Oh No!

Oh No!
"Oh No!"
Single by Marina and the Diamonds
from the album The Family Jewels
B-side "Starstrukk"
Released 2 August 2010
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2009—2010
Genre Electropop, New Wave
Length 3:03
Label 679
Writer(s) Marina Diamandis, Greg Kurstin
Producer Greg Kurstin
Marina and the Diamonds singles chronology
"I Am Not a Robot"
(re-release)
(2010)
"Oh No!"
(2010)
"Shampain"
(2010)
The Family Jewels track listing
"Hermit The Frog"
(9)
"Oh No!"
(10)
"Rootless"
(11)

"Oh No!" is the fourth single by Welsh singer-songwriter Marina and the Diamonds from her debut album, The Family Jewels. It was released on 2 August 2010.[1]

Contents

Background

"Oh No!" was added onto The Family Jewels after the album was mastered. When asked what the song was about, Diamandis said:

["Oh No!"] was written in response to be terrified of not achieving what I say I want to achieve every time I open my big mouth. It's my part ii to "Mowgli's Road". I was paralysed by fear before my trip to the states and couldn't stop thinking about being a failure "etc" and was convinced that I'd become a self-fulfilling prophecy if my brain didn't shut up and stop being so negative. So I put it in a song. "Mowgli's [Road]" questioned who I want to be, "Oh No!" confirms it. It made me feel confident again after a shaky six months. Life is just a barrel of laughs at end of day, anyway!

—Marina Diamandis, BRITs [2]

On Greg Kurstin, who produced the song, she said "I had really admired his work for a long time. Seeing as I was in L.A., I asked if he wanted to write together and [the song] came out really well. He's great actually, very easy to work with. I really like his production style as well".[3]

The instrumental of "Oh No!" was used to advertise the American sitcom, The Big Bang Theory, on E4 in the United Kingdom.

Music video

A frame from the "Oh No!" music video.

The music video for "Oh No!" was directed by Kinga Burza[4] and filmed on 10 June 2010.[5] It was released on 28 June 2010.[6] Diamandis said the music video was influenced by 1990s cartoons and the old "zany neon" MTV graphics.[7] Burza said the concept of the video stems from the lyrics of "Oh No!" which reference being obsessed with consumerism, success, money and fame.[7] The music video features a dance sequence with four dancers which was choreographed by David Leighton. He described the routine as quirky and "very bubblegum pop".[7] The stylist for the video was Celestine Cooney who chose to feature outfits by Christopher Kane, Henry Holland and Ashish Soni.[7] The song received very little television and radio airplay, which accounts for its low peak in the UK Singles Chart.

Track listings

    UK iTunes EP

  1. "Oh No!" — 3:02
  2. "Oh No!" (Active Child Remix)
  3. "Oh No!" (Grum Remix)
  4. "Oh No!" (Steve Pitron and Max Sanna Remix)
  5. "Oh No!" (Jaymo & Andy George's Moda mix)

    UK CD single

  1. "Oh No!" — 3:02
  2. "Starstrukk" — 5:04

    7" Vinyl

  1. "Oh No!" — 3:02
  2. "Oh No!" (Active Child Remix)

Chart performance

Chart (2010) Peak
position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[8] 38

Personnel

References


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