Good Thing

1989 single by Fine Young Cannibals
VisualArtwork single Q5582979
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Good Thing

Summary

Good Thing is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Good Thing's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Good Thing's genre is synth-pop[4].
  • Good Thing followed She Drives Me Crazy[5].
  • Good Thing was followed by Don't Look Back[6].
  • Among the performers on Good Thing was Fine Young Cannibals[7].
  • Good Thing's record label is recorded as London Records[8].
  • Good Thing is part of The Raw and the Cooked[9].
  • Good Thing was published on April 14, 1989[10].
  • Good Thing's different from is recorded as Good Thing[11].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 26954059-3983-3c29-8bc1-c879a7f07dfa[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Good Thing was performed by Fine Young Cannibals[7].

Publication

Good Thing was released on April 14, 1989[10]. Its genre is synth-pop[4]. It is part of The Raw and the Cooked[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Good Thing followed She Drives Me Crazy[5]. It was followed by Don't Look Back[6].

Why It Matters

Good Thing ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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