| "Good Time" | ||||
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| Single byAmerican Spring | ||||
| from the albumSpring | ||||
| B-side | "Sweet Mountain" | |||
| Released | May 1, 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1970–1972 | |||
| Studio | Beach Boys Studio, Los Angeles | |||
| Length | 2:49 | |||
| Label | United Artists | |||
| Songwriters | Brian Wilson,Al Jardine | |||
| Producers | Brian Wilson,Stephen Desper | |||
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| "Good Time" | |
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| Song bythe Beach Boys | |
| from the albumThe Beach Boys Love You | |
| Released | April 11, 1977 |
| Recorded | 1970 |
| Length | 2:50 |
| Label | Brother/Reprise |
| Songwriters | Brian Wilson, Al Jardine |
| Producer | Brian Wilson |
"Good Time" is a song by American pop music duoAmerican Spring from their 1972 albumSpring. It was written byBrian Wilson andAl Jardine originally forthe Beach Boys' albumSunflower (1970). In 1972, Spring released "Good Time" as their second single, recording their voices atop the Beach Boys' instrumental track. In 1977, the Beach Boys released their original version of the song on the albumThe Beach Boys Love You.[1]
Jardine commented, "I co-wrote 'Good Time' with Brian; that's a typical Brian track. It was really a lot of fun doing that."[2]
The basic track for "Good Time" was first recorded bythe Beach Boys on January 7, 1970 atBrian Wilson's home studio with horns overdubbed at a later date.[3]David Sandler remembers that when the session players arrived to Wilson's home, "he went to his office and wrote horn charts while talking to me. It was an amazing horn line, with this overridingFrench horn riff, and he did the whole thing while having a conversation with me."[4] The track was included on the provisional track listing forAdd Some Music, but when that album andReverberation were reconfigured byWarner Bros. Records intoSunflower, "Good Time" was not included.[5]
During the tracking session for "Good Time", the track segued into a piano rendition ofthe Beatles' "You Never Give Me Your Money".[6] In 2021, the recording was included as a track on the compilationFeel Flows.[7]
In the second quarter of 1972,Marilyn Wilson ofAmerican Spring overdubbed a lead vocal atop the backing track and backing vocals from The Beach Boys' 1970 session with further work done by producers Brian Wilson, David Sandler andStephen Desper. This version of "Good Time" was issued as a single on May 1, 1972 and was later included on their début albumSpring.[8][9]
The Beach Boys released an unadorned version of the original 1970 take of "Good Time" on their 1977 albumThe Beach Boys Love You.[10] Wilson explained that he recycled the song forLove You becauseSpring had sold poorly, and he thought, "Maybe the exposure to that song to people might be good. Why waste a song?"[11] Since the recording of "Good Time", Wilson's voice had deteriorated significantly, making it the only track onLove You in which his singing is not coarse.[12]
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