Goody Two Shoes (song)

"Goody Two Shoes"
Single by Adam Ant
from the album Friend or Foe
B-side"Red Scab"
"Crackpot History" (US/Canada)
Released7 May 1982
Genre
Length
  • 3:28 (album version)[5]
  • 3:15 (single version)[6]
LabelCBS
Epic (US/Canada)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Adam Ant singles chronology
"The B-Sides"
(1982) 		"Goody Two Shoes"
(1982) 		"Friend or Foe"
(1982)
Music video
"Goody Two Shoes" on YouTube

"Goody Two Shoes" is the debut solo single by Adam Ant, released on 7 May 1982.[7] It became Ant's third overall number one in the UK and his highest charting song in the US, where it peaked at number 12.

History

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There are two versions of the cover. The first has Adam and the Ants across the top of the sleeve and the later version just Adam Ant. This is probably due to the confusion around the timing of Ant going solo, particularly as the song was performed by three fifths of the band: Ant, Pirroni and Hughes.[8]

There are also two different studio versions of the song. The UK 7" single version is notably different from the re-recorded version which appears on Friend or Foe. The single version has a different, more reverberating drum track. The Friend or Foe version, instead of Hughes on drums, features Bogdan Wiczling, drummer on the rest of the album.[9]

Ant performed "Goody Two Shoes" at Top of the Pops on 20 May 1982,[10] and the very first American Bandstand episode of 1983 (along with "Desperate but Not Serious").[11]

"Red Scab"

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It was fairly common for Ant to record new versions of his pre-1980 compositions for the B-side of his singles. For this single, an old Ant song from 1977 called "Red Scab" was used.[8]

Music video

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The video presents a stylised vision of a day in the life of Adam Ant, from dressing in the morning to performing on stage, to being hounded by the media. At the end of the day, he takes home a woman journalist played by British actress Caroline Munro, in effect answering the song's theme question, "What do you do?" The video also starred veteran actors Graham Stark and Dandy Nichols, as the butler and cleaning woman respectively.

Track listing

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All songs written by Adam Ant except as noted.[6]

  1. "Goody Two Shoes" (Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni) – 3:15
  2. "Red Scab" – 4:06

Chart performance

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Other media

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Covers

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  • Punk band Unwritten Law later covered this song.[30]
  • In 2014, singer-songwriters Jim Boggia and Pete Donnelly released a cover version of the song on the multi-artist compilation album Here Comes The Reign Again: The Second British Invasion.[31]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Adam Ant – Playlist: The Very Best of Adam Ant". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  2. ^ Pollock, Bruce (2005). The 7500 Most Important Songs of the Rock and Roll Era (2nd ed.). Routledge. p. 127. ISBN 0-415-97073-3.
  3. ^ Considine, J.D.; Coleman, Mark; Evans, Paul; McGee, David (1992). "Adam and the Ants". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Random House. pp. 4–5.
  4. ^ Gerard, Chris (5 April 2021). "The 100 Best Alternative Singles of the 1980s: 100 - 81". PopMatters. p. 3. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  5. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Adam Ant – Friend or Foe". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "Adam Ant – Goody Two Shoes" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Goody Two Shoes". Adam-ant.net. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  8. ^ a b Ant, Adam; Pirroni, Marco (7 May 1982). "Desperate But Not Serious". EMI Music Publishing Ltd. – via Adam-ant.net.
  9. ^ "Official Adam Ant website". Adam-ant.net. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  10. ^ "Top of the Pops: 20/05/1982". BBC One. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  11. ^ "American Bandstand (1952–1989) Episode List". IMDb. 1 January 1983.
  12. ^ "Australia No. 1 hits -- 1980's". World Charts. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011.
  13. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6213." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  14. ^ "Adam Ant – Goody Two Shoes" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  15. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Goody Two Shoes". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  16. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 27, 1982" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  17. ^ "Adam Ant – Goody Two Shoes" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  18. ^ "Adam Ant – Goody Two Shoes". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  19. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  20. ^ a b "Adam Ant – Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  21. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending FEBRUARY 5, 1983". Cash Box. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012.
  22. ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1982". Kent Music Report. 3 January 1983. Retrieved 22 January 2023 – via Imgur.
  23. ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  24. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1982" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  25. ^ "The Top Singles of 1983". RPM. Vol. 39, no. 17. 24 December 1983. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  26. ^ "Top 100 Hits for 1983". The Longbored Surfer. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  27. ^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1983". Cash Box. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012.
  28. ^ Phares, Heather. "Original Soundtrack – Hot Fuzz [Cherry Tree]". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  29. ^ Shaw-Williams, Hannah (15 February 2019). "Every Song in the Umbrella Academy Season 1". Screen Rant. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  30. ^ Egenthal, Mike. "Various Artists – Before You Were Punk [1997]". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  31. ^ Curry, Andrew. "Here Comes the Reign Again: The Second British Invasion". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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