Goodness Gracious

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"Goodness Gracious"
Ellie Goulding - Goodness Gracious.png
Single by Ellie Goulding
from the album Halcyon Days
Released21 February 2014 (2014-02-21)
Recorded2013
Studio
Genre Electropop [1]
Length3:46
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Greg Kurstin
Ellie Goulding singles chronology
"How Long Will I Love You"
(2013)		"Goodness Gracious"
(2014)		"Beating Heart"
(2014)
Music video
"Goodness Gracious" on YouTube

"Goodness Gracious" is a song by English singer Ellie Goulding from Halcyon Days (2013), the reissue of her second studio album, Halcyon (2012). The song was written by Greg Kurstin, Goulding and Nate Ruess. It was released on 21 February 2014 as the third and final single from the reissue.

Contents

Background

Goulding explained the meaning behind "Goodness Gracious" to Rolling Stone , saying, "I've been in situations where I knew someone wasn't right for me, yet I kept bringing them back", adding that the song "is about dissing yourself for not thinking straight and not being fair." [2]

Commercial performance

After entering the UK Singles Chart at number 124, "Goodness Gracious" climbed to number 86 with 2,867 copies sold. [3] The song rose to number 49 the following week, selling 5,061 copies. [4] In its fourth week on the chart, the single sold 7,254 copies to climb to number 36. [5] In its sixth week, "Goodness Gracious" jumped from number 26 to number 16 with sales of 16,233 copies, becoming Goulding's tenth UK top-20 entry. [6]

Music video

Goulding unveiled a teaser trailer for the music video for "Goodness Gracious" on 31 December 2013. [7] The video, directed by Kinga Burza, was filmed on location in Los Angeles, [8] [9] and premiered on 5 January 2014. [10]

Track listings

Digital download [11]
No.TitleLength
1."Goodness Gracious"3:46
2."Goodness Gracious" (Chainsmokers Extended Remix)4:19
3."Goodness Gracious" (Honest Remix)4:36
Digital download – The Chainsmokers Extended Remix [12]
No.TitleLength
1."Goodness Gracious" (The Chainsmokers Extended Remix)4:19

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Halcyon Days . [13]

Recording

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for "Goodness Gracious"
Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [14] 39
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [15] 5
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [16] 19
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100) [17] 25
Ireland (IRMA) [18] 10
Scotland (OCC) [19] 13
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [20] 25
UK Singles (OCC) [21] 16

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Goodness Gracious"
RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
Australia21 February 2014 Digital download Original Universal [22]
Austria [23]
Finland [24]
Ireland Polydor [11]
NetherlandsUniversal [25]
New Zealand [26]
Switzerland [27]
United Kingdom23 February 2014Polydor [28]
Belgium24 February 2014Universal [29]
Italy [30]
Norway [31]
Portugal [32]
Spain [33]
Sweden [34]
Australia18 April 2014The Chainsmokers Extended Remix [12]
Finland [35]
Netherlands [36]
New Zealand [37]
Switzerland [38]
Belgium21 April 2014 [39]
Italy [40]
Norway [41]
Portugal [42]
Spain [43]
Sweden [44]
Canada22 April 2014 [45]
United States [46]
Austria23 April 2014Universal [47]

See also

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