You Know I'm No Good

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“You Know I'm No Good”
“You Know I'm No Good” cover
Single by Amy Winehouse
from the album Back to Black
B-side "Monkey Man"
Released 5 January 2007 (Ireland)
8 January 2007 (UK)
March 2007 (U.S. – download only)
February 2008 (U.S. Re-release)
Recorded Chung King Studios
(New York City, New York)
Daptone Studios
(New York City, New York)
Metropolis Studios
(London)
Genre Soul, jazz, R&B
Length 4:17 (album version)
4:24 (Ghostface Killah Remix)
Label Island
Writer(s) Amy Winehouse
Producer Mark Ronson
Amy Winehouse singles chronology
"Rehab"
(2006)		 "You Know I'm No Good"
(2007)		 "Back to Black"
(2007)
Amy Winehouse American singles chronology
"You Know I'm No Good"
(2007)		 "Rehab"
(2007)
Alternate cover
British CD 2 cover
British CD 2 cover

"You Know I'm No Good" is the second single from Amy Winehouse's second studio album, Back to Black (2006). The track follows in the footsteps of Winehouse's previous singles of a mix of jazz and R&B with her soulful, raspy vocals and this time hip hop-inspired beats over it. Recorded solo, and then again with guest vocals from Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah, the original appeared on Winehouse's album, and the version featuring Ghostface Killah appears on his album, More Fish.

Arctic Monkeys covered this song on Jo Wiley's Live Lounge on BBC Radio 1 in their second appearance there, along with their single at the time Brianstorm. In the summer of 2007, "You Know I'm No Good" was also incorporated into ads for AMC's new T.V. drama, Mad Men as well as the opening to ITV's Secret Diary of a Call Girl.

On the recap of "The Best Songs of 2007" by Entertainment Weekly magazine, this song ranked at number two.[1]

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[edit] Music video

The music video, directed by Phil Griffin (who also directed the video for her previous hit "Rehab"), was released to music channels in late November 2006. The video features Winehouse in numerous settings including a bar, a bedroom, and a bathtub. The plot is based around Winehouse's fictional character's relationship with the male character in the video.

The video premiered on VH1 during the weekend of 3 March 2007. Following its VH1 premiere, it was placed on MTV's Big 10 rotation as of 5 March 2007 and was premiered on TRL the same day.

[edit] Release

The single was released in the UK on 8 January 2007. The track made it onto BBC Radio 1 A-list playlist. A UK edit of the remix featuring Ghostface Killah was also sent to radio, and to download services, and the original full-length US version, featuring Ghostface Killah name checking Kelly Clarkson amongst others, is also receiving airplay in the U.S., where it has been added to numerous Rhythmic radio stations.

Following Winehouse's success at the 50th Grammy Awards, the song was re-released in the U.S. in mid February 2008. [2]

[edit] Response

Critical response to the single was positive. For the week of 16 January 2007, the track was chosen as the Single Of The Week on the US iTunes Store as a free download. Newsweek also chose the song as its Pick of the Week for January 15 of the same year.[3] Billboard found that the track—"in original form—could be no better," however, it acknowledged that the Ghostface Killah remix added a "ferocious discordant sputter at the midsection."[4] People magazine called the track "instantly memorable."[5]

Prior to this, Winehouse had not seen any success in the US, as her debut album Frank was not released there until November 2007. On the Billboard Hot 100, "You Know I'm No Good" debuted at number 90—one spot ahead of "Rehab", which also debuted on the chart in the same week.[6] The single peaked in the UK Singles Chart at #18 for the week ending January 14, 2007, in an excellent week for Winehouse that saw Back to Black achieve a new peak of UK #1, previous single "Rehab" return to the UK Top 20, and Frank re-enter the charts at UK #62 more than three years after its first release. To date, the single, which spent a total of 11 consecutive weeks in the UK Singles Chart, has sold 53,272 copies in the UK.

Winehouse performed the song at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony while in London, along with her hit single "Rehab". The performance was broadcast internationally via satellite. The song's performance on the awards ceremony subsequently led to an increase in digital downloads, notably on iTunes, where the song reentered the Top Songs chart at 55 in the United States. This resulted in a new peak for the song on the Billboard Hot 100, of 77, one spot ahead of its previous peak. The Arctic Monkeys performed a cover of the song on their 2007 tour.[7] According to Mediabase.com, You Know I'm No Good is being sent back to US radio for another attempt. Following the performance, the song re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 at 77, based on digital sales.

