Chic - Good Times
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Good Times Chic Song
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Good Times - Chic (1979)
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- Duration: 8:11
- Published: 13 Sep 2010
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"Good Times" is a 1979 song composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. It was first recorded by their band Chic, for their 1979 album "Risqué". The lyrics are largely based on Milton Ager's "Happy Days Are Here Again". It also contains lines based on lyrics featured in "About A Quarter To Nine" made famous by Al Jolson. Nile Rodgers has stated that these depression-era lyrics were used as a hidden way to comment on the then-current economic depression in the United States. In August of that year, it became the band's second number one single on both the Billboard Hot 100 and soul singles chart. Along with the tracks, "My Forbidden Lover", and "My Feet Keep Dancing", "Good Times" reached number three on the disco charts. The song has become one of the most sampled tunes in music history, most notably in the song "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang. Other artists who have sampled "Good Times" or used its bassline for inspiration include Queen, Daft Punk, The Beastie Boys, Joe Budden, Vaughan Mason, Kool & The Gang, Mick Jagger, Busta Rhymes, Digital Underground, Change, Will Smith, Indeep, Public Enemy, INXS, Grandmaster Flash, Blondie, Kurtis Blow, Fugees, Justin Timberlake, De La Soul, LL Cool J, and many others. The song is ranked #224 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Chic (pronounced 'sheek', sometimes fully capitalized as CHIC) is an American disco and R&B band that was formed in 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard <b>...</b>
Chic - Good Times (with lyrics)
Chic's 1979 #1 hit "Good Times" with lyrics below. LYRICS: Good times These are the good times Leave your cares behind These are the good times Good times These are the good times Our new state of mind These are the good times Happy days are here again The time is right For makin' friends Let's get together How 'bout a quarter to ten Come tomorrow Let's all do it again Boys will be boys Better let them have their toys Girls will be girls Cute pony tails and curls Must put an end To this stress and strife I think I want to live the sporting life Good times These are the good times Leave your cares behind These are the good times Good times These are the good times Our new state of mind These are the good times A rumor has it that It's getting late Time marches on Just can't wait The clock keeps turning Why hesitate You silly fool You can't change your fate Let's cut a rug A little jive and jitterbug We want the best We won't settle for less Don't be a drag Participate Clams on the half shell And roller-skates Roller-skates Good times These are the good times Leave your cares behind These are the good times Good times These are the good times Our new state of mind These are the good times
CHIC - good times (live song)
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- Published: 04 Feb 2009
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the best song of chic (in concert)
Chic - Good Times
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- Duration: 3:31
- Published: 07 Jul 2008
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- Author: TheOldSchoolMusic
Chic - Good Times
How to play "Good Times" Chic (Also Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang)
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- Duration: 3:09
- Published: 10 Feb 2009
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- Author: oysterlovers
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First off is the full version of the main bit of the song - then the breakdown . Song is in E.
Chic Good Times
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- Duration: 4:14
- Published: 25 Apr 2008
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- Author: babaeskikurtu
Wonderful songs
Good Times - Chic/ Rappers delight
WatchMojo.com - This is one of the most classic basslines of all time and this bassists plays it then slows it down so you can get an idea of what he's doing. See more at www.WatchMojo.com!
Blondie/Chic/Fab Five Freddy/Funky Four Plus One-Good Times/Rapper's Delight-May 11, 1981 (live)
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This was recorded live at Bond's International Casino on May 11, 1981 at a benefit show for Anya Phillips. The band featured Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and Jimmy Destri from Blondie, Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards and Tony Thompson from Chic, and Walter Stedding. They performed three songs, Rapture (the earliest public performance of this song), The Jam Was Moving from Debbie Harry's upcoming solo album, and finally a medley of Good Times and Rapper's Delight. For the final song the band was joined on stage by rappers Fab Five Freddy and the Funky Four Plus One, who engaged in a rap jam. This show occurred a few weeks before the famous series of Clash shows at Bonds which featured rap/hip hop acts, and is likely the first rock/rap fusion ever recorded. This is an audience recording, but the quality is fairly decent.
How to Play: Chic - Good Times on Bass
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- Duration: 1:04
- Published: 05 Jan 2011
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- Author: adamstevensbass
**Please listen with headphones or good quality speakers if you really wanna hear the bass!!! Thank you!** Playing along to the bass line of "one of the most sampled tunes in music history, most notably in rap and hip-hop music" - most famously in the tune Rapper's Delight by Sugarhill Gang. "Good Times" is a 1979 song composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. It was first recorded by their band Chic, for their 1979 album Risqué. **NOTE: Used an electronic "funk bass filter" on my bass track, as close as I could imitate the original Bernard Edwards line** DISCLAIMER: THIS SONG/MUSIC WAS CREATED, PRODUCED, & PERFORMED BY THE BAND/COMPOSER IVE SITED. I IN NO WAY WISH TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THE REPLICATION OF THIS SONG/MUSIC & ONLY WISH TO USE IT IN A NON-VIOLATING MANNER. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. *Fair Use Notice* These videos may contain copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owners. I believe that this "non for profit* use on the Web constitutes a fair use of the copyrighted material (as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law).
