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"Something Good"
Single by Utah Saints
from the album Utah Saints
Released25 May 1992 (1992-05-25)[1]
Length5:52
LabelLondon
Songwriter(s)Kate Bush, Jez Willis
Producer(s)Utah Saints
Utah Saints singles chronology
"What Can You Do for Me"
(1991) 		"Something Good"
(1992) 		"Believe in Me"
(1993)
"Something Good '08"
Single by Utah Saints
Released10 March 2008 (2008-03-10)[2]
Length2:44
LabelData
Songwriter(s)Kate Bush, Jez Willis
Producer(s)Utah Saints
Utah Saints singles chronology
"Lost Vagueness"
(2000) 		"Something Good '08"
(2008) 		"What Can You Do for Me vs. Drumsound and Bassline Smith"
(2012)

"Something Good" is a song by English electronic music duo Utah Saints. It was first included as the opening song on a seven-track EP titled Something Good, then later included on their debut album, Utah Saints (1992). The song contains a vocal sample from Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting", which had been a top-20 UK hit in 1985. Issued as a single on 25 May 1992, it reached number four on the UK Singles Chart as well as number seven on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. The BBC used the song during its coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the Barcelona Olympic Games of 1992 and was also used for Carlton Television's pre-launch trailer.

In 2007, the track was remixed by Australian band Van She under their electro remix pseudonym, "Van She Tech", and released in March 2008 as "Something Good '08" with a new music video. Bush's vocal sample was re-recorded by Davina Perera—a West End singer/actress and former Pop Idol contestant—but remained the focal point of the song. The remix entered the top 10 on downloads alone, climbing to number eight on the UK Singles Chart after the CD release. It was the band's first top-20 hit in 15 years.[3]

Critical reception

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Jon Wilde from Melody Maker wrote, "Kate Bush's ravishing "Cloudbusting" sampled to good effect and transformed into a whirligig electo-swirl that is packed with the kind of lecherous tics that are always guaranteed to separate this kind of stuff from the massed ranks of the frighteningly ordinary."[4]

"Something Good '08" music video

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The music video for "Something Good '08", set in a Cardiff bar on St David's Day 1989, and featuring the 'Running Man' dance, was directed by Eran Creevy and choreographed by Kate Prince of ZooNation.[5][6] It featured lead dancer Anthony Trahearn, dancers Jessica Grist and Simone Edwards, Lee Toomes as the DJ and Matthew Medland as Benjamin Pew.[7][8] Jez Willis and Tim Garbutt of Utah Saints cameo in the video, as the pool players standing in front of the pool table. In the music video, the main dancer is wearing a pair of Nike Air Jordan 3’s with the red colorway.

The video won the category for Best Dance Video at the UK Music Video Awards 2008.[9] In 2017 Complex.com placed it at number 78 in "The Best Music Videos of the 2000s".[10]

Track listings

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  • "Something Good" (1992 UK CD single)
  1. "Something Good" (7-inch) – 3:33
  2. "Something Good" (12-inch) – 5:58
  3. "Something Good" (051 Mix) – 5:47
  4. "Trance Atlantic Flight" – 7:09
  • "Something Good" (1992 US single)
  1. "Something Good" – 5:55
  2. "Anything Can Happen" – 3:12
  3. "What Can You Do for Me" – 6:06
  4. "Trance Atlantic Flight" – 7:08
  5. "Trance Europe Caress" – 5:01
  6. "Something Good" (051 Mix by John Kelley) – 5:45
  7. "What Can You Do for Me" (Salt Lake Mix) – 5:53
  1. "Something Good '08" (radio edit) – 2:44
  2. "Something Good '08" (Van She Tech Mix)
  3. "Something Good '08" (High Contrast Remix)
  4. "Something Good '08" (Warren Clarke Remix)
  5. "Something Good '08" (Ian Carey Remix)
  6. "Something Good '08" (Prok & Fitch Remix)
  7. "Something Good '08" (eSquire Remix)
  8. "Something Good '08" (Video)
  • "Something Good '09" (2009 US digital EP)
  1. "Something Good '09" (radio edit) – 2:42
  2. "Something Good '09" (Warren Clarke radio edit)
  3. "Something Good '09" (Van She Tech Mix)
  4. "Something Good '09" (eSquire Remix)
  5. "Something Good '09" (Bart B More Remix)

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for "Something Good" and "Something Good '08"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[21] Gold 35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[31]
"Something Good '08" 		Gold 400,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 23 May 1992. p. 19. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. ^ Masterton, James (17 February 2008). "Week Ending February 23rd 2008". Chart Watch UK. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Utah Saints". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  4. ^ Wilde, Jon (30 May 1992). "Singles". Melody Maker. p. 29. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Utah Saints "Something Good '08" (Ministry of Sound) (2008) music video 2:45 (UK)". 26 February 2008.
  6. ^ "Kate Prince - Associate Artists - Sadler's Wells Theatre". www.sadlerswells.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  7. ^ "Utah Saints". Mandy.
  8. ^ "Judges". showyourdance.
  9. ^ "Past Winners 2008". ukmva.com. London: uk music video awards. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  10. ^ "The Best Music Videos of the 2000s". Complex.
  11. ^ "Utah Saints – Something Good". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 28. 11 July 1992. p. 11. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  13. ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Something Good". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  15. ^ "Utah Saints – Something Good". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  16. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  17. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. 21 November 1992. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Dance Club Songs". Billboard. 17 October 1992. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  19. ^ "Dance Singles Sales". Billboard. 31 October 1992. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  20. ^ "Alternative Airplay". Billboard. 5 September 1992. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  21. ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 291.
  22. ^ "Year End Charts: Top Singles". Music Week. 16 January 1993. p. 8.
  23. ^ "Utah Saints – Something Good '08". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  24. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Something Good '08". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  25. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 16, 2008" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  26. ^ "Utah Saints – Something Good '08" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  27. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  28. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  29. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  30. ^ "End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  31. ^ "British single certifications – Utah Saints – Something Good '08". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
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