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| name = Good Luck |
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| type = single |
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| artist = [[Broken Bells]] |
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| released = September 27 2019 |
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| genre = {{hlist|[[Indie rock]]|[[Soul music|Soul]]}} |
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| length = 3:26 |
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| label = [[AWAL]] |
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| writer = {{hlist|[[Danger Mouse (musician)|Brian Burton]]|Dave Morris|[[James Mercer (musician)|James Mercer]]|John Challenger}} |
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| producer = [[Danger Mouse (musician)|Danger Mouse]] |
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| prev_title = Shelter |
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| prev_year = 2018 |
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| next_title = We’re Not in Orbit Yet… |
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| next_year = 2022 |
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| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|nVjVoCs9hYQ|”Good Luck”}}}} |
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“Good Luck” is a song by the American [[indie rock]] duo [[Broken Bells]], released as a non-album single on September 27 2019 through [[AWAL]]. It was the band’s first song since the 2018 standalone single “Shelter”.<ref name=”SG”>{{cite web |last1=Helman |first1=Peter |title=Broken Bells – ‘Good Luck’ |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2059454/broken-bells-good-luck/music/ |website=[[Stereogum]] |access-date=16 October 2022 |date=27 September 2019}}</ref> [[James Mercer (musician)|James Mercer]] and [[Danger Mouse (musician)|Danger Mouse]] released a joint statement regarding the song, saying they “wanted to release ‘Good Luck’ while it felt timely and reflective of specific discussions between the two of us, questioning the state of things, as we do”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gregory |first1=Allie |title=Listen to new Broken Bells single ‘Good Luck’ |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/listen_to_new_broken_bells_single_good_luck |website=[[Exclaim!]] |access-date=8 December 2025 |date=26 September 2019}}</ref> The band recorded the track during sessions for their third studio album, ”[[Into the Blue (Broken Bells album)|Into the Blue]]”, which was released just over 3 years later on October 7 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kenneally |first1=Cerys |title=Broken Bells return with new offering ‘Good Luck’ |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/broken-bells-return-with-new-offering-good-luck |website=[[The Line of Best Fit]] |access-date=16 October 2022 |date=27 September 2019}}</ref> The track features additional vocals from [[Portland, Oregon]] singer-songwriter [[Alexandra Savior]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kahn |first1=Andy |title=Broken Bells share new single ‘Good Luck’ |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/broken-bells-good-luck-new-single |website=[[JamBase]] |access-date=8 December 2025 |date=27 September 2019}}</ref> |
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==Critical reception== |
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“Good Luck” received positive reviews from music critics. Online music magazine ”[[BrooklynVegan]]” described the instrumental as “understated” and “psychedelic”, and noted that it “could have fit well on the band’s last album”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nifras |first1=Jeremy |title=Broken Bells share new single ‘Good Luck’ (stream) |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/broken-bells-share-new-single-good-luck-stream/ |website=[[BrooklynVegan]] |access-date=8 December 2025 |date=27 September 2019}}</ref> ”[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]” called the lyrics “moody” and noted that the song’s “apocalyptic imagery bears a resemblance to songs like ‘[[Holding On for Life]]'”, a track from the band’s 2014 album ”[[After the Disco]]”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Minchin |first1=James |title=Broken Bells search for a ray of light on moody ‘Good Luck’: Listen |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/broken-bells-release-good-luck-8531543/ |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=8 December 2025 |date=27 September 2019}}</ref> Australian radio station [[Double J (radio station)|Double J]] called the song “[p]retty catchy” and said that “Good Luck” was “the same kind of soulful, cinematic fare they have always done so well.”<ref>{{cite web |last1=Condon |first1=Dan |title=This great Gang Starr track comes almost a decade on from Guru’s death |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/doublej/music-reads/features/new-music-gang-starr-broken-bells-busby-marou/11554412 |website=[[Double J (radio station)|Double J]] |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=8 December 2025 |page=Broken Bells – ‘Good Luck’ |date=29 September 2019}}</ref> ”XS Noize” said the track “bears . . . the instantly recognizable audible fingerprints of both Mercer and Burton melded into something entirely other.”