"Something Good" is a song by English
electronic music duo
Utah Saints. It was first included as the opening song on a seven-track EP titled Something Good, then later included on their debut album, Utah Saints (1992). The song contains a vocal
sample from
Kate Bush's "
Cloudbusting", which had been a top-20 UK hit in 1985. Issued as a single on 25 May 1992, it reached number four on