No More Mr. Nice Girl

\"No More Mr. Nice Girl\" is a track by Indian violinist and composer Shankar (born Lakshminarayana Shankar). The piece appears as the third track on Side B of the 1979 album Touch Me There, released on 12\" vinyl under Zappa Records.

The album emerged during Shankar’s collaboration with Western artists, blending Carnatic classical traditions with funk, jazz, and rock influences. \"No More Mr. Nice Girl\" spans 8 minutes and 9 seconds, showcasing Shankar’s double violin technique alongside electric instrumentation. The track’s title and lyrical content reflect a playful, assertive tone, consistent with the album’s experimental fusion approach.

Touch Me There marked Shankar’s second solo release under Frank Zappa’s label, following his contributions to Zappa’s Studio Tan (1978). The vinyl format included six tracks, with \"No More Mr. Nice Girl\" positioned as B3 in the sequence. The album’s production integrated Western studio techniques with Indian rhythmic structures, though specific session musicians and recording locations remain partially undocumented.

Shankar’s work on this track and the broader album contributed to the cross-cultural exchange between Indian classical music and 1970s Western avant-garde scenes. The composition’s extended duration allowed for improvisational passages, a hallmark of both Carnatic performance and progressive rock of the era. No official singles or alternate versions of \"No More Mr. Nice Girl\" were released from this album.