GIRLS ALOUD | Sexy! No No No... | |
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'Cos I've been sitting back No chance of rolling, Hoping that nothing ever blows, no no Boy, did you ever think that loving would be Nothing more than walking me home, no no Did you tell him? - No No No Give him kisses? - No No No Whisper 'Honey' - No No No You're delicious - Hell No! Were you dancing? - No No No Sweet as toffee - No No No D'ya get his number? - No No No Get him up for coffee? - Hell, Yeah! I can't deny the way my d-d-dirty mind Is saying 'Lover, Come and get me, get me!' But for a while I've dropped that d-d-dirty style And I've discovered That it's sexy, sexy! But you're knock, knock, knocking again boy, Whoah, but good ain't good enough Gonna keep you waiting Knock, knock, knocking again boy woah Get your sugar rush and do a little chasing! Did you tell him? - No No No Give him kisses? - No No No Whisper 'Honey' - No No No You're delicious - Hell No! Were you dancing? - No No No Sweet as toffee - No No No D'ya get his number? - No No No Get him up for coffee? - Hell, Yeah! From top to bottom I'm all woman, sunshine Ain't no damn reason you'd be leaving my side I'll give you nothing 'Til you show me something, something 'Cos damn good loving's what I'm really wanting, wanting Woo woo Woo woo I can't deny the way my d-d-dirty mind Is saying 'Lover, Come and get me, get me!' But for a while I've dropped that d-d-dirty style And I've discovered That it's sexy, sexy!
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The guitar riff is lifted from Nazareth's "Hair Of The Dog".
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After a stunningly weird chorus - all atmospheric synths, vocoder vocals and a strange sense of doom (honestly), it just explodes into a big burst of electro-pop that sounds like it's been beamed down from another planet.
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Sexy No No No is nothing if not bracing, but someone carelessly forgot to pack a tune amid the fuzzy guitars and synthesizers, distorted vocals and Sympathy for the Devil-esque whoops. Alexis Petridis
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Taster single "Sexy! No No No..." is one of the most daring songs they've yet released. A pounding electro-punk number with an extended, vocodered intro and a chorus which, while catchy, could hardly be described as danceable (...).
John Lucas
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(...) a noisy riot of multi-layered guitar riffs, whipcrackin' call-and-response vocals and euphoric "woo woo-oo" harmonies. As ever, the Xenomania hitmaking team sacrifices conventional song structure in the name of keeping those hooks coming thick and fast - and quite right too. The feisty five, meanwhile, restyle themselves as teasing minxes, claiming that they've "dropped their d-d-dirty style". Hmm. Do we really believe that Sarah Harding and co are capable of sexual restraint? Nick Levine
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Sexy! No no no..., the album's first single, is representative of where Girls Aloud get it wrong on Tangled Up. While it's initially fun to hear the girls trying something a bit heavier, it soon becomes clear that the song doesn't have a tune to speak of - it's basically shouting and a big beat (...) Paul Gallagher
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(...) GA have spun their raw appeal into the sort of pan-generational pull that makes everyone from dribble-happy toddlers to hairy great men literally weep with pleasure at the mention of their name. Which is good. As is the intro to this. Sadly, after the intro it gets a lot less interesting. Oh well. Rob Fitzpatrick
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Sexy No no no takes a while to get started but once it does is full of feisty vocals and thumping beats, it's quite grown-up by Girls Aloud standards. I do have two major quibbles with the song though - firstly the lyrics are hard to understand in most places (after a couple of listens I was still unsure what the song was supposed to be about), secondly the style of the song is very erratic and seems a bit jumpy in places. Kate Ingham
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"Sexy! No No No..." is quite brilliant, but it's incredibly jarring on first listen just because it's so far removed from what we're meant to expect from pop. The intro
- hushed synth pads with enough effects on the vocals to stop them sounding even human - gives way to the kind of 80s rock guitars Xenomania are so fond of and vocals that that are even MORE removed from the natural sound of the girl's voices (I think this part is Sarah, but it could honestly be any of them). It's not until 1:14 that you hear anything resembling an actual tune sung by an actual person. Okay, it's a great song, so let's not make too much of the complaints, but the production overshadows the intended stars of the show to the point where this almost sounds like sabotage. It's indicative of the theme of the album - Xenomania audibly muscling GA out of the picture. They might as well rename themselves Egomania. Nick Butler
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This song isn't as immediate as most of the Girl's previous tracks, seemingly because the vocals are so layered, and covered by an immense wall of sound, that its hard to figure out the lyrics. I wonder if this is where the title comes from with the 'No No No' being the most easily singalong able part... along with the sexy! at 1.27 and the intermittant woo woos- although for me they slip in and out between listens.
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