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Because of its ambiguous message, Clapton did not perform the song in many of his concerts; over the years, he has added the lyrics 'that dirty cocaine' in live shows to underline the anti-drug message of the song. [10] [11] A live version of the song does appear on Clapton's 1982 hits compilation Time Pieces.
The lyrics of the song address drug addiction. [1] [2] [3] Neil Young biographer Brian Kreizer describes it as a sequel to "The Needle and the Damage Done." [4] However, "No More" does not specify which drug or drugs are being referenced. [5] The first verse is most explicitly about drugs. [3]
The song fared better in the United Kingdom, reaching number 7 on the UK Singles Chart in July 1984, spending 17 consecutive weeks in the top 40. It was the 13th best-selling single of 1984 in the UK, selling more than several number one hits that year. The song was co-written by Melle Mel and Sylvia Robinson. Originally, it was intended to be ...
Sirius said, "With clear and concise lyrics by the famous Mann-Weil songwriting team, there's no cheese on rock's first anti-drug platter." [7] The song was ranked number 400 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. [8] The song placed 36th on Paste Magazine ' s 2014 list of the "50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time ...
"Cod'ine" (also spelled "Codine" or "Codeine") is a contemporary folk song by the singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie. Considered one of the earliest anti-drug songs, Sainte-Marie wrote the piece after becoming addicted to codeine which she had been given for a bronchial infection.
Zappa had earlier anti-drug songs including "Who Needs the Peace Corps?" from We're Only in It for the Money (1968), "Cosmik Debris" from Apostrophe (') (1974), "Charlie's Enormous Mouth" from You Are What You Is (1981), and "I Come From Nowhere" from Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982).
"King Heroin" is an anti-drug song by James Brown, David Matthews, Manny Rosen and Charles Bobbit. Brown recorded this poem set to music at a studio in New York with session musicians in January 1972 and released it as a single in March.
"I'm Your Pusher" is a 1988 single by American rapper Ice-T, from his second album Power. The song's lyrics recommend the use of music and dancing to feel good rather than using drugs: "The dope I'm selling you don't smoke / You feel out in the dance floor on my world tour / I'm selling dope in each and every record store". However, the anti-drug theme was i