Goody Two Shoes (song)

There are two versions of the cover. The first has Adam and the Ants across the top of the sleeve and the later version just Adam Ant. This is probably due to the confusion around the timing of Adam going solo, particularly as the song was performed by three fifths of the band Ant, Pirroni and Hughes.[6]

There are also two different studio versions of the song. The UK 7" single version is notably different from the re-recorded version which appears on Friend or Foe. The single version has a different, more reverberating drum track. The Friend or Foe version, instead of Hughes on drums, features Bogdan Wiczling, drummer on the rest of the album.[7]

Adam Ant performed "Goody Two Shoes" at Top of the Pops on 20 May 1982.[8]

Ant sometimes recorded new versions of his pre-1980 compositions for the B-side of his singles. For this single, an old Ant song from 1977 called "Red Scab" was used.[6]

All songs written by Adam Ant except as noted.[4]

1. "Goody Two Shoes" (Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni) – 3:15
2. "Red Scab" – 4:06

The video presents a stylized vision of a day in the life of Adam Ant, from dressing in the morning to performing on stage, to being hounded by the media. At the end of the day, he takes home a woman journalist played by British actress Caroline Munro, in effect answering the song's theme question, "What do you do?" The video also starred veteran actors Graham Stark as the butler and Dandy Nichols.

• "Goody Two Shoes" was featured in the film Hot Fuzz.[25] and The Umbrella Academy [26]

• Punk band Unwritten Law later covered this song.[27]
• In 2014, singer-songwriters Jim Boggia and Pete Donnelly released a cover version of the song on the multi-artist compilation album Here Comes The Reign Again: The Second British Invasion.[28]

• The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes
• List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s
• List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s