It's a Good Thing

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"It's A Good Thing"
That Petrol Emotion - It's A Good Thing single cover.jpg
Single by That Petrol Emotion
from the album Manic Pop Thrill
B-side "The Deadbeat"
ReleasedApril 1986
RecordedRockfield Studios, Wales
Genre Indie rock
Label Demon Records
Songwriter(s) John O'Neill
Producer(s) Hugh Jones
That Petrol Emotion singles chronology
"V2"
(1985)
"It's A Good Thing"
(1986)
"Natural Kind Of Joy"
(1986)

"It's A Good Thing" is a 1986 single by That Petrol Emotion.

Contents

Track listing 7"

Side A
No.TitleWritten byLength
1."It's A Good Thing" John O'Neill  
Side B
No.TitleWritten byLength
1."The Deadbeat"Ciaran McLaughlin and Raymond O`Gorman 

Track listing 12"

Side A
No.TitleWritten byLength
1."It's A Good Thing" John O'Neill  
Side B
No.TitleWritten byLength
1."The Deadbeat"Ciaran McLaughlin and Raymond O`Gorman 
2."Mine"Steve Mack and Damian O'Neill  

Personnel

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