Good Time (American Spring song)
"Good Time" is a song by American pop music duo American Spring from their 1972 album Spring album)|Spring]. It was written by Brian Wilson and Al Jardine originally for the Beach Boys' album Sunflower. In 1972, Spring released "Good Time" as their second single, recording their voices atop the Beach Boys' instrumental track. In 1977, the Beach Boys released their original version of the song on the album The [Beach Boys Love You].
Background
Jardine commented, "I co-wrote 'Good Time' with Brian; that's a typical Brian track. It was really a lot of fun doing that."Recording
''Sunflower'' sessions
The basic track for "Good Time" was first recorded by the Beach Boys on January 7, 1970 at Brian Wilson's home studio with horns and strings overdubbed at a later date. David Sandler remembers that when the session players arrived to Wilson's home, "he went to his office and wrote horn charts while talking to me. It was an amazing horn line, with this overriding French horn riff, and he did the whole thing while having a conversation with me." The track was included on the provisional track listing for Add Some Music, but when that album and Reverberation were reconfigured by Warner Bros. Records into Sunflower, "Good Time" was not included.During the tracking session for "Good Time", Brian or Bruce Johnston segued into a piano rendition of the Beatles' "You Never Give Me Your Money". Johnston could not remember who played the Beatles' song when approached for comment. In 2021, the recording was included as a track on the compilation Feel Flows.