Good Times Chic Bass lesson
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- Duration: 4:37
- Published: 26 Jun 2008
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- Author: carolinabgrass
Bass lesson for the song "Good Times" by Chic. The Bass Player for Chic was the amazing Bernard Edwards!
Chic - Mystique + Interview + Good Times (J Ross)
Chic perform Mystique then subject themselves to the Ross treatment, before finally ending the show with Good Times. This is for my friend Flavio 'Chic' Tucci to say thank you for the music. Bernard was the best bass player ever to walk the planet and his good friend Nile is the best funk rhythm guitarist to this day, not to forget a brilliant producer also. Pure Genius.
good times /chic
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- Duration: 8:24
- Published: 17 Apr 2007
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- Author: steevestuff
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Queen vs Chic - Good Times Bite The Dust (Mash-up by PiotreQ)
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- Duration: 3:50
- Published: 04 Nov 2010
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Download in high quality at: www.piotreqrmx.com (MP3 & FLAC) This is a mash-up of Good Times by Chic from their album Risqué (1979) with Another One Bites The Dust by Queen from the album The Game (1980). Created for fun and promotional use only. If you like the mixes I have created buy the original tracks to support the artists.
Good Times (Chic, 1979) - Seventy Level
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- Published: 16 Nov 2009
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- Author: seventylevel
Good Times is a 1979 song composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. It was first recorded by their band Chic, for their 1979 album Risqué. In August of that year, it became the band's second number one single on both the Billboard Hot 100 and soul singles chart.[1] Along with the tracks, "My Forbidden Lover", and "My Feet Keep Dancing", "Good Times" reached number three on the disco charts.The song has become one of the most sampled tunes in music history, most notably in rap and hip-hop music. The song is ranked #224 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Nikos Deja Vu - Le Chic - Good Times & Rappers Delight (Live)
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Nikos Deja Vu - Le Chic - Good Times & Rappers Delight (Live). A Classic and Historical Disco HIT. In my opinion this is the best dance song ever! Enjoy it! ______ Nikos Deja Vu n1k0s.multiply.com http
CHIC Vs SUGARHILL GANG - GOOD TIMES / RAPPER`s DELIGHT DJ N-JOY`s 2010 Extended Old School Mix .
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- Duration: 11:00
- Published: 23 Nov 2009
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- Author: djnjoyproduction
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CHIC Vs SUGARHILL GANG - GOOD TIMES / RAPPER`s DELIGHT DJ N-JOY`s 2010 Extended Old School Mix. Great brand New Hot Mixes of this classic tune Remixed by the one and only old skool boy DJ N-JOY (LEO STELLA) produced by Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards for chic production. this mix Will Never Be Released
Chic - Good times (bass play along)
the content of the song belongs to Chic or WMG, Not me I used it on backround to cover my bass playing on it only
Rapper's Delight Bass Cover by Tommy (Good Times - Le Chic Riff)
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- Duration: 4:00
- Published: 28 Feb 2008
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Rapper's Delight, cover by Tommy SUGAR HILL GANG whit Music man stingray bass
CHIC - What About Me.
"what about me", Ouch! If this song rings a chord, then you need to polish-up-your-act! Magical CD. By AK Wise "Ernie" (York, UK) "What About Me" - A sublime closing track that glides along on sweeping strings, tremoring guitar and a delicious piano groove. Chic - You have been found guilty of creating bafflingly wonderful music. Music that effortlessly spreads joy amongst its listeners. Music that makes your feet move and your heart groove. You have been found guilty of being uniformly excellent with a universal appeal! You are hereby sentenced to spend the rest of your days being tagged as "The Beatles of Disco". Yes, you really are THAT GOOD! Court dismissed. Mr. BAD Plowman "Brendan" (UK) Risqué is the third studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1979, the same year that Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers wrote and produced Sister Sledge's massively successful We Are Family. Risqué includes three classic Chic hits; "Good Times" (#1 Pop, #1 R&B June 23 1979), "My Forbidden Lover" (#33 R&B, #43 Pop October 13 1979) and "My Feet Keep Dancing" (#42 R&B, #101 Pop December 8 1979). Risqué reached #5 on the US albums chart and #2 on R&B and was followed by the release of the band's first greatest hits compilation Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits in late 1979. Risqué was transferred to compact disc and re-released by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991 (catalogue number 7567-80406-2), and remains one of two Chic studio <b>...</b>
Official - Seamus Haji V Mark Knight & Funkagenda - Good Times - Missspelt Music
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- Duration: 2:44
- Published: 10 Dec 2009
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***** OUT NOW! ***** iTunes: itunes.apple.com After the clubland smash that was 'Man With The Red Face', dancefloor Dons Mark Knight & Funkagenda continued the story with 'Good Times', a twisted dancefloor anthem, former Beatport #1, which was smashed from Miami to Moscow this summer. But the story didn't end there. Up steps international globetrotting DJ Seamus Haji with his unique interpretation on the Chic classic, a feel good sonic bomb just in time for the festive season. A heavyweight package from a heavyweight team on the hot new label Missspelt Music. Look out for more from this label throughout 2010! The video features skater Wendy Wheelz, and is directed by Static Revenger (Dennis White)
Mary J Blige /Medley Another One Bites/Good Times/Rapper's Delight UK 1997 Nathan East
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In 1997, a concert called "Songs and Visions" took place at Wembley Stadium in London which was basically a bunch of famous stars doing cover versions of some of the best songs of the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's as well as some of their originals. The video of this concert is very hard to find and on all of youtube only one song sung by Bon Jovi is to be found. The clip you are watching here is a medley of Another One Bites The Dust/Good Times (Chic)/Rapper's Delight. Mary J Blige joins the house band on Rapper's Delight and raps her own words. The two female singers are very familiar looking. Nathan East plays the bass and he gets really funky!
