I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)

"I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)"
UK and remixes EP release cover art
Single by Jamie xx featuring Young Thug and Popcaan
from the album In Colour
ReleasedMay 22, 2015 (2015-05-22)
StudioFortress Studios
(London, England)
Genre
Length3:33
LabelYoung Turks
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jamie xx
Jamie xx singles chronology
"Gosh"
(2015)
"I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)"
(2015)
"Idontknow"
(2020)
Young Thug singles chronology
"Check"
(2015)
"I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)"
(2015)
"Rihanna"
(2015)
Popcaan singles chronology
"Unruly Prayer"
(2015)
"I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)"
(2015)
"Way Up"
(2015)
Music video
"I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" on YouTube

"I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" is a song by English music producer Jamie xx, with featured vocals from American rapper Young Thug and Jamaican musician Popcaan. The song was released as the third single from Jamie xx's debut studio album, In Colour, on 22 May 2015 in the UK and 28 August in the U.S. The official music video for the song was uploaded to YouTube on 28 September 2015. "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" peaked at number 115 on the UK Singles Chart and number 90 on the Australian ARIA Charts.

It also appears on the soundtrack for the video game NBA Live 16 and NBA 2K17 while also appearing in an episode of Euphoria. English rapper Skepta's grime-influenced remix of the song made its debut on Drake's OVO Sound Radio on Apple Music's Beats 1 radio station.[1][2] On March 3, 2021, the song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and streaming data of over 500,000 units in the United States.[3]

  1. ^ "Skepta Has Given Jamie xx's "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" a Grime Twist". Noisey. Vice Media. August 10, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Minsker, Evan (August 9, 2015). "Skepta Remixes Jamie xx's "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)"". Pitchfork Media. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on June 14, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "Popcaan Earns His First Gold Certification From The RIAA". DancehallMag. 2021-03-10. Archived from the original on 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-03-10.