Would-Be-Goods are a British indie pop band fronted by singer Jessica Griffin, noted for her precise received pronunciation accent when singing.

Their name was inspired by the 1901 novel The Wouldbegoods, by children's author E. Nesbit[1] On her first album, released on the él label, Griffin had no band of her own, and was backed by members of The Monochrome Set.

After the band recorded a fourth album, The Morning After, in 2004, Nuñez-Fernandez left to concentrate on touring and recording with her own band Pipas and was replaced by Andy Warren, former member of Adam and the Ants and The Monochrome Set.

In October 2020 Jessica Griffin began writing (and recording) a song a day, with a new title provided the previous evening by her partner and bandmate Peter Momtchiloff.

[4] These songs were released as a CD, The Night Life, in 2023 [5] Would-Be-Goods have performed live in the United States, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and France as well as the UK.