| Something Good | |
| Cover: | Utahsaintssomethinggood.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Utah Saints |
| Album: | Utah Saints |
| Released: | [1] |
| Length: | 5:52 |
| Label: | London |
| Producer: | Utah Saints |
| Prev Title: | What Can You Do for Me |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | Believe in Me |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
| Something Good '08 | |
| Cover: | Somethinggood08.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Utah Saints |
| Released: | [2] |
| Length: | 2:44 |
| Label: | Data |
| Producer: | Utah Saints |
| Prev Title: | Lost Vagueness |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
| Next Title: | What Can You Do for Me vs. Drumsound and Bassline Smith |
| Next Year: | 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]
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]
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.
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]
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[11] | 19 | |
|---|---|---|
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] | 13 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100[13] | 98 | |
| US Dance Club Play (Billboard)[14] | 7 | |
| US Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)[15] | 26 | |
| US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[16] | 7 |
| Australia (ARIA)[17] | 52 | |
|---|---|---|
| UK Singles (OCC)[18] | 36 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[19] | 60 |
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