Good Times (CDB song)

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"Good Times"
Good Times by CDB.jpg
Single by CDB
from the album Lifted
B-side "When You Need Somebody"
ReleasedAugust 1997
RecordedSun Studios, Sydney
Genre Pop
Length4:00
Label Sony Music Australia
Songwriter(s)
  • Andrew De Silva
  • Byron Jones
  • Raymond Medhurst
  • Jason Catherine
  • Danny Dharumasena
  • Neil Raymond
  • Jonathan Jones
Producer(s) The Rockmelons
CDB singles chronology
"Don't Stop"
(1996)
"Good Times"
(1997)
"Back Then"
(1997)

"Good Times" is a song by Australian boy band CDB, released in August 1997 as the lead single from their second studio album, Lifted (1997). The song peaked at number 28 on the ARIA Charts.

Contents

Track listing

CD single (664738 2)

  1. "Good Times" – 4:00
  2. "When You Need Somebody" (Rockmelons Mix) – 3:56
  3. "Good Times" (M1:11 Remix) – 4:11
  4. "Good Times" (Instrumental) – 3:59

Charts

"Good Times" debuted in Australia at number 46. It peaked at number 28 in September 1997. It remained in the top 50 for 12 weeks.

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [1] 28

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