Good Times (The Easybeats song)

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"Good Times"
Single by The Easybeats
from the album Vigil
B-side	"Lay Me Down and Die" (instrumental)(UK)
Released	18 July 1968 (Australia) 13 September 1968 (UK)
Recorded	June to August 1967
Studio	Olympic Studios, South West London
Genre	Rock
Length	3:23
Label	Parlophone A-8406 (Australia) United Artists 67127 (Germany) UP 2243 (UK)
Songwriter(s)	George Young, Harry Vanda
Producer(s)	The Easybeats, Mike Vaughan & Glyn Johns (uncredited).
Australian singles chronology
"Hello, How Are You" (1967) "Good Times" (1968) "Lay Me Down and Die" (1968)
U.K. singles chronology
"Land of Make Believe" (1968) "Good Times" (1968) "St. Louis" (1969)
U.S. singles chronology
"Hello, How Are You" (1967) "Gonna Have a Good Time (Good Times)" (1968) "St. Louis" (1969)

"Good Times" (aka "Gonna Have a Good Time") is a song by the Australian rock band the Easybeats, written by George Young and Harry Vanda. It was released in June 1968 on their album Vigil, and as a single in July 1968 through Parlophone. It features guest vocals by Steve Marriott of Small Faces, and piano by Nicky Hopkins. The original Easybeats recording reached #22 in Australia. When broadcast by BBC radio, it was reportedly heard by Paul McCartney on his car radio; McCartney apparently rang the station immediately to request a repeat playing.^[1]

The song has been covered by Australian and international artists; in 1987, a version by INXS, featuring Jimmy Barnes, was included on the soundtrack of the film The Lost Boys and was a top 50 hit in the United States. It was also interpolated by Meat Loaf on his 1995 song "Runnin' for the Red Light (I Got a Life)".