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"For the Good Times" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson, first recorded by singer Bill Nash in 1968 before appearing on Kristofferson's own debut album in June 1970. After a recording by Ray Price became a #1 hit single in June of that year, the song established Kristofferson as one of country and popular music's top songwriters while ...
"Good Times" (aka "Gonna Have a Good Time") is a song by the Australian rock band the Easybeats, written by George Young and Harry Vanda. It was released in June 1968 on their album Vigil, and as a single in July 1968 through Parlophone. It features guest vocals by Steve Marriott of Small Faces, and piano by Nicky Hopkins. The original ...
Aretha Franklin covered the song for her 1967 album I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You. [9] It was described by Rolling Stone as the album's "party starter" [9] and by AllMusic as "on par with the original recording". [10] The Grateful Dead would sometimes open their live shows with the song as well.
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.
Kris Kristofferson, who has died aged 88, was among the most prolific artists of his generation. In a career spanning six decades, he released 18 studio albums along with compilation records, live ...
"Good Times" was written by Ella Eyre, Sigma and Sigala, [1] produced by Sigma and Sigala, vocal produced by Michael Angelo and performed by Eyre. [1] In an interview with The Line of Best Fit, Eyre noted that if the song was a food it would be sushi, and said that she wrote it in 2015 and that it was about herself and her best friend Chlöe Howl, both of whose circumstances had disintegrated ...
The band told iHeartRadio that the song is "about looking back on all the things that made you who you are." [4] Guitarist Jack Barakat called "Good Times" the "best song" Gaskarth has "ever written," [1] while drummer Rian Dawson remembers "being so excited about the new album because we were off to a great start," with the track. [4]
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.