Good-Bye Bad Times

"Good-Bye Bad Times" is a song by British singer and songwriter Philip Oakey and Italian producer Giorgio Moroder. It was written by Oakey and Moroder and recorded for the album Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder. Released as a single in the UK in June 1985 as the follow-up to Oakey and Moroder's 1984 hit "Together in Electric Dreams", it reached number 44 on the singles charts and remained on the charts for 5 weeks.^[2] It was moderately successful in Australia, where it peaked at number 26.^[3]

Virgin Records had high expectations for the single but it failed to sell in the quantities forecast.^{[citation needed]} After a final single, "Be My Lover Now", the short partnership between Oakey and Moroder effectively ended. Oakey then returned to work with his band the Human League full-time.

Music video

The music video for "Good-Bye Bad Times" was quite a high budget production as Virgin Records had high expectations for the song after the huge international success of "Together in Electric Dreams". It was filmed in black and white, directed by Steve Barron and has a Victoriana theme. It is set in 19th century London and features unrequited love between a city gent and a pretty working-class girl. Oakey features inset in the early scenes and later as a singer in the background of a music hall dressed in Victorian attire. A paradox of the video is that the modern music is completely at odds with the scenery and story board.

Critical reception

Upon its release as a single, Mike Gardner of Record Mirror praised "Good-Bye Bad Times" as "simple, energetic and none the less effective for all that" and added, "It's not far from the rip-roaring disposable pop the Human League could be releasing if they weren't so self-conscious after the success of Dare."^[4] Charles Shaar Murray of NME noted that Oakey and Moroder had "come up with something that could have fallen off the back of Dare" and added that "if you were seriously drunk you could get it confused with parts of 'Love Action'".^[5] Maureen Rice of Smash Hits commented, "The usual Moroder electro-beat and the usual Oakey monotone make this an oddly old-fashioned sounding disco record. The kind of record people used to do flashy twirls to about three years ago, in fact."^[6]

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	26
UK Singles (OCC)^[7]	44
US Hot Dance/Disco Club Play (Billboard)^[8]	20
US Hot Dance/Disco 12 Inch Singles Sales (Billboard)^[9]	17
US Top 75 12" Singles (Cash Box)^[10]	37

References

^ Smith, Robin (8 June 1985). "News: The Bear Facts". Record Mirror. p. 6.
^ Kolling, Niels
^ ^a ^b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ Gardner, Mike (22 June 1985). "Singles". Record Mirror. p. 8. ISSN 0144-5804.
^ Murray, Charles Shaar (22 June 1985). "Singles". New Musical Express. p. 21.
^ Rice, Maureen (18 June 1985). "Singles". Smash Hits. Vol. 7, no. 12. p. 19.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ "Hot Dance/Disco - Club Play". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 37. Billboard Publications, Inc. 14 September 1985. p. 80. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ "Hot Dance/Disco - 12 Inch Singles Sales". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 36. Billboard Publications, Inc. 7 September 1985. p. 54. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ "Top 75 12" Singles". Cash Box. Vol. 49, no. 15. 28 September 1985. p. 21. ISSN 0008-7289.

External links

http://www.the-black-hit-of-space.dk/goodbye_bad_times.htm

v t e Giorgio Moroder
Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	That's Bubblegum – That's Giorgio Giorgio Son of My Father Giorgio's Music Einzelgänger Knights in White Satin From Here to Eternity Love's in You, Love's in Me E=MC² Innovisions Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder Déjà Vu
Soundtracks	Midnight Express American Gigolo Cat People Flashdance Scarface Superman III Electric Dreams
Singles	"Chase" "Mah Nà Mah Nà" "From Here to Eternity" "Cat People" "Together in Electric Dreams" "Reach Out" "Good-Bye Bad Times" "Be My Lover Now" "Right Here, Right Now" "Déjà Vu" "Tom's Diner" "Winner Takes It All"
Other songs	"Son of My Father" "Carry On" "Giorgio by Moroder" "Midnight (Giorgio Moroder remix)"
Related articles	Spinach 1 Metropolis "Call Me" "To Be Number One" Fantastic Four

v t e The Human League
Philip Oakey Joanne Catherall Susan Ann Sulley Ian Craig Marsh Martyn Ware Philip Adrian Wright Ian Burden Jo Callis
Albums	Reproduction Travelogue Dare Love and Dancing Hysteria Crash Romantic? Octopus Secrets Credo
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Soundtrack to a Generation The Very Best of The Human League (1998) The Golden Hour of the Future The Very Best of The Human League (2003) Live at the Dome Original Remixes & Rarities
EPs	The Dignity of Labour Holiday '80 The Sound of the Crowd Fascination! Dance Like a Star
Singles	"Being Boiled" "I Don't Depend on You" (The Men) "Empire State Human" "Only After Dark" "Boys and Girls" "The Sound of the Crowd" "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" "Open Your Heart" "Don't You Want Me" "Mirror Man" "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" "The Lebanon" "Life on Your Own" "Louise" "Human" "I Need Your Loving" "Love Is All That Matters" "Heart Like a Wheel" "Soundtrack to a Generation" "Tell Me When" "One Man in My Heart" "Filling Up with Heaven" "Stay with Me Tonight" "All I Ever Wanted" "The Things That Dreams Are Made Of" "Night People"
Video and DVDs	Video Single (1983) The Human League Greatest Hits The Very Best of The Human League Live at the Dome
Related articles	Discography Heaven 17 British Electric Foundation Reproductions Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder YMO Versus The Human League

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