| "Just Be Good to Me" | ||||
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| Single by The SOS Band | ||||
| from the album On The Rise | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Format | 7" single 12" single Cassette single |
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| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Genre | R&B, dance | |||
| Length | 5:37 (single mix) 8:55 (12" mix) 9:04 (album mix) |
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| Label | Tabu | |||
| Writer(s) | James Harris III Terry Lewis |
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| Producer | Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis | |||
| The SOS Band singles chronology | ||||
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"Just Be Good to Me" is a 1983 single by The SOS Band, written and produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.[1] The single reached number two on the U.S. R&B chart, number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number three on the dance chart that year.[2] It was more successful in the UK where it peaked at #13.
The song has subsequently been covered by several artists, including Deborah Cox (whose version reached number eight on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart), Mariah Carey (who performed it live on her 1993 Music Box and 1996 Daydream tours), Karmah (whose version hit number one in Poland) , Shayne Ward (who recorded it for his 2007 album Breathless) and Faithless in 2008 in a collaboration with Dido. 2Pac also sampled the track on his 1994 album Me Against The World on track number 7 Heavy In The Game Ft. Lady Levi and Richie Rich. Norman Cook (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim) was involved with a very successful UK version with his band Beats International who took the song to number one as "Dub Be Good to Me", which featured a backing track consisting mainly of a sample of The Clash classic, "The Guns of Brixton". The song was also sampled on the 1998 single by rapper Silkk the Shocker, "Just Be Straight with Me," which also featured Destiny's Child. In 2010, Professor Green and Lily Allen released a cover reminiscent of Beats International's version entitled "Just Be Good to Green", and Cher Lloyd performed it on series seven of The X Factor. In 2011 the song was performed by Simone Battle on series one of The X Factor (US).
The melody is sampled on "I Belong To You", a single by Whitney Houston from her 1990 album, I'm Your Baby Tonight.
In the 2006 the song was remixed by the band of Karmah with a mash-up of the sample of Every Breath You Take by Police.
In 2008, the song was featured on Grand Theft Auto IV's fictional Soul/R&B radio station The Vibe 98.8.
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