Song · The B-52's
“Good Stuff” by The B-52's
From the album Good Stuff (1992)
“Good Stuff” by The B-52's appears on 15 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1992 and 2014. It was first released in 1992 on the album Good Stuff. Its best result is #32 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #82 alternative song of 1992 and #2,847 alternative song of all time.
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"Good Stuff" is the title track of the B-52's' sixth studio album, and it went out as the record's first single on Reprise in June 1992. It's the band doing what it does best: a bouncing, bubbly groove, Kate Pierson and Fred Schneider trading lines, Keith Strickland on guitar and vocals, and a chorus that sounds like it was written for a conga line. The three of them wrote it, and Don Was produced, with guests Sara Lee on bass, Zachary Alford on drums, Lenny Castro on percussion, Dave McMurray on saxophone and Pat Irwin and Jamie Muhoberac on keyboards.
It topped Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart for four weeks that July and reached number 28 on the Hot 100. RuPaul, already a veteran of the "Love Shack" clip, made a cameo in the video, and the song later turned up in D2: The Mighty Ducks.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 32 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1992 | 91 |
| 1992 | 63 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992 | 105 |
| 1992 | 73 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 1992 | 102 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 295 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) | 500 |
| 1996 | 256 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) | 498 |
| 1999 | 430 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) | 500 |
| 2002 | 1603 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1443 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2007 | 1635 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1635 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1651 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1691 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1758 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1819 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1886 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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