(Girl We Got a) Good Thing

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"(Girl We Got a) Good Thing"
(Girl We Got a) Good Thing cover
Album track by Weezer
Album Weezer (The White Album)
Released April 1, 2016
Recorded 2015
Length 3:25
Label Crush Music/Atlantic Records
Writer(s) Rivers Cuomo
Producer(s) Jake Sinclair
Status Officially released
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Weezer (The White Album) track listing
"Thank God for Girls"
(3)
"(Girl We Got a) Good Thing"
(4)
"Do You Wanna Get High?"
(5)

This song is part of the "(Girl We Got a) Good Thing" lineage of songs

"(Girl We Got a) Good Thing" is the fourth track from The White Album.

Appearances

Overview

"(Girl We Got a) Good Thing" is one of three songs on The White Album to be written solely by Rivers Cuomo. In an interview for the podcast 2 Hours with Matt Pinfield in 2016,[1] Cuomo explained that the song was originally called "Codependent" and described a relationship that was "getting ugly", but didn't seem to "take-off" with the music. He then began singing the lyric "Good thing" around the melody, and wrote new lyrics about his experiences around Venice Beach.

Known recordings

Performer(s) Title Filename Date of recording Recording location Length Appeared on Notes
For prior demos, see "Codependent."
Rivers Cuomo Untitled5.mp3 2015 0:41 Alone XII: The White Year
Rivers Cuomo Girl We Got a Good Thing Girl We Got A Good thing   15.mp3 2015 0:33 Alone XII: The White Year
Rivers Cuomo Girl We Got a Good Thing Girl We Got A Good thing   16 2015 3:30 Alone XII: The White Year
Rivers Cuomo Girl We Got a Good Thing Girl We Got A Good thing   17 cross.mp3 2015 3:30 Alone XII: The White Year
Rivers Cuomo(?) good_thing_16_verse 2.mp3 2015/2016
Weezer (Girl We Got a) Good Thing 20152016
  • Infrasonic Sound, Los Angeles, CA
  • The Lair, Los Angeles, CA
  • Studio X, Sonoma, CA
  • United Recording, Los Angeles, CA
  • The Village, Los Angeles, CA
3:25 Weezer (The White Album)
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Personnel

Audio

Lyrics

Girl, we got a good thing
You know where this is heading, uh-huh
Just a couple love birds
Happy to be singing, uh-huh
Girl, we got a good thing
And I don't see this ending
Do you wanna fly? Do you wanna flee?
Do you wanna get away with me?
Do you wanna face the great unknown?

Jingle, jingle
We're as happy as a couple Hare Krishnas
Dancing, twirling, playing on the tambourine
We'll crush the scene together
Marching onward
Oblivious to all the hate around us
We can self-publish a book of our philosophy
And hand it to the tourists

Girl, we got a good thing
You know where this is heading, uh-huh
Just a couple love birds
Happy to be singing, uh-huh
Girl, we got a good thing
And I don't see this ending
Do you wanna fly? Do you wanna flee?
Do you wanna get away with me?
Do you wanna face the great unknown?

Puerto Rico
Would be perfect for a destination wedding
Or driving to Ventura on the 101
It sounds like fun to me

You scare me like an open window
Let's chalk it up to Stockholm Syndrome
I want to crawl in, crawl into a hole

Girl, we got a good thing
You know where this is heading, uh-huh
Just a couple love birds
Happy to be singing, uh-huh
Girl, we got a good thing
And I don't see this ending
Do you wanna fly? Do you wanna flee?
Do you wanna get away with me?
Do you wanna face the great unknown?

See also

  1. 2 Hours with Matt Pinfield. 25 July 2016. Ep. 23 - "WEEZER - on touring with Panic at the Disco, loving the USA, new music, and working with producer Jake Sinclair on 'The White Album'"