Chic - Good Times
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- Duration: 8:10
- Published: 12 Dec 2010
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- Author: OriginalSamples
1979 @ Atlantic
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Good Times (Chic song)
| Name | Good Times |
|---|---|
| Cover | Chic-GoodTimes.jpg |
| Cover | Chicgoodtimes.jpg |
| Artist | Chic |
| From album | Risqué |
| B-side | "A Warm Summer Night" |
| Released | 1979 |
| Format | 7", 12" |
| Recorded | 1979 |
| Genre | Disco, R&B; |
| Length | 3:24 (7")8:08 (12"/LP) |
| Label | Atlantic 3584 |
| Writer | Bernard EdwardsNile Rodgers |
| Producer | Bernard EdwardsNile Rodgers |
| Last single | "I Want Your Love"(1978) |
| This single | "Good Times"(1979) |
| Next single | "My Forbidden Lover"(1979) |
| Upper caption | Audio sample |
| Audio file | Good Times by Chic.ogg |
"Good Times" is a 1979 song composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. It was first recorded by their band Chic, for their 1979 album Risqué. In August of that year, it became the band's second number one single on both the Billboard Hot 100 and soul singles chart. Along with the tracks, "My Forbidden Lover", and "My Feet Keep Dancing", "Good Times" reached number three on the disco charts. The song has become one of the most sampled tunes in music history, most notably in rap and hip-hop music.
The song is ranked #224 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Lyrics
The lyrics are largely based on Milton Ager's "Happy Days Are Here Again." It also contains lines based on lyrics featured in "About a Quarter to Nine" made famous by Al Jolson. Nile Rodgers has stated that these depression-era lyrics were used as a hidden way to comment on the then-current economic depression in the United States.
Track listings
;Atlantic 7" 3584, June 4 1979;Atlantic 12" DK 4801, 1979
;Atlantic promo 12" DSKO 192, 1979
Chart positions
{|class="wikitable sortable" !Charts !Peakposition |- |U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |align="center"|1 |- |U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks |align="center"|26 |- |U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play |align="center"|3 |- |U.S. Billboard Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs |align="center"|1 |- |UK Singles Chart |align="center"|5 |- |}
Songs that sample "Good Times"
In late 1979, Debbie Harry suggested that Nile Rodgers join her and Chris Stein at a Hip hop event in a communal space taken over by young kids and teenagers with boom box stereos, who would play various pieces of music to which performers would break dance. The main piece of music they would use was the break section of "Good Times." A few weeks later, Blondie, The Clash and Chic were playing a gig in New York at Bonds nightclub. When Chic started playing "Good Times," rapper Fab Five Freddy and members of the Sugarhill Gang jumped up on stage and started freestyling with the band; Rodgers allowed them to "do their improvisation thing like poets, much like I would playing guitar with Prince."A few weeks later Rodgers was on the dance floor of New York club LaViticus and suddenly heard the DJ play a song which opened with Edwards bass line from "Good Times". Rogers approached the DJ who said he was playing a record he had just bought that day in Harlem. The song turned out to be an early version of "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang, which Rogers noted also included a scratched version of the song's string section. Rogers and Edwards threatened The Sugarhill Gang with legal action, which resulted in them being credited as co-writers on "Rappers Delight".
In the USA "Rapper's Delight" did not achieve as much chart success as "Good Times" (peaking at #36 on the U.S. pop chart and #4 on the American R&B; charts, compared to Chic's #1 peak on both charts) but it helped to popularize the bassline and the song, and it became one of the most sampled tracks (and hence one of the most distinctive basslines) in the history of recorded music. Having agreed on a commercial structure for the use of their song in "Rappers Delight", Edwards and Rodgers agreed to later uses in other songs, subject to their strict criteria.
In recent concerts, Nile Rodgers usually segues into his rendition of "Rapper's Delight" when Chic performs this song.
Sampling and motifs
This is an incomplete list of songs that either use direct samples from "Good Times", or feature an original recording where the bassline or other motifs (particularly that of the instrumental break) are inspired by the song.
Covers
References
External links
Category:Disco songs Category:Chic songs Category:1979 singles Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Category:Billboard Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles Category:Songs written by Bernard Edwards Category:Songs written by Nile Rodgers
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