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"Good Times" is a disco soul song by American R&B band Chic, released in June 1979 by Atlantic Records as the first single from their third album, Risqué (1979). It ranks 68th on Rolling Stone ' s list of the " 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ", [ 1 ] and has become one of the most sampled songs in music history, most notably in hip hop music .
The song is also the theme song for the reality TV series Tommy Lee Goes to College. [1] The song is Lee's most successful as a solo artist. "Good Times" reached number ninety-five on the Billboard Hot 100 [2] and reached number twenty-five in Australia. Lee performed the song live at the Comedy Central Roast of ex-wife Pamela Anderson.
The lyrics tell the story of someone who regrets having wasted too much time doing useless things instead of aspiring to become someone successful. Musically, the song has a dark and depressed feeling with a light-hearted break just before the final verse. The song features a string quartet, which is heard in the second portion of the song.
Good Times is an American television sitcom that aired for six seasons on CBS, from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979. Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman Lear , it was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom .
Solid Gold – Theme song performed by Dionne Warwick (Seasons 1 and 4) and Marilyn McCoo (Seasons 2–3, 5–8) Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em – Ronnie Hazlehurst; The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour ("The Beat Goes On") – Sonny Bono and Cher; Sonny with a Chance ("So Far, So Great") – Demi Lovato; The Sooty Show – Alan Braden
Gilstrap also provided the male lead vocals for the theme music to the 1970s television program Good Times. "I've Got You Where I Want You" (1975) was used in the soundtrack of the film Three Days of the Condor. [3] In addition, he sang the theme song for the 1990s cartoon series TaleSpin.
She was best known for her portrayal of Willona Woods, the neighborhood gossip maven and a friend of the Evans family on the CBS sitcom Good Times, which aired from 1974 to 1979. [8] DuBois additionally cowrote and sang the theme song "Movin' On Up" for The Jeffersons, which aired from 1975 until 1985. [9]
"Good Times", the theme song from the American sitcom, performed by Jim Gilstrap and Blinky, 1974 "(Gonna Be) Good Times", by Gene Chandler, 1965