Good Thing (Fine Young Cannibals song)

"Good Thing"
Single by Fine Young Cannibals
from the album The Raw & the Cooked
B-side"Social Security"
Released14 April 1989
Recorded1987
Genre
Length3:24
LabelLondon
Songwriter(s)Roland Gift, David Steele
Producer(s)Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Young Cannibals singles chronology
"She Drives Me Crazy"
(1989) 		"Good Thing"
(1989) 		"Don't Look Back"
(1989)

"Good Thing" is a song by British band Fine Young Cannibals, released as the second single from their second and last album, The Raw & the Cooked (1989). The song was their second and final US number-one, topping the Billboard Hot 100 on 8 July 1989.[4] It also peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart.[5] The song made its first appearance in Tin Men (1987). Fine Young Cannibals portrayed a nightclub band in the movie, performing this song and three others (including the single's B-side "Social Security").[6] The film is set in Baltimore in 1963, and the song's retro soul style is consistent with that setting. Jools Holland played piano on the track, noting that it was "one of the biggest selling records I've ever played on".[7]

  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (28 July 2021). "Fine Young Cannibals' 'Good Thing'". Stereogum. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b Greene, Jo-Ann, Fine Young Cannibals -The Raw & the Cooked Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic
  3. ^ Smith, Troy L. (13 May 2021). "Every No. 1 song of the 1980s ranked from worst to best". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Billboard > Fine Young Cannibals Chart History > Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 200. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. ^ "Tin Men (1987) Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  7. ^ Holland, Jools (2007). Barefaces Lies and Boogie-woogie Boasts (1st ed.). London, England: Penguin Books. p. 192. ISBN 9780718149154.