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SWINGING BLUE JEANS “ You're No Good “ stereo mix mono version... “You're No Good“ is a song written by Clint Ballard Jr., first performed by Dee Dee Warwick for Jubilee Records in 1963 with production by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It has since been covered by many artists, including charting versions by Betty Everett in 1963, The Swinging Blue Jeans in 1964, and Linda Ronstadt in 1974, whose version was a number 1 hit in the United States. In the lyrics, the singer tells her ex that she's glad they broke up because he's “no good.“ We learn in the second stanza that she also broke up a previous relationship with a man who was “gentle and true.“ In a twist of fate, she wouldn't blame him if he said to her that she's no good. In the UK The Swinging Blue Jeans had the hit version of “You're No Good“ reaching number 3 in the summer of 1964. Sue Johnston, then personal assistant to Peter Brown, was da
