Good Times (7″ edit)
~ Recording by Chic
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Good Times | 3:42 | Chic | Good Times / A Warm Summer Night | Chic | Single |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 3584 |
| 1.1 | Good Times | 3:43 | Chic | Dancin’ the Night Away | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Silver Eagle Records, Warner Special Products | OPCD-4512 |
| 1.5 | Good Times | 3:47 | Chic | Golden Age of Black Music (1977 – 1988) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 81913 |
| 1.5 | Good Times | 3:47 | Chic | The Golden Age of Black Music (1977-1988) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81913-2 |
| 1.1 | Good Times | 3:44 | Chic | Sounds of the Seventies: 1979 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2600, SOD-09 |
| 4.12 | Good Times | ?:?? | Chic | 25 Years of #1 Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-8501, R103-09 |
| 1.10 | Good Times | 3:45 | Chic | Good Times | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD-3523 |
| 1.10 | Good Times | 3:44 | Chic | Mystic Music Presents Good Times (second config) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD-3523 |
| 1.1 | Good Times | 3:46 | Chic | The Disco Years, Volume 4: Lost in Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 70275 |
| 1.6 | Good Times | 3:47 | Chic | Disco Hits, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 71096 |
| 1.1 | Good Times | 3:40 | Chic | Disco Inferno 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 9548-32746-2 |
| 2.14 | Good Times | 3:43 | Chic | Fido’s Summer Fun, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 473995, COL 473995 2 |
| 2.8 | Good Times (single version) | 3:42 | Chic | The Atlantic Story (Different tracks on disc 2 (Yes track 37 / Led Zeppelin track 28)) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 9548-32258-2 |
| 2.9 | Good Times (single version) | 3:42 | Chic | The Atlantic Story | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 9548-32258-2 |
| 1.7 | Good Times | 3:45 | Chic | The Entertainment Weekly DISCO Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD-2695 |
| 2.3 | Good Times | 3:40 | Chic | The 70’s: 1979: Back in the Groove | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 597/11 |
| 1.15 | Good Times | 3:45 | Chic | The No. 1 Hits 1979 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SR International | 79 607 8 |
| 1.16 | Good Times | 3:45 | Chic | Touch My Soul: The Best of Black Music, Vol. 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 74321 18824 2 |
| 2.1 | Good Times | 3:37 | Chic | The Best Funk Album in the World... Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD44 |
| 1.1 | Good Times | 3:44 | Chic | Planet Funk, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Priority Records (US hip hop) | P2 53786 |
| 1.2 | Good Times | 3:45 | Chic | Mighty Real: Lifebeat Dance Classics, Volume I | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243-8-338939-2-4 |
| 1.2 | Good Times | 3:35 | Chic | The Best Party… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD71 |
| 1.2 | Good Times | 3:46 | Chic | Only Dance 1975-1979 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD-1684 |
| 1.2 | Good Times | 3:39 | Chic | The 70’s: 1979 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 597/21 |
| 1.8 | Good Times | 3:39 | Chic | 25 Years of Number 1 Hits, Volume 5: 1978/1979/1980 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Connoisseur Collection | |
| 1.3 | Good Times | 3:35 | Chic | 100% Pure Groove, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2840 |
| 1.3 | Good Times | 3:44 | Chic | Dalla disco alla dance | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| La Repubblica | SM-10 |
| 1.3 | Good Times | 3:45 | Chic | Old Navy: Dance! Where Disco Lives | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino Special Products, AEI Music Consumer Products | R2 7205 |
| 1.3 | Good Times | 3:39 | Chic | The Old Skool Reunion | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD 69 |
| 1.1 | Good Times | 3:46 | Chic | Disco Queens: The ’70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122-72837-2 |
| 1.17 | Good Times | 3:38 | Chic | Funky Divas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD77 |
| 1.12 | Good Times | 3:44 | Chic | AM Gold: 1979 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI-Capitol Special Markets, Time–Life Music | 72438-19561-2-0, AM1-26 |
| 1.6 | Good Times | 3:38 | Chic | Black Party Grooves, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 487926 2 |
| 1.2 | Good Times | 3:45 | Chic | Disco Fever | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SPG Music | SPG-1978 |
| 1.1 | Good Times | 3:46 | Chic | Disco Queens: The ’70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 72837 |
| 2.16 | Good Times | 3:40 | Chic | Party Power Pack: Happy Hour | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 555 077-2 |
| 1.5 | Good Times | 3:46 | Chic | Solid Gold Soul 1979 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R838-15 |
| 2.5 | Good Times | 3:40 | Chic | Simply the Best Disco | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 95483542826 |
| 1.15 | Good Times | 3:42 | Chic | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 314 558 299-2 |
