Good Times (Finger Eleven song)
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"Good Times" is a song by Canadian hard rock band Finger Eleven
Finger Eleven
Finger Eleven is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 1989. They have currently released five studio albums, with their album The Greyest of Blue Skies bringing them into the mainstream...

 and the lead single
Lead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...

 from their eponymous album
Finger Eleven (album)
Finger Eleven is the fourth album from the Canadian alternative rock band Finger Eleven. Because of its commercial success, they were welcomed to the SnoCore 2004 tour. "One Thing" became the biggest single off this record, reaching 16 on the Billboard Hot 100...

. The single was released in June 2003 while it made its radio debut slightly prior.

The song bears a more upbeat melody than many of Finger Eleven's previous singles. Vocals transition between heavy singing and falsetto
Falsetto
Falsetto is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous edges of the vocal folds, in whole or in part...

 during the chorus.

Music video

The song's music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 features the band playing at the Ice Hotel
Ice hotel
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 in Quebec. While it did not receive significant airplay, "Good Times" managed to feature on MTV2
MTV2
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.

Presence in video games

The song is featured in the video games SSX 3
SSX 3
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and 1080° Avalanche
1080° Avalanche
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.

Track listing

  1. "Good Times"
  2. "Quicksand"
  3. "Complicated Questions"
  4. "Good Times" (Video)
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