Good Vibrations (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch song)

"Good Vibrations" is a song by American group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. It was released in July 1991 as the lead single from their debut album Music for the People. The song became a number-one hit in the United States, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. The single spent twenty weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, its last week rising 40 positions to number 27, but dropped out the following week.

"Good Vibrations"
US commercial cassette single
Single by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch featuring Loleatta Holloway
from the album Music for the People
B-side"So What Chu Sayin"
ReleasedJuly 16, 1991
Format
Recorded1991
Genre
Length4:25
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Donnie Wahlberg
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch singles chronology
"Good Vibrations"
(1991)		 "Wildside"
(1991)
Loleatta Holloway singles chronology
"So Sweet"
(1987)		 "Good Vibrations"
(1991)		 "Take Me Away"
(1992)

Background

"Good Vibrations" was written by Amir Quadeer Shakir, aka "MC Spice The Legend", a good friend of Donnie Wahlberg, Mark Wahlberg, and Dan Hartman. Amir also wrote and produced Wildside for Mark Wahlberg's debut LP as well as three other songs. MC Spice is featured on the song "Peace" with Mark and the crew and has contributed four songs on Wahlberg's second LP. The song featured a sample of Loleatta Holloway singing "Love Sensation", written by Dan Hartman. Holloway made an appearance performing the chorus in the music video.

Critical reception

Bill Lamb from About.com said Mark Wahlberg "had a history of scrapes with the law as a teenager, but his ready-for-video buffed body and good looks, combined with energetic dance beats and Loleatta Holloway's diva-esque vocals, made for a smash pop hit."[2] AllMusic editor Steve Huey noted that Wahlberg's "aggressively delivered raps were fairly simplistic, but not comical; one of the main hooks was a simple piano sample that ascended, descended, and reascended." He added that "Good Vibrations" "was easily the most infectious song Marky Mark ever recorded".[3] In 2017, BuzzFeed listed the song at number 43 in their list of "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the '90s".[4] Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report wrote that "bustin' out of Boston, Donnie Wahlberg's younger brother, Marky Mark, is kickin' it and makin' one serious debut! The Wahlberg Brothers wrote and produced this hot track—something they deserve to point to with pride. Credit Loleatta Holloway with takin' it up more than a few notches on a chorus nothing short of incredible."[5]

Music video

The black and white video featured a 20-year-old Marky Mark working out and boxing barechested, and making out with a girl on a bed. Boxer Micky Ward is credited for helping with the boxing technique and training used for this video. Mark Wahlberg first met Micky Ward when he was 18 and later played him on the big screen in the 2010 film The Fighter. The music video was produced by David Horgan and directed by Scott Kalvert.

Track listings
CD maxi
  1. "Good Vibrations" (club dub) — 5:22
  2. "Good Vibrations" — 4:29
  3. "Good Vibrations" (instrumental dub) — 5:02
  4. "So What Chu Sayin" — 4:41
7" single
  1. "Good Vibrations" — 4:29
  2. "So What Chu Sayin" — 4:41

Charts

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