Good Times (Hoodoo Gurus song)

"Good Times"
Single by Hoodoo Gurus
from the album Blow Your Cool!
A-side"Good Times"
B-side"Hell for Leather" (live)
Released13 July 1987
GenrePop rock[1]
Length3:02
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Dave Faulkner
Producer(s)Mark Opitz
Hoodoo Gurus singles chronology
"What's My Scene?"
(1987) 		"Good Times"
(1987) 		"In the Middle of the Land"
(1987)

"Good Times" is a song by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was written by Dave Faulkner[2] and released in July 1987 as the second single from the group's third studio album, Blow Your Cool!. The song peaked at number 36 on the Australian charts.

In June 2000, Dave Faulkner said "Brad was off gallivanting in Los Angeles to supervise the recording of the Bangles harmonies on 'Good Times'. We had toured with them the previous year promoting Mars Needs Guitars! and we watched then go to No. 1 with "Manic Monday" as the tour began. Oh well, so much for the co-headline. That tour and its sequel two years later were some of the most fun we ever had on the road."[3]

Track listing

7" version (BTS8)

  1. "Good Times" (Dave Faulkner) — 3:02
  2. "Hell for Leather" (live) (Faulkner) — 3:12

Personnel

  • Dave Faulkner – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Brad Shepherd – guitar, harmonica
  • Mark Kingsmill – drums
  • Clyde Bramley – bass
  • Richard Allan – Art Direction, Cover Design
  • Allan Wright – Engineer
  • Heidi Cannavo, Kathy Nauton, Paula Jones, Tchad Blake — Assistant Engineers
  • Mark Opitz – Producer
  • Barry Diament – Mastering

Charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 36

References

  1. ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2004-04-01). All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul. AllMusic. ISBN 9780879306533. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  2. ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 2008-05-05. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
  3. ^ Faulkner, Dave (June 2000). "Pop and punishment". juliat. Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 141. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.