| 1.4 | Good Times | 3:46 | Chic | The Last Days of Disco | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Work (US Sony/Epic subsidiary) | OK 69102 |
| 1.2 | Good Times | 3:37 | Chic | Chicago Bulls Greatest Hits, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Alphabet City Sports Records | |
| 1.11 | Good Times | 3:41 | Chic | Cosmopolitan Music: Club Cosmo Through the Decades | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (international budget record label) | 6337-2 |
| 1.2 | Good Times | 3:44 | Chic | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyMedia (a division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc.) | 558 299-2 |
| 1.15 | Good Times | 3:42 | Chic | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | P2 - 58299 |
| 1.2 | Good Times | 3:42 | Chic | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polymedia Music Service | P2 58299 |
| 1.15 | Good Times | 3:42 | Chic | Pure Funk (BMG club edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 314 558 299-2 |
| 1.4 | Good Times | 3:45 | Chic | The Last Days of Disco | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Work (US Sony/Epic subsidiary) | WRK 491213 2 |
| 1.4 | Good Times | 3:45 | Chic | The Last Days of Disco | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Sony Music Soundtrax, Work (US Sony/Epic subsidiary) | 491213 2 |
| 3.17 | Good Times | 3:45 | Chic | The Disco Box | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 75595 |
| 1.3 | Good Times | 3:37 | Chic | The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge | Various Artists | Album + Remix |
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| 1.12 | Good Times | 3:44 | Chic | Soul Train: The Dance Year 1979 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 314545933-2, R2 75938 |
| 1.20 | Good Times | 3:38 | Chic | Funk Soul Brother | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD136 |
| 1.3 | Good Times | 3:42 | Chic | Fetenkult: Black Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 74321 66847 2 |
| 1.11 | Good Times | 3:40 | Chic | Sounds of the 70s: 1979 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 469/03 |
| 1.11 | Good Times | 3:40 | Chic | Sounds of the 70s: 1979 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 469/03 |
| 1.9 | Good Times | 3:44 | Chic | The '70s Sound Volume Two | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Flashback Records (reissue label, subsidiary of Rhino) | R2 75800 |
| 1.2 | Good Times | 3:38 | Chic | The Very Best of Chic and Sister Sledge | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122754062, R2 75406 |
| 2.16 | Good Times | 3:44 | Chic | Time 100: The Music of Our Lives 1960-1980 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | WTVD 37258 |
| 1.15 | Good Times | 3:37 | Chic | Sampled | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 355 |
| 1.7 | Good Times | 3:42 | Chic | Disco Nights Volume 7 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Unidisc (Canadian disco and dance music label) | SPLK-7347 |
| 2.7 | Good Times | 3:42 | Chic | Funk Blast! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Experience Music Project | EMPCD 002 |
| 2.8 | Good Times | 3:37 | Chic | Step Back & Boogie | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| L&D Records | LBSCD 024 |
| 7.9 | Good Times | 3:39 | Chic | Back to Black | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), MWA | 5415182, 5415812 |
| 2.11 | Good Times | 3:39 | Chic | The Greatest 80’s Soul Weekender | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | WSMCD043 |
| 1.1 | Good Times | 3:44 | Chic | 100% Disco | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations), Universal Music Special Markets | 314556322-2 |
| 5.4 | Good Times | 3:40 | Chic | Dance Music Chronicle ~History of Dance Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| avex club | AKCK-30021~30 |
| 1.7 | Good Times | 3:45 | Chic | Jammin’ Oldies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | WEA 76698 |
| 1.2 | Good Times | 3:42 | Chic | Soul to Soul: The Very Best of Black Music, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Special Marketing Europe GmbH, TCM (Tchibo Certified Merchandise) | 74321 87602 2, 98898 |
| 1.4 | Good Times | 3:42 | Chic | Absolute Disco Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | ACCD 3003 |
| 1.18 | Good Times | 3:43 | Chic | Body + Soul: Ladies Got Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | M18852 |
| 3.12 | Good Times | 3:40 | Chic | Best of the 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Germany | 5050467-5508-2-7 |
| 1.2 | Good Times | 3:44 | Chic | Body + Soul: Ladies Got Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R794-24 |
| 1.18 | Good Times | 3:40 | Chic | Disco Inferno | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing Italy | 092748214-2 |
| 1.2 | Good Times | 3:37 | Chic | Let’s Groove | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| DMG TV | DMGTV002E |
| 1.2 | Good Times | 3:37 | Chic | Let’s Groove | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| DMG TV | DMGTV002E |
| 1.9 | Good Times | 3:43 | Chic | The In-Laws (Music From The Motion Picture) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Bulletproof (US soundtracks), Rhino (reissue label) | R2 73886 |
| 1.3 | Good Times | 3:40 | Chic | Boogie Nights: Classic Disco Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Party People | PPDCD201 |
