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Good TimeThe Beach Boys

Released: April 11, 1977

Songwriter: Al Jardine Brian Wilson

Producer: Brian Wilson

[Verse 1]
My girlfriend Betty she's always ready
To help me in any way
She'll do my cooking she's always looking
For ways she can make my day
And when I'm looking at her the sound of pitter patter
On rainy days like today
Could get you feeling warmer
And you know what-a that can lead to

[Chorus]
Maybe it won't last but what do we care
My baby and I just want a good time
Might go up in smoke now but what do we care
My baby and I just want a good time

[Verse 2]
My girlfriend Penny, she's kind of skinny
And so she needs her falsies on
She don't like cooking but she's so good looking
I miss her when she's gone
And when she gets to dancing I feel just like romancing
Especially when we're dancing close
She'll do the dirty boogie
And that's when I go up in smoke

[Chorus]
Maybe it won't last but what do we care
My baby and I just want a good time
Might end up in tears now but what do we care
My baby and I just want a good time

[Bridge]
Wo wo wo wo wo wo wo uh
Wo wo wo
Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo
Wo wo wo

[Chorus]
Maybe it won't last but what do we care
My baby and I just want a good time
But just a few hours with nothin', whoa, what do we care
Let's have a good time

[Outro]
Good time
Oh good time
Oh good time
Goooooood tiiiiiiiiime
Hey

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time and the first American pop band to reach the 50-year milestone. Their vocal harmonies are among the most unmistakable and enduring of the rock and roll era.

Formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California, by Brian Wilson, his two brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and classmate Al Jardine, the group’s first single “Surfin'” got them signed to Capitol Records and they quickly became one of the most popular and successful artists of the surf music craze of the 1960s. From 1962 to 1966, The Beach Boys scored over twenty top 40 hits in the US including the chart-toppers “I Get Around”, “Help Me Rhonda” & “Good Vibrations” along with the top 5’s “Surfin USA”, “Fun, Fun, Fun”, “California Girls”, “Barbara Ann” & “Sloop John B”. Several of the band’s singles also found top 40 success in Canada, Australia, Sweden and the UK. In 1965, de facto leader Brian Wilson suffered a mental breakdown due to the stress of writing, producing & touring combined with substance abuse issues, causing him to step down and stop traveling with the band on tour.

Inspired by producer Phil Spector and The Beatles' Rubber Soul, Brian focused on studio work, determined to keep the group relevant as the surf music scene was fading with their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Despite tension between members in the studio about this new direction, lack of faith from the record label, mixed reviews, and comparatively lukewarm reception initially in the US, the album still found massive success in the UK and earned accolades from fellow artists including The Beatles, who acknowledged that the album was their inspiration to further push the boundaries of pop music with their landmark album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Eventually Pet Sounds would be acknowledged as one of the greatest albums ever recorded by several media outlets like The Times, Mojo Magazine, The Guardian, VH1, BBC and Rolling Stone.

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