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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 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.
Reviewing for New Musical Express, Derek Johnson described "Good Times (Better Times)" as "a happy light-hearted and immensely danceable disc", "with a walloping bass drum, dancing strings, organ, backing brass and vocal riff chanting". [3]
"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 ...
"Good Times" (All Time Low song), 2017 "Good Times" (CDB song), 1997 "Good Times" (Chic song), 1979 "Good Times" (Easybeats song), 1968; covered by Jimmy Barnes and INXS (1986) and others "Good Times" (Ella Eyre song), 2015 "Good Times" (Eric Burdon and the Animals song), 1967 "Good Times" (Finger Eleven song), 2003 "Good Times" (Hoodoo Gurus ...
Dan Seals' version was a Number One hit on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in mid-1990, and is the second single from his 1990 album On Arrival. His version stayed at number 1 for two weeks, and was his last number 1 hit, as well as his last top 40 hit of his career.
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 ...
Regarding songs on the second side of the Good Times, Nelson later lamented that his vocals were “drowned in a pool of overly sweet string arrangements and syrupy backgrounds by the Anita Kerr Singers.” [5] The first single, “Little Things,” climbed to number 22 on the country singles chart, while “Good Times” stalled at number 44 ...