Good Times (Sam Cooke song)

In a retrospective review in 1971, music critic Dave Marsh wrote that "at his very best, Cooke utilized a perfect lyrical sentimentality... listen to 'Good Times' – It might be one o'clock and it might be three/Time don't mean that much to me/Ain't felt this good since I don't know when/And I might not feel this good again/So come on baby, let the good times roll/We gonna stay here til we soothe our soul. That summed up perfectly what rock and roll was about, and still is, in so many ways."[2]

The song has been covered by others artists.

• Ike & Tina Turner covered the song in 1964; released on their album Live! The Ike & Tina Turner Show in January 1965.
• Aretha Franklin covered the song on her record I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You in 1967.
• The Rolling Stones released their version of "Good Times" on the album Out of Our Heads. It was released in the US on 30 July 1965 and in the UK on 24 September 1965.
• Phoebe Snow covered the song on her self-titled record.
• The Grateful Dead covered the song numerous times live, most famously as the show opener at Alpine Valley 1989
• Ian Moss recorded a version for his sixth studio album, Soul on West 53rd (2009).
• Eleanor McEvoy covered the song on the album I'd Rather Go Blonde (2010)
• Journey released a previously unreleased version for their Time3 CD box set. (1992).

Dan Seals' version was a Number One hit on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in mid-1990, and is the second single from his 1990 album On Arrival. His version stayed at number 1 for two weeks, and was his last number 1 hit, as well as his last top 40 hit of his career.[5]