Good Thing (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Good Thing


Caption =
Artist = Fine Young Cannibals
from Album = The Raw & the Cooked
A-side = Good Thing
B-side = Social Security
Released = June 14, 1989
Format = 7" single
12" maxi
CD maxi
Recorded = 1989
Genre = Pop music
Length = 3:24
Label = London Records
Writer = Fine Young Cannibals
Producer = Fine Young Cannibals
Last single = "She Drives Me Crazy" (1989)
This single = "Good Thing" (1989)
Next single = "Don't Look Back" (1989)
Misc = "Good Thing" is a song recorded by Fine Young Cannibals, the second single pulled from their album "The Raw & the Cooked". The song was their second U.S. number one, topping the Billboard Hot 100 on July 8, 1989. It also peaked at #7 on the UK singles chart.

The song made its first appearance in the 1987 film "Tin Men". Fine Young Cannibals portrayed a nightclub band in the movie, performing this song and three others (including the single's b-side "Social Security") [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094155/soundtrack Tin Men (1987) Soundtracks] ] . The film is set in Baltimore in 1963, and the song's retro-soul style is consistent with that setting.

The video features many scenes with motor scooters, both at rest and in motion as well as scooter culture. The scooters featured include stock scooters, as well as highly stylized scooters and minimalist cutdown scooters.

The song is currently in an advert for the Chevrolet Captiva SUV automobile in the United Kingdom. It was also used in the 2008 film "Doomsday", starring Rhona Mitra, in a surreal scene involving the film's main antagonist.

Track listings

; 7" single
# "Good Thing" — 3:22
# "Social Security" — 3:26

; 12" maxi
# "Good Thing" (Prince Paul remix) — 5:30
# "Good Thing" (7" mix) — 3:22
# "Good Thing" (nothing like the single mix - instrumental) — 4:38

; CD maxi
# "Good Thing" (7" mix) — 3:25
# "Good Thing" (nothing like the single mix) — 4:42
# "She Drives Me Crazy" (Monie Love remix) — 5:59

Charts

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