[edit] Track listings

[edit] CD 1 (2-track)

  1. "You Know I'm No Good" [Radio Edit]
  2. "To Know Him Is to Love Him" [NapsterLive Session]

[edit] CD 2 (maxi)

  1. "You Know I'm No Good" [Album version]
  2. "Monkey Man"
  3. "You Know I'm No Good" [Skeewiff Mix]

[edit] Single CD

  1. "You Know I'm No Good" [Album Version]
  2. "You Know I'm No Good" feat. Ghostface Killah
  3. "You Know I'm No Good" [Skeewiff Mix]

[edit] 12" Vinyl (German 6-track)

  1. "You Know I'm No Good" [Skeewiff Mix]
  2. "You Know I'm No Good" [Album Version]
  3. "You Know I'm No Good" [Instrumental]
  4. "You Know I'm No Good" [Ghostface Killah Version]
  5. "You Know I'm No Good" [Fettes Brot Remix]
  6. "You Know I'm No Good" [Acapella]

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007)[8] Peak
position
Ö3 Austria Top 40 50
Croatian Airplay Chart[9] 11
European Hot 100 Singles[10] 54
Euro 200[11] 52
German Singles Chart 77
Irish Singles Chart 39
Norwegian VG-lista 1 12
Romanian Top 100[12] 39
Slovak Airplay Chart[13] 29
Turkey Top 20 Chart[14] 5
UK Singles Chart 18
UK R&B Singles Chart 4
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[15] 1 87
U.S. Billboard Pop 100[15] 1 58
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Argentina Top 40[16] 14
Brazilian Hot 100 Songs & Tracks[17] 44
Canadian Hot 100 54
Chile Top 100[18] 27
French Singles Chart 17
Polish National Top 50[19] 7
Swiss Singles Chart 7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1 77

1 Remix featuring Ghostface Killah.

[edit] Remixes

  • Album version - 4:17
  • AOL Winter Live 2006 - 4:30
  • Demo version - 4:13
  • GhostFace Killah Remix [US] - 4:23
  • GhostFace Killah [UK] - 3:22
  • Napster Live - 3:19
  • Fettes Brot Remix* -
  • Radio Edit - 3:37
  • Skeewiff Mix - 5:45
  • One-2 Remix - 2:37

[edit] References

  1. ^ The 10 best songs of 2007 | Alicia Keys | 2 | Best & Worst 2007 | Music | The Best & Worst of 2007 | Entertainment Weekly
  2. ^ Flo Rida Makes It Nine Straight Atop Hot 100
  3. ^ No byline (2007-01-15), "THE LIST". Newsweek. 149 (3):68
  4. ^ Taylor, Chuck (2007-03-17), "You Know I'm No Good". Billboard. 119 (11):52
  5. ^ Arnold, Chuck (2007-11-26), "Amy Winehouse". People. 68 (22):48
  6. ^ Katie Hasty, "Fergie Scores Second 'Glamorous' Week At No. 1", Billboard.com, March 22, 2007.
  7. ^ Eliscu, Jenny (2007-06-14), "The Diva and Her Demons". Rolling Stone. (1028):58-69 Retrieved 2007-12-14
  8. ^ Amy Winehouse – You Know I'm No Good – Music Charts. αCharts.us. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  9. ^ e!Hot50 Singles (Croatian). e!Hot50. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  10. ^ European Hot 100 Singles. Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  11. ^ Euro 200 archives. APC-stats. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  12. ^ Romanian Top 100 (see "2007 – Issue 7") (Romanian). Vento Consultanta SRL. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  13. ^ RADIO TOP100 Oficiálna (Slovak). IFPI. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  14. ^ Turkey Top 20 Chart Retrieved April 11, 2007
  15. ^ a b Amy Winehouse – Billboard Chart History. Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  16. ^ Argentina Top 40 (Spanish). Argentina Top 40. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
  17. ^ Hot 100 Singles. Hot100Brasil. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  18. ^ Chile Top 100 (Spanish). AmericaTop100.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-19.
  19. ^ Polish National Top 50 chart archives. APC-stats. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
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