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“It's No Good” by Depeche Mode

From the album Ultra (1997)

“It's No Good” by Depeche Mode appears on 23 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1997 and 2024. It was first released in 1997 on the album Ultra. Its best result is #13 on the KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #36 alternative song of 1997, #3,027 alternative song of all time and #246 of the '90s.

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13stations
#13best position
0#1 finishes
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1997–2024years charted

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"It's No Good" followed "Barrel of a Gun" as the second single from Depeche Mode's 1997 album Ultra, and it slinks where its predecessor snarled. Martin Gore wrote it, Dave Gahan sings it with a low, sidelong swagger, and Tim Simenon produced it, then mixed it with Q, wrapping the song in a cool, glossy electronic pulse, with Victor Indrizzo adding percussion. It's seductive and a little sinister at once, which is just where this band has always lived.

It went to number one in Denmark, Spain and Sweden and topped Billboard's Dance Club Play chart in America, landed in the top 10 in Britain, Germany and Italy among others, and earned the band a spot on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that May. The B-side was an instrumental called "Slowblow".

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 27 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 107
1997 76 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997 91
1997 18 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 105
1997 48 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 101
1997 41 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 100
1997 51 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 107
1997 27 X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 104
1997 13 KNRK Portland, OR KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 94
1997 30 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 190 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 382 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 1709 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 412 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 1709 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1709 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1701 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1686 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 1355 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 1686 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1685 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 400 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 467 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2024 1040 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049

Charting alongside it in 1997

Best songs of 1997 →
  1. 1Song 2Blur
  2. 2Walkin' On The SunSmash Mouth
  3. 3TubthumpingChumbawamba
  4. 4FlySugar Ray
  5. 5The Impression That I GetThe Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  6. 6Semi-Charmed LifeThird Eye Blind

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