- Good Times (Chic song)
Infobox Single
Name = Good Times
Artist = Chic
from Album = Risqué
A-side =
B-side = "A Warm Summer Night"
Released =1979
Format =7" ,12"
Recorded = 1979-80
Genre =Disco ,R&B
Length = 3:24 (7")8:08 (12"/LP)
Label = Atlantic 3584
Writer =Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers
Producer = Bernard Edwards
Nile Rodgers
Certification =
Last single = "I Want Your Love" (1978)
This single = "Good Times" (1979)
Next single = "My Forbidden Lover " (1979)
Misc =Audiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Audio file = Good Times by Chic.ogg"Good Times" is a 1979-80 song composed by
Bernard Edwards andNile Rodgers . It was first recorded by their band Chic, for their 1979 album "Risqué". In August of that year, it became the band's second #1 single on theBillboard Hot 100 . "Good Times" has become one of the most sampled pieces of music in history, most notably in rap andhip-hop music .The song is ranked #224 on "
Rolling Stone "'s list of the500 Greatest Songs of All Time .Chart positions
ongs that sample "Good Times"
"Good Times" features perhaps the most distinctive bassline in the history of recorded music. This is an incomplete list of songs that either use direct samples from "Good Times", or feature an original recording where the bassline or other motifs (particularly that of the instrumental break) are inspired by the song.
* "2345meia78" by
Gabriel, O Pensador
* "Around the World" byDaft Punk
* "Another One Bites the Dust " by Queen [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/queen/biography Queen biography Rolling stone magazine] ] [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=4281] ]
* "Back to the Old School" byJust Ice
* "Basic Mega-Mix" byDJ Shadow
* "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" byThe Beastie Boys
* "Birthday Party" byFurious Five
* "Body Hot" byJoe Budden
* "Dangerous" byBusta Rhymes (in theSoul Society remix)
* "Doowutchyalike" byDigital Underground
* "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" byFather MC
* "Glow Of Love" byChange
* "High Tension" by SPK
* "Hit Me with That Shit" byG.P. WU
* "It's All Good" byWill Smith
* "Just the Two of Us" byChubb Rock
* "Made It Back '99" byBeverley Knight
* "Monster Jam" bySpoonie Gee
* "Music to be Murdered By" byDan the Automator
* "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel " byGrandmaster Flash
* "Rapper's Delight " byThe Sugarhill Gang
* "Rapture" by Blondie
* "Refugees on the Mic" byFugees
* "The Reverend" byDJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
* "Rhapazooty in Blue" bySicle Cell & Rhapazooty
* "Rip It Up" byOrange Juice
* "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'" byDe la Soul
* "Steppin with..." byJustin Warfield
* "SuperGood" byClub House
* "13 and Good" byBoogie Down Productions
* "Tripple Trouble" and "A.W.O.L" by TheBeastie Boys
* "Underground Blues" byCollege Boyz
* "Wildstyle" by Timezone featuringAfrika Bambaata
* "MC's Delight" byGrandmaster Caz
* "Wot?" byCaptain Sensible
*Covers
* "Good Times" was covered in concert by John Taylor of
Duran Duran during his solo days, and released in a medley with "Planet Earth" on his live album "5.30.98".Lyrics
The lyrics are largely based on
Milton Ager 's "Happy Days Are Here Again ." It also contains lines based on lyrics featured in "About a Quarter to Nine" made famous byAl Jolson . Nile Rodgers has stated that these depression-era lyrics were used as a hidden way to comment on the then-current economic depression in the United States. [http://www.empsfm.org/programs/index.asp?articleID=613]
* The line during the chorus, "Our new state of mind", is infamous for being mistaken as "Are you straight or bi?"References
* [http://www.chictribute.com/disco/emul.html chictribute.com: Chic Emulators]
* [http://www.xampled.com/blog/sampled-from/chic/ Xampled: Chic]
* [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:fpfwxcrkldde All Music Guide entry]
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