Nothin' but a Good Time

"Nothin' but a Good Time"
Single by Poison
from the album Open Up and Say...Ahh!
B-side	Livin' For the Minute, Look But You Cant Touch
Released	1988
Recorded	1988
Genre	Glam metal, hard rock
Length	3:46
Label	Enigma
Writer(s)	Dall; Deville; Michaels; Rockett; Bombilla (Jordi Carretero)
Producer	Tom Werman
Certification	Gold
Poison singles chronology
"Rock and Roll All Nite" (1987) "Nothin' but a Good Time" (1988) "Fallen Angel" (1988)

"Nothin' But a Good Time" is the first single from the second Poison album Open Up and Say...Ahh!. The B-sides are "Livin' For the Minute" and "Look But You Can't Touch".

The song was released as a single in 1988 on Enigma Records and reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #19 on the Mainstream rock charts.^[1] It also charted at number 10 on the Australian charts and number 35 on the UK Singles chart^[2]

Music video

The music video features as a restaurant employee washing dishes while listening to the Kiss hit single Rock and Roll All Nite, performed by Poison. The manager enters, turns off the radio, and delivers to the employee a scathing reprimand, reminding the employee that he's being paid "to wash dishes, not to listen to that... that rock 'n' roll," and accusing him of "moving in two speeds: slow, and stop." The manager exits, whereupon the employee abandons the dishes and kicks open a nearby door to reveal a concert hall stage, upon which the band then performs the song. When the song is over, the manager returns, discovering, to his surprise, that all the dishes are washed.

Albums

"Nothin' But a Good Time" is on the following albums:

• Open Up and Say...Ahh!
• Swallow This Live (live version)
• Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996
• Power to the People (live version)
• The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock
• Open Up and Say...Ahh! - 20th Anniversary Edition

Other appearances

"Nothin' But a Good Time" was performed by Poison, with cast of Rock of Ages, at 63rd Tony Awards on June 7, 2009. Right after the performance the band was making their way backstage and a piece of the stage scenery collapsed on Bret Michaels.

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Charts	10
UK Singles Chart	35
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	6
U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks	19

Cover versions

Reel Big Fish covered the song on their 2009 album Fame, Fortune and Fornication.

Appearances in other media

• A cover of the song is featured in the game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (erroneously credited as "Ain't Nothin' But a Good Time"), while the master track is featured in Guitar Hero: Smash Hits (this time correctly credited).
• The song is featured in the movies The Rocker, Grind, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Friday Night Lights, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
• The NHL's Washington Capitals play this song after every home victory.
• In The Simpsons season 11 episode "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge", Otto hires a Poison tribute band called Cyanide to play this song at his wedding. However, the band can only play the intro before Otto's fiancé, Becky, stops them.
• Nothin' but a Good Time was used as a name for an achievement in the Mercenaries 2 game, which was referring to the song.
• The song is played in two Warner Bros. creations: one is the movie Yogi Bear when Yogi and Boo-Boo water ski, and the other is the Regular Show episode "My Mom", when the song is played during a montage sequence where Mordecai, Rigby, High-Five Ghost and Muscle Man blow off work.
• The song, plus two other Poison song's are downloadable for Rock Band 3.
• Professional wrestling tag team, Dunn & Marcos, The Ring Crew Express, used the song as their entrance theme while in Ring of Honor.

References

1. ^ "Allmusic (Poison charts and awards) Billboard singles". http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5162/charts-awards/billboard-singles. 
2. ^ "Poison chart stats". http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=4852.