"Good Times" | ||||
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Single by Sam Cooke | ||||
B-side | "Tennessee Waltz" | |||
Released | July 9, 1964 | |||
Recorded | December 20 and 21, 1963 and February 2, 1964, RCA Studio CA | |||
Label | RCA 8368 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sam Cooke | |||
Producer(s) | Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore | |||
Sam Cooke singles chronology | ||||
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"Good Times" is a song written and recorded by Sam Cooke, released as single in 1964.
In a retrospective review in 1971, music critic Dave Marsh wrote that "at his very best, Cooke utilized a perfect lyrical sentimentality... listen to 'Good Times' – It might be one o'clock and it might be three/Time don't mean that much to me/Ain't felt this good since I don't know when/And I might not feel this good again/So come on baby, let the good times roll/We gonna stay here til we soothe our soul. That summed up perfectly what rock and roll was about, and still is, in so many ways." [1]
Featured musicians are John Ewing (trombone), Edward Hall (drums and percussion), John Pisano (guitar), Clifton White (guitar) and Johnnie Taylor (back-up vocals).
The Sam Cooke version of the song hit number one on the Cash Box R&B chart and number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100. [2]
Chart (1964) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [3] | 11 |
"Good Times" | ||||
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Single by Dan Seals | ||||
from the album On Arrival | ||||
B-side | "Bop" [4] | |||
Released | March 25, 1990 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:51 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sam Cooke | |||
Producer(s) | Kyle Lehning | |||
Dan Seals singles chronology | ||||
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Dan Seals' version was a Number One hit on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in mid-1990, and is the second single from his 1990 album On Arrival . His version stayed at number 1 for two weeks, and was his last number 1 hit, as well as his last top 40 hit of his career. [4]
Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] | 1 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] | 1 |
Chart (1990) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [7] | 32 |
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [8] | 25 |
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