Following a conversation at one of my music quizzes, the conversation came up about songs with ‘good’ and songs with ‘bad’ in the title. There are far more ‘good’ than ‘bad’, but here’s every one that made the top three.
Artist | Title | Position | Year | Artist | Title | Position | Year |
Jimmy Jones | Good Timin’ | 1 | 1960 | Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas | Bad To Me | 1 | 1963 |
Elvis Presley | Good Luck Charm | 1 | 1962 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Bad Moon Rising | 1 | 1969 |
Herman’s Hermits | I’m Into Something Good | 1 | 1964 | Wham! | Bad Boys | 2 | 1983 |
Beach Boys | Good Vibrations | 1 | 1966 | Michael Jackson | Bad | 3 | 1987 |
Hugo Montenegro | The Good, The Bad And The Ugly | 1 | 1968 | Daniel Powter | Bad Day | 2 | 2005 |
Feargal Sharkey | A Good Heart | 1 | 1985 | Alexandra Burke Feat Flo Rida | Bad Boys | 1 | 2009 |
Beats International Feat Lindy | Dub Be Good To Me | 1 | 1990 | Lady Gaga | Bad Romance | 1 | 2009 |
Take That | Back For Good | 1 | 1995 | Billie Eilish | Bad Guy | 2 | 2019 |
Sonique | It Feels So Good (Re-Mix) | 1 | 2000 | Ed Sheeran | Bad Habits | 1 | 2021 |
Ciara Feat Petey Pablo | Goodies | 1 | 2005 | Olivia Rodrigo | Bad Idea Right | 3 | 2023 |
Arctic Monkeys | I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor | 1 | 2005 | ||||
Roll Deep | Good Times | 1 | 2010 | ||||
Flo Rida | Good Feeling | 1 | 2011 | ||||
Olivia Rodrigo | Good 4 U | 1 | 2021 | ||||
David Guetta Feat Bebe Rexha | I’m Good (Blue) | 1 | 2022 | ||||
Girls Aloud | No Good Advice | 2 | 2003 | ||||
Gorillaz | Feel Good Inc | 2 | 2005 | ||||
Chris Malinchak | So Good To Me | 2 | 2013 | ||||
Bobby Vee | Take Good Care Of My Baby | 3 | 1961 | ||||
Swinging Blue Jeans | You’re No Good | 3 | 1964 | ||||
Dennis Waterman | I Could Be So Good For You | 3 | 1980 | ||||
Boyzone | So Good | 3 | 1995 | ||||
P!Nk Feat William Orbit | Feel Good Time | 3 | 2003 | ||||
McFly | Sorry’s Not Good Enough | 3 | 2006 | ||||
Drake Feat Rihanna | Too Good | 3 | 2016 | ||||
Future Feat Drake | Life Is Good | 3 | 2020 |