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“Nothin But a Good Time” by Poison
From the album Open Up and Say… Ahh! (1988)
“Nothin But a Good Time” by Poison appears on 61 radio countdowns from 25 stations between 1990 and 2026. It was first released in 1988 on the album Open Up and Say… Ahh!. Its best result is #41 on the WPDH Top 1015 (2023). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #346 classic rock song of all time.
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"Nothin' But a Good Time" was the first single from Open Up and Say... Ahh!, Poison's second album, which Enigma released in May 1988, and it's a party anthem with no apologies. All four members share the writing credit: Bret Michaels hollers like the night will never end, C.C. DeVille's guitar squeals and sparks, and Bobby Dall and Rikki Rockett keep the beat as blunt as a bar fight. Tom Werman produced, Duane Baron engineered, and the mix gleams like fresh hairspray.
The single came backed with "Livin' for the Minute" and "Look But You Can't Touch", reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit the top 10 in Australia. Louder later placed it fourth among the 20 greatest hair metal anthems ever.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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Also listed as: Nothing But A Good Time; Nothin' But a Good Time; Nothin' But A Good Time; Nuthin' but a Good Time; Nothin' but a Good Time; Nothing But a Good Time.
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