Good Thing (Fine Young Cannibals Song)
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Good Thing is a 1989 Fine Young Cannibals song written by Roland Gift and David Steele. It appeared on the album The Raw & the Cooked and is part of the soundtrack of the film Tin Men .
history
Two years before it was released as a single, the Fine Young Cannibals sang the song as a band in a nightclub in 1987 in the 1963 film Tin Men . All band members as well as the director Barry Levinson thought the song was suitable. In addition to Good Thing , three other songs and the B-side of the single Social Security were also played in the film.
Released on April 14, 1989, the pop rock song became a number one hit in the United States and Canada .
Jools Holland , who played the piano in the song, stated that "it is one of the best-selling songs that I was a part of".
In the films His Name is Mad Dog , Doomsday and When Love Was That Easy you could hear the song. The song was also used in a UK advertisement for the Chevrolet Captiva .
Music video
The music video was shot in black and white. In the video, the band members drive through a city on scooters and pose in intermediate scenes with their mopeds, while the band also performs the song.
Cover versions
- 1999: The Bangles
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart placements: Chartsurfer.de , accessed on June 12, 2018.
- ↑ Tin Men (1987) Soundtracks . Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ↑ a b Jools Holland: Barefaces Lies and Boogie-woogie Boasts , 1st. Edition, Penguin Books , London , England 2007, ISBN 9780718149154 , p. 192.
- ^ Fine Young Cannibals: Good Thing . In: Music Video . London Records. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ^ A41 Eagles SC: Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing . In: Biography . A41 Eagles SC. Retrieved June 29, 2011.