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“Good People” by Jack Johnson
From the album In Between Dreams (2005)
“Good People” by Jack Johnson appears on 23 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2005 and 2022. It was first released in 2005 on the album In Between Dreams. Its best result is #20 on the Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #54 alternative song of 2005, #3,947 alternative song of all time and #496 of the '00s.
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"Good People" sits fourth on Jack Johnson's 2005 album In Between Dreams, and it's a protest song in beach clothes. The groove is easy and sunny, but Johnson, who wrote it alone, is taking aim at modern television, the steady diet of violence on the screen and what it does to the people watching. He'd poked at the same subject on "Cookie Jar" from On and On, more openly and more mournfully; here the bite hides behind a smile.
Johnson plays guitar and sings, with Zach Gill's piano bouncing along, Merlo Podlewski on bass and Adam Topol on drums and percussion. Mario Caldato Jr. produced, engineering and mixing it with Robert Carranza. It went to number one on Billboard's Adult Alternative chart and was certified gold.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 31 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005 | 107 |
| 2005 | 41 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005 | 91 |
| 2005 | 68 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005 | 106 |
| 2005 | 42 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
| 2005 | 60 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005 | 100 |
| 2005 | 35 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005 | 99 |
| 2005 | 20 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2005 | 105 |
| 2005 | 60 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 | 230 |
| 2005 | 76 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005 | 103 |
| 2005 | 85 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2005 | 100 |
| 2005 | 80 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 355 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
| 2007 | 1541 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1705 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 808 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 1720 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1753 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1828 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1893 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2013 | 271 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2014 | 1966 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2018 | 269 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2022 | 695 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
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