"Good Thing" is a song by British R&B girl group Eternal, released on 26 February 1996 by EMI and 1st Avenue Records as the third single from their second album, Power of a Woman (1995). The song was written by David Frank and Jeff Pescetto, and produced by Dennis Charles and Ronnie Wilson. It reached 8 in the United Kingdom and stayed in the top 100 for eight weeks. "Good Thing" was their seventh non-consecutive top-10 hit in the UK.
Critical reception Gina Morris from Smash Hits gave the single three out of five, writing, "'Good Thing' strides in with all the cool bass funk of Snoop Doggy Dogg (with decidedly girly vocals), flaunts its thing and saunters out again. The best thing they've ever done by far."
Track listings UK CD1 and cassette single "Good Thing" (radio mix) "Stay" "So Good" "Oh Baby I..."
UK CD2 and Australasian CD single "Good Thing" (radio mix) "Good Thing" (Frankie Knuckles vocal club mix) "Good Thing" (Bottom Dollar vocal club mix) "Good Thing" (D.A.R.C. Velvet mix)
Credits and personnel Credits are adapted from the Power of a Woman album booklet.
Studio Mastered at The Master Room (London, England)
Personnel
David Frank – writing Jeff Pescetto – writing Kevin Armstrong – guitar Ronnie Wilson – production Dennis Charles – production Nick Hopkins – recording engineer Andy Bradfield – mix engineer Ashley Alexander – assistant engineer Paul Meehan – programming Sam Noel – technician Arun Chakraverty – mastering
Charts Chart (1996)PeakpositionAustralia (ARIA)82Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)49UK Airplay (Music Week)15UK Club Chart (Music Week)13
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