Good Fortune (song)

"Good Fortune"
Single by PJ Harvey
from the album Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
B-side
  • "66 Promises"
  • "Memphis"
  • "30"
Released13 November 2000 (2000-11-13)[1]
RecordedMarch–April 2000
StudioLinford Manor in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Genre
Length3:23
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)PJ Harvey
Producer(s)Rob Ellis, Mick Harvey, PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey singles chronology
"The Wind"
(1998)
"Good Fortune"
(2000)
"A Place Called Home"
(2001)
Music video
"Good Fortune" on YouTube

Good Fortune is a song by English alternative rock musician PJ Harvey. It is the second track and lead single from her fifth studio album Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, and was released on 13 November 2000 on Island Records. In the United States, it was shipped to college radio on 26 October.[2] The song was written by Harvey and self-produced with Mick Harvey and Rob Ellis.

Upon its release, "Good Fortune" received positive critical acclaim and charted in both France and the United Kingdom, peaking at number 100 and number 41 respectively. The song had an accompanying music video, directed by Sophie Muller.

  1. ^ "London's 'Good Fortune'!". NME. 13 November 2000.
  2. ^ "Billboard". 21 October 2000.