No (Bulldog song) explained

No
Cover:No_-_Bulldog.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Bulldog
Album:Bulldog
B-Side:"Good Times Are Comin'" (US) "Rockin' Robin" (NZ)
Released:October 1972 (U.S.)
Recorded:1972
Genre:Boogie rock
Blues rock
Length:2:34
Label:Decca (US), MCA (NZ)
Producer:Gene Cornish

"No" is a song by American pop-rock group Bulldog. It was the first release from their 1972 eponymous debut album.[1] Vocals are provided by bassist Billy Hocher, with a sound similar to Joe Cocker.

The song became an international hit, reaching #44 in the U.S. and #63 in Canada.[2] [3] "No" did best in Australia and New Zealand, where it became a Top 20 hit.[4] [5] It also peaked at #2 on 2NUR (Sydney/Newcastle) in February 1973.

The album including "No" reached the Top 10 in Australia.

"No" was included on the 1972 K-Tel compilation album Believe in Music.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1972-73)Peak
position
Australia (Go-Set)15
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 22
Canada RPM Top Singles63
New Zealand (Listener)17
U.S. Billboard Hot 10044
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[7] 51

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1385471-Bulldog-9?type=Releases&subtype=Singles-EPs&filter_anv=0 Discogs: Bulldog - No
  2. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 -
  3. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1972-12-09 . 2021-02-15.
  4. http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1973/19730217.html Go-Set National Top 40, 17 February 1973
  5. http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=1422#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 9 April 1973
  6. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian) . . Australian Chart Book . St Ives, N.S.W. . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6.
  7. http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19721202.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 2, 1972
  8. Book: Whitburn, Joel . 1999 . Pop Annual . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin . Record Research Inc. . 0-89820-142-X.