From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia No No Song
No No Song
Preceded by Canadian RPM number-one single Succeeded by
"Lady Marmalade" by Labelle April 5–12, 1975 (2 weeks) "Philadelphia Freedom" by Elton
John
"The No No Song" "Only You (And You No
"No No "Snookeroo"
Alone)" Song"
Song (1975)
(1974) (1975)
Ringo Starr’s cover of Hoyt Axton and David Jackson’s
The Song"
"The No No Song was included on his 1974 album Good-
night Vienna. It was a number-one hit in Canada[1] and a
number-three hit in the US. The song describes progres-
sive attempts to sell Colombian marijuana, Spanish co-
caine and Tennessean moonshine to a recovered addict
who refuses it all. Providing background harmony is the
inimitable voice of Harry Nilsson.
Brazilian rock musician Raul Seixas recorded a Brazil-
ian Portuguese version called "Não Quero Mais Andar na
Contra-mão" ("Don’t Want to Ride on the Wrong Way
Single by Ringo Starr Anymore") adapting the drugs mentioned in the lyrics to
the Brazilian culture (respectively, Colombian marijuana,
from the album Goodnight Vienna
Bolivian cocaine and Argentinian ether spray). Seixas al-
Released 27 January 1975 (US only) so released an album (and hit single) called O Dia em que
Format vinyl record 7" a Terra Parou ("The Day the Earth Stood Still") The song
itself was not related to the movie of the same name;
Genre Rock rather, it is likely a reference to the album Goodnight Vi-
Length 2:33 enna, the cover of which reproduces an iconic scene from
the film, with Ringo Starr replacing Michael Rennie as
Label EMI (UK)
the alien Klaatu standing alongside the robot Gort.
Apple Records (US)
Producer Richard Perry
References
Ringo Starr singles chronology
[1] http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/
028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3938a&type=
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