<ref>{{cite web |last1=XS Noize |title=Broken Bells return with new song ‘Good Luck’ – Listen Now |url=https://www.xsnoize.com/broken-bells-have-returned-with-their-new-song-good-luck-listen-now/ |website=XS Noize |access-date=8 December 2025 |date=27 September 2019}}</ref> Music publication ”Singersroom” listed “Good Luck” as the 2nd best Broken Bells song in their 2023 ranking, calling the track “mesmerizing”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jamison |first1=Darren |title=10 best Broken Bells songs of all time |url=https://singersroom.com/w3/10-best-broken-bells-songs-of-all-time/ |website=Singersroom |access-date=8 December 2025 |date=20 April 2023}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 02:58, 9 December 2025
1997 single by M.F. Doom
“Dead Bent” / “Gas Drawls” / “Hey!” is a triple A-side single and the debut solo release of rapper and producer MF Doom after the dissolution of his rap group KMD in 1993. It was released in 1997 on Bobbito Garcia‘s label Fondle ‘Em Records as a 12″ single. All three tracks were re-recorded for Doom’s 1999 album Operation: Doomsday, with their original single versions being included on the deluxe edition released in 2011.[1]
“Dead Bent” samples the drums from Boogie Down Productions‘ 1987 song “Super Hoe”.[2] “Gas Drawls” is based on samples of Steely Dan‘s 1977 song “Black Cow”.[3] “Hey!” is built on samples of the intro to the 1972 cartoon series The New Scooby-Doo Movies, including samples of the voices of the Mystery, Inc. gang and of Scooby-Doo himself.[4]
Radio host DJ Stretch Armstrong stated in 2019 that Doom recorded the album versions of these songs in his apartment, borrowing his Akai MPC2000 and sleeping on his couch for three weeks while working on the tracks.[5]
Adam Bhala Lough directed the video for “Dead Bent” in late 2000 while attending New York University, with future Bomb the System director Ben Rekhi acting as cinematographer. The video, shot on 16 mm film, shows two side-by-side uninterrupted shots of Doom going from a room in Lough’s East Village, Manhattan apartment down to a deli on the street to steal some fruit and run off; one shot shows the events happen in real time while the other has them happen in reverse order.[6]
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| 1. | “Dead Bent” | 3:17 |
| 2. | “Gas Drawls” | 3:58 |
| 3. | “Hey!” | 4:08 |
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| 1. | “Dead Bent” (Instrumental) | 3:16 |
| 2. | “Gas Drawls” (Instrumental) | 2:53 |
| 3. | “Hey!” (Instrumental) | 3:56 |
Credits are adapted from the single’s label.[7]
- M.F. Doom – production, mixing, arranging, flipping
Los Angeles rapper Murs called the single version of “Dead Bent” his “favorite song of all time”, citing the original’s dirtiness in comparison to the re-recorded album version.[8] In a 2021 article for Vulture, rapper Open Mike Eagle called the 12″ version of “Dead Bent” “immediately striking”; in the same article, rapper Pete Nice said, “the record was bubbling; ‘Hey!’ was a huge underground hit in [the hip hop] community.”[9] In an interview with Cipha Sounds and Paul Rosenberg on their podcast Juan Ep Is Dead, Bobbito Garcia said the single “[got] people’s attention right off the bat, and the success of that 12” led to us releasing other 12″‘s and then eventually [putting] out [Operation: Doomsday].”[10]
- ^ Paine, Jake (26 April 2011). “MF DOOM – Operation: Doomsday [Deluxe Edition]”. HipHopDX. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ “M.F. Doom”. Sandbox Automatic. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ Harling, Danielle (5 September 2017). “R.I.P.: How Steely Dan’s Walter Becker Impacted Hip Hop”. HipHopDX. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ Grenrock, Ben (17 October 2017). “There’s Rules to This Shit: On MF DOOM’s Early Singles, 20 Years Later”. Passion of the Weiss. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ Fu, Eddie (20 April 2019). “Knowledge Drop: MF DOOM Recorded ‘Operation: Doomsday’ On A Borrowed MPC In Three Weeks”. Genius. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ^ Lough, Adam Bhala (3 January 2021). “The Making Of MF DOOM’s ‘?’ and ‘Dead Bent’ Videos”. Passion of the Weiss. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ Dead Bent / Gas Drawls / Hey! (liner notes). MF DOOM. New York, New York: Fondle ‘Em Records. 1997. FE008.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Pizzo, Mike; Peace, Warren; Carter, Nicholas (5 January 2021). Murs: “MF DOOM’s ‘Dead Bent (12″ Version)’ is Probably My Favorite Song of All Time” (YouTube). Let the Record Show. Event occurs at 0:31. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
[‘Dead Bent’] is my favorite song of all time . . . [the single] version only.
- ^ Fortune, Drew (28 January 2021). “The Unknowable MF DOOM Unmasking the late rap supervillain with the people whom Daniel Dumile gave a slightly less obstructed view”. Vulture. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ Diaz, Luis; Rosenberg, Paul; Garcia, Robert (4 January 2021). Juan Ep Is DOOM Part 1. RedCircle. Event occurs at 20:06. Archived from the original (Podcast) on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
