Good Excuse

"Good Excuse"
Single by The John Butler Trio
from the album Grand National
A-side"Good Excuse"
ReleasedMarch 2007 (2007-03)
Recorded2004
Sing Sing Studios
Melbourne, Australia
GenreAlternative rock, roots rock, funk
Length3:26
LabelJarrahAUS
AtlanticUS
Songwriter(s)John Butler
Producer(s)John Butler
Mario Caldato Jr.
The John Butler Trio singles chronology
"Funky Tonight"
(2006)
"Good Excuse"
(2007)
"Better Than"
(2007)

"Good Excuse" is a promotional-only release by the Australian jam band, The John Butler Trio, from their fourth studio album Grand National.

"Good Excuse" was released in March 2007 in Australia by Jarrah Records and in the United States by Atlantic Records.

Butler describes the song as a "wake-up call to our self-obsessed consumerist society".[1][2]

  1. ^ "John Butler Trio Biography". ArtistDirect. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Grand designs". Sydney Morning Herald. 22 March 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2014.