Number one on 13 March 1990, Jonny's 25th birthday
Dub Be Good to Me
Beats International
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- Reached number oneweek ending 3 March 1990
- Weeks at number one4
- LabelGo! Beat
- Decade1990s
The song
"Dub Be Good to Me" is a song by British dub group Beats International with singer Lindy Layton on vocals, released on 24 January 1990 by Go! Beat Records as the first single from their debut album, Let Them Eat Bingo (1990). Although writing credits are attributed to frontman Norman Cook it is almost an exact replica of the SOS Band's 1983 hit "Just Be Good to Me", which it is named after. It also samples the songs "The Guns of Brixton" by the Clash, "Man with a Harmonica" from the Once Upon a Time in the West soundtrack by Ennio Morricone, and "Jam Hot" by Johnny Dynell.
Beats International
Beats International were a British dance music band and hip-hop collective, formed in the late 1980s by Norman Cook based in Brighton, East Sussex, England, after his departure from the Housemartins.
This decade's look
The photocopied zine: Impact-style headlines, a serif body that ships with every computer, typewriter captions, and plum, mustard and olive on grey paper.