	Pop
Length	3:48
Label	Polydor
Writer(s)	Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Lisa Cowling, Nick Coler, Xenomania & Lene Nystrom
Producer(s)	Xenomania
Chart positions
#2 (UK, Ireland) #4 (Greece) #26 (Netherlands) #43 (Poland) #45 (Belgium)
Girls Aloud singles chronology
"Sound of the Underground" (2002)	"No Good Advice" (2003)	"Life Got Cold" (2003)

"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 it's 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 110,000 copies, with 45,000 copies being sold in its first week of release. Occording to bandmember Nadine, No Good Advice become a hit in the United States on college radio but was never released there.

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Girls Aloud in their music video for "No Good Advice." From left to right: Kimberley Walsh, Cheryl Cole, Sarah Harding (on the car), Nicola Roberts, and Nadine Coyle (2003).

The video for "No Good Advice" featured the band members clad in metallic silver futuristic outfits similar to those seen on the cover of the original release of their debut album, Sound of the Underground. In one scene, the girls fade in and out around a rusty old car parked near a telephone booth. Soon 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, all five girls shake tambourines while dancing in a black background with bright pinkish lights being emitted from the back. As the video closes, the two scenes are intertwined with neon-coloured special effects animating the background. 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. [1]

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Mastered By - Dick Beetham Producer - Brian Higgins, Xenomania Producer [Assistant] - Jon Shave Programmed By - Brian Higgins, Matt Gray, Nick Coler, Tim "Rolf" Larcombe, Tim Powell Written By - Brian Higgins, Lene Nystrom, Lisa Cowling, Miranda Cooper, Nick Coler, Xenomania