"no good advice" debuted at number two on the uk singles chart, held off by r. kelly's "ignition remix". the song slipped to number five in its second week on the chart. the single lasted two more weeks in the top twenty at numbers eleven and seventeen respectively. overall, "no good advice" was inside the top forty for six weeks; it spent an additional eight weeks in the top 75, selling over 105,000 copies. "no good advice" suffered a similar fate on the irish singles chart, peaking at number two behind ireland's eurovision finalist mickey joe harte. it spent three consecutive weeks at number three, behind harte and r. kelly. the song fell to number seven in its fourth week on the irish chart. it spent four further weeks in the top twenty.