Song Name: That's Good
Artist: DEVO
Appears On:
- oh,no! it's DEVO, Greatest Hits, Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology, this is the DEVO box (album version)
- E-Z Listening Cassette Volume 2, E-Z Listening Disc (EZ version)
- Now It Can Be Told - Devo At The Palace, Butch Devo And The Sundance Gig
- Live at the Observatory, Santa Ana, CA (live versions)
Run Time: 3:24 (album version)
Year Released: 1982 (album version)
Years Performed: 1982, 1988-1991, 1996-1999, 2001, 2003-2014, 2019, 2021-present[1] setlist.fm stats
Writing Credits: Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald V. Casale
Sung By: Mark Mothersbaugh (lead), Gerald V. Casale (backing)
Alternate Versions:
Extended Version (5:08),[2]
Disconet Remix (5:50)
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E-Z Listening Version (3:36),
"TechnoDEVO" Version (4:13),
Devo 2.0 Version (3:22)
Demo Versions: That's Good (demo)
- Officially unreleased.
- Appears on Booji Boy's Basement release D003.
Song Connections: In Heaven Everything is Fine, cover song - (similar lyrics)
Trivia / Info:[]
- The music video for this song was banned by MTV due to the visual juxtaposition of a french-fry penetrating a Donut, and a smiling girl. MTV would only air an edited version.
- Jerry sings backing vocals on the lyrics "that's good" and "everybody."
- A version of this song was re-recorded for Devo 2.0, and includes some small lyric changes.
Onstage Behavior:
- During the 1982 tour, DEVO performed the song in front of a backdrop featuring the background visuals from the music video, and used similar stage choreography.
- Alan stands at his drum pads with a wide stance, as in the music video.
- During the 1982 tour, Mark Mothersbaugh thrusted his hips during the "explosion" sound effect. In performances from 1988 to present Mark pretended to "fire" his microphone at the audience.
Lyrics:
- everybody it's a good thing
- everybody wants a good thing
- everybody ain't it true that
- everybody's looking for the same thing
- ain't it true there's just no doubt
- may be some things that you can't do without
- and that's good
- ain't it true as the sun that shines
- you got yours and you got mine
- and that's good
- everybody's just like you it's true
- everybody wants a good thing too
- now let's have a great big hand
- for everybody who can understand
- life's a bee without a buzz
- it's going great till you get stung
- and let us not forget to toast
- everyone who might have missed the boat
- and to everybody else who waits
- until the next one sails in again
- everybody it's a good thing
- ain't it true it's a monumental good thing
Video:[]
- Appears on We're All DEVO, The Complete Truth About De-Evolution
Live Video:
- DEVO performs "That's Good" on Live In The Land Of The Rising Sun
- Clips from the "That's Good" music video were incorporated, with other footage, as a tour film projected while DEVO performed this song onstage. YouTube
References:
- ↑ DEVO Live Guide. Website keyword search for "that's good".
- ↑ stefanlast (uploader). (2023, October 21). Devo - That’s Good (extended version) (Exclusive promo only version) [Video]. YouTube. youtube.com/watch?v=lNZSCGnVA_I
External Links:
- That's Good b/w What I Must Do (master release) -- Discogs
- That's Good b/w What I Must Do (WB US single) -- 45cat
- That's Good (recording) -- MusicBrainz
- That's Good (overview) -- AllMusic
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