Good Times : Rolling Stone

Written by: Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards
Produced by: Rodgers, Edwards
Released: June '79 on Atlantic
Charts: 19 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

The tone was half-ironic when Chic released "Good Times," a hedonistic roller-disco tune, during the Seventies recession. The other half was pure joy, and Edwards' bass line -- bouncing on one note, then climbing -- proved too snappy for just one song. Queen borrowed it for "Another One Bites the Dust"; in the South Bronx, the Sugarhill Gang put it under "Rappers Delight."

Appears on: Risque (Atlantic)

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