I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)

"I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)"
UK release cover art
Single by Jamie xx featuring Young Thug and Popcaan
from the album In Colour
Released	22 May 2015
Format	CD-R digital download
Recorded	Fortress Studios (London, England)
Genre	UK funky hip hop dancehall
Length	3:33
Label	Young Turks
Writer(s)	Jamie Smith Andre Sutherland Jeffrey Williams
Producer(s)	Jamie xx
Jamie xx singles chronology
"Gosh" (2015) "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" (2015)
Young Thug singles chronology "Check" (2015) "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" (2015) "Rihanna" (2015) Popcaan singles chronology "Unruly Prayer" (2015) "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" (2015) "Way Up" (2015)

"I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" is a song by English music producer Jamie xx, with featured vocals from American rapper Young Thug and Jamaican musician Popcaan. The song was released as the third single from Jamie xx's debut studio album, In Colour, on 22 May 2015 in the UK and 28 August in the U.S. The official music video for the song was uploaded to YouTube on 28 September 2015. "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" peaked at number 115 on the UK Singles Chart and number 90 on the Australian ARIA Charts. It also appears on the soundtrack for the video game NBA Live 16.

Critical reception

"I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" was ranked at number 10 on the Pazz & Jop annual year-end critics' poll distributed by The Village Voice.^[1] The song also came in at #26 on the annual Triple J Hottest 100 for 2015.^[2]

Pitchfork Media named the song as the third best track of 2015, adding: "Profane instead of reverent, sun-bright instead of club-dark, drunk instead of ecstatic, "I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)" is about getting low instead of climbing high. Built from little more than a snare roll, finger snaps, and chimes, Jamie xx made a breezy pop confection that alights on dancehall, trap, as well as doo-wop without ever settling on any one sound."^[3]

Music video

The official music video for "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)", lasting three minutes and thirty seconds, was uploaded on 28 September 2015 to Jamie xx's Vevo channel on YouTube. The video was directed by Rollo Jackson.^[4]

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[5]	90
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[6]	5
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[7]	35
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[8]	115

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Ref.
United Kingdom	22 May 2015	Young Turks	Digital download	[9]
United States	28 August 2015	Young Turks 300		[10]

References

1. "Pazz & Jop, 2015". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
2. http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/15/countdown/
3. http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9765-the-100-best-tracks-of-2015/10/
4. "Jamie xx - I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) ft. Young Thug, Popcaan". YouTube. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
5. Ryan, Gavin (6 June 2015). "ARIA Singles: Taylor Swift Bad Blood Spends Second Week At No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
6. "Ultratop.be – Jamie XX feat. Young Thug & Popcaan – I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
7. "Ultratop.be – Jamie XX feat. Young Thug & Popcaan – I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
8. "Chart Log UK - New Chart Entries - 13.06.2015". zobbel.de. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
9. "Jamie xx - I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) (File, MP3)". Discogs. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
10. "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) [feat. Popcaan] - Single by Young Thug & Jamie xx". iTunes United States. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

External links

• "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" at Discogs (list of releases)