Song · Sarah McLachlan
“Good Enough” by Sarah McLachlan
From the album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
“Good Enough” by Sarah McLachlan appears on 12 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1994 and 2005. It was first released in 1993 on the album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. Its best result is #52 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #223 alternative song of 1994 and #2,350 alternative song of all time.
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"Good Enough" was the third and final single from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Sarah McLachlan's third studio album, released in 1993. She wrote it alone and plays the piano, with Pierre Marchand producing and adding drum machine, Bill Dillon on guitar and organ, Brian Minato on bass and Ashwin Sood on drums.
It's a hushed, patient song that lets the melody carry the weight, and the weight is heavy: the lyrics deal with abuse and violence against women and girls, a theme the Kharen Hill-directed video carried through. In Canada it climbed to number 9, her first time inside the top 10 there, and in the US it reached number 77. The single's flip side was her cover of Joni Mitchell's "Blue".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 89 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 | 101 |
| 1994 | 80 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 | 94 |
| 1995 | 52 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1003 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 974 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1025 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 991 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 991 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 976 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 976 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2004 | 864 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2005 | 977 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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