| 2.13 | Good Times | 3:38 | Chic | What a Feeling! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 980 9318 |
| 2.13 | Good Times (single edit) | 3:38 | Chic | Solid Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Hong Kong | 981 128-1 |
| 1.9 | Good Times | 3:43 | Chic | The In‐Laws (Music From the Motion Picture) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Bulletproof (US soundtracks), Warner Strategic Marketing | 8122738862 |
| 1.1 | Good Times | 3:44 | Chic | Ultimate Seventies: 1979 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | 19476‐2, OPCD‐2600B, R634‐009 |
| 1.11 | Good Times | 3:39 | Chic | Sounds of the 70s: 79 (2004 release with some different tracks) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 469/03 |
| 1.7 | Good Times | 3:42 | Chic | The Proud Family Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Walt Disney Records | 61088-7 |
| 2.16 | Good Times | 3:38 | Chic | The Complete 80's Soul Weekender | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Marketing (Germany) | WSMCD 207 |
| 1.3 | Good Times | 3:37 | Chic | Good Times: The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge: The Hits & The Remixes | Chic & Sister Sledge | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Warner Strategic Marketing | 8122732332 |
| 3.4 | Good Times | 3:40 | Chic | All the Beer Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing Australia | 5046784262 |
| 2.15 | Good Times | 3:42 | Chic | Soul 70’s Collection, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | B0005286-02 |
| 2.7 | Good Times | 3:39 | Chic | The Seventies Album: 70 Smash Hit Singles from the Supersonic Seventies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present) | TLSAN013 |
| 2.1 | Good Times | 3:44 | Chic | Billboard #1s: The ’70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 77776 |
| 2.17 | Good Times | 3:43 | Chic | Back to the Disco | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea music (“wea” logo with “music” below; mainly used in Europe and Brazil) | 5051011867125 |
| 1.15 | Good Times | 3:36 | Chic | Disco Fever: Turn the Beat Around | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL FDC/03 |
| 1.9 | Good Times | 3:44 | Chic | Party Starter: Disco Mix | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | B0007780-02 IN02 |
| 2.14 | Good Times | 3:39 | Chic | All Night Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.7 | Good Times | 3:39 | Chic | The Best Disco | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Farol Música | FAR 61749 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.8 | Good Times | 3:45 | Chic | A '70s Soul-Funk Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | PRCD 400026 |
| 1.3 | Good Times | 3:38 | Chic | Le canzoni del secolo, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Gruppo editoriale l’Espresso | |
| 8.18 | Good Times | 3:42 | Chic | The Radio Essential Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Promo Only | |
| 1.8 | Good Times | 3:38 | Chic | Summergroove | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| News of the World (UK newspaper), Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | WSMSPCD020 |
| 1.2 | Good Times | 3:42 | Chic | Pop 101 Collection ’70, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sorrisi e Canzoni TV | POP 06 02 |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.11 | Good Times | 3:38 | Chic | Media Markt Collection: Black Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Marketing Group (Division specialised in marketing compilations) | 583714-2 |
Relationships
| bass: | Bernard Edwards (American bassist and record producer) (in 1979) |
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| drums (drum set): | Tony Thompson (drummer, best known for his work in CHIC) (in 1979) |
| electric piano: | Raymond Jones (in 1979) |
| guitar: | Nile Rodgers (in 1979) |
| piano: | Rob Sabino (in 1979) |
| lead vocals: | Alfa Anderson (in 1979) Luci Martin (in 1979) |
| performer: | Chic (US disco group) (in 1979) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1979) |
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| sampled by: | It’s All Good by Will Smith (US actor aka The Fresh Prince) Muuvon by Styles of Beyond The ABCs of Anarchism by Negativland / Chumbawamba The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five |
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| mash-ups: | Good Light by Kwezydoctor |
| part of: | Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 68) (order: 68) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 224) (order: 224) |
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| recording of: | Good Times (in 1979) |
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Related works
Good Times
| writer: | Bernard Edwards (American bassist and record producer) Nile Rodgers |
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| publisher: | Bernard’s Other Music Sony Songs Tommy Jymi Inc. |
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| is the basis for: | Rapper’s Delight The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel |
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| lyrics quoted in: | It’s All Good |
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