JUST BE GOOD TO ME
Created on 24/03/2003Latest update on 08/02/2024
Artist: S.O.S. Band
Author: Terry Lewis/James Harris III
Label: Tabu
Year: 1983
Composition and production: Terry Lewis & Jimmy Jam.
Covers:
- 1988:
- 1990:
Beats International [n°1 UK as Dub Be Good To Me; feat. Norman Cook in between Housemartins and Fatboy Slim]
- 1991:
Papa San [as Dancehall Good To We]
- 2002:
Faithless [featuring Dido]
The Clash bassist Paul Simenon sued Beats International for stealing his bass line from The Guns Of Brixton (London Calling lp) in Dub Be Good To Me (settled out of court). De La Soul was also grossly overlooked: hear this same bass line in their The Magic Number (see also: Three Is A Magic Number). The Ennio Morricone samples in Dub Be Good To Me come from L'Uomo Dell' Armonica from Once Upon A Time In The West ('69), used by Mark Knopfler for the title of a Dire Straits song.
