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| Single by Kanye West featuring T-Pain from the album Graduation |
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| Released | October 2, 2007 | ||||
| Format | CD single, digital download, USB flash drive | ||||
| Recorded | 2007 | ||||
| Genre | Hip Hop | ||||
| Length | 3:26 | ||||
| Label | GOOD Music, Island Def Jam, Roc-A-Fella | ||||
| Writer(s) | Kanye West, Faheem Najm, James Ingram, Quincy Jones, Adrian Davis | ||||
| Producer | Kanye West and DJ Toomp (additional production by Mike Dean) (additional drum programming by Timbaland) | ||||
| Certification | Gold | ||||
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"Good Life"1 is the Grammy Award winning third single from rapper Kanye West's album Graduation.2 It features R&B artist T-Pain and uses sampled keys from the song "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" as performed by Michael Jackson. The single was officially released on October 2, 2007, even though it had already charted. The song won the Grammy for Best Rap Song at the 50th Grammy Awards.
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Music video
The video premiered on September 11, 2007 as MTV Jams' "Jam of the Week". The video features West and T-Pain performing with animated backdrops and often mouthing the words of the song lyrics, which appear in large letters. At 2:15 and at the end of the video, one can see Michael Jackson wearing the costume from his Billie Jean music video. The video is similar to Justice's "D.A.N.C.E." video and Madonna's "Four Minutes" . The directors of the video are Jonas & François with animation by So Me, all three directed Justice's "D.A.N.C.E." video. The version of the song used in the video contains an additional 23 second intro that the album version does not have. The video also features model Angel Melaku. The video has reached #4 so far on VH1's VSpot Top 20 Countdown. It ranked #40 on VH1's "Top 40 Videos of 2007." West special-guest starred on the second to last episode of the fourth season of the popular HBO show Entourage. His bit role is shown to be quite significant as he helps the characters achieve a goal that earlier appeared impossible. As the episode comes to a close West and the recurring characters take off on a private jet as "the Good Life" plays in the background.
Chart performance
The song debuted at number 63 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs during the chart week of September 22, 2007. It has so far reached #3 on the chart, becoming his second top ten single off of Graduation. In addition, following the release of Graduation, the song quickly rose to as high as #3 on the iTunes Store top 100 selling songs. The chart week of September 29, 2007, it was the "Hot Shot Debut" of the week on the Hot 100 debuting at #14 due to strong digital downloads. It has since climbed to #7, becoming his second consecutive top ten Hot 100 single from Graduation, and T-Pain's sixth top 10 single. It debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at #39, currently it has peaked at #23. "Good Life" showed a strong reaction from the MuchMusic Countdown, where it reached #1. The song was released in the UK on November 5, 2007, however it reached #33 there without being officially released. Upon its release it has so far risen to #23 there.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| Brazilian Hot 100 | 623 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 234 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 74 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 18 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 21 |
| German Singles Chart | 78 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 14 |
| UK Singles Chart | 23 |
References
- ^ Note: The song is titled as "The Good Life" on MTV and on Kanye's official website. However, the name of the song is simply "Good Life" with "the" omitted on the track listing of Graduation.
- ^ (August 1, 2007). Clinton and Kanye Honor Quincy. Entertainment Tonight. Accessed August 2, 2007.
- ^ Brazilian Hot 100 Songs & Tracks. Hot100Brasil. Retrieved December 23, 2007.
- ^ a b c "T-Pain and Kanye West - Good Life worldwide chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
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