"Hell No!" is the debut single of Australian singer

Ricki-Lee Coulter Ricki-Lee Dawn Coulter (born 10 November 1985) is an Australian singer-songwriter, television and radio presenter. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, raised in Gold Coast, Queensland, and began performing at age 15. Coulter rose to fame in ...

. It was released on 13 June 2005 as the

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from her self-titled debut album, '' Ricki-Lee'' (2005). "Hell No!" debuted and peaked at number five on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified gold by the

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for shipments of 35,000 copies. The

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for the song was directed by Bart Borghesi and filmed at

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Background and reception

"Hell No!" was written by Audius Mtawarira, Andy Love and Cheryline Lim, and produced by Mtawarira. It was released as a

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on 13 June 2005, serving as the

from '' Ricki-Lee''. Lyrically, the song is about Coulter being frustrated with life. According to '' The Hot Hits'', "Hell No!" has the "in your face yet tongue in cheek attitude" and wrote that "the hot grooved, up-tempo track is perhaps not what many people expected from the 19 year old, 2004 ''Idol'' favourite". ''

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'' noted that "Hell No!" has "a funky street feel to it". Matthew Chisling of

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wrote "Coulter's versatile voice booms proudly" on the song. "Hell No!" debuted and peaked at number five on the ARIA Singles Chart on 20 June 2005 and spent three consecutive weeks in the top ten. The song was certified gold by the

for shipments of 35,000 copies.

Track listings

* Australian CD single # "Hell No!" # "Hell No!" (instrumental) # "Over the Rainbow" * Australian remix CD # "Hell No!" (Cabin Crew remix radio edit) # "Hell No!" featuring Israel Cruz (Elite Fleet remix) # "Hell No!" featuring Sean Ray (Aztryx remix) # "Hell No!" (Musik1 remix) # "Hell No!" (Cabin Crew extended club remix) – 6:28 # "Hell No!" (original version) # "Hell No!" (acapella—lead vocal) # "Hell No!" (acapella—backing vocals)

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of ''Ricki-Lee: The Singles''. Locations * Mixed at Sing Sing Studios * Mastered at Crystal Mastering Personnel * Audius – writing (as Audius Mtawarira), production, mixing * Andy Love – writing * Cheryline Lim – writing * Andy Baldwin – mixing * John Ruberto – mastering

Charts

Weekly chart

Year-end charts

Certification

References

{{Authority control 2005 songs 2005 debut singles Ricki-Lee Coulter songs Shock Records singles Song recordings produced by Audius Mtawarira Songs written by Audius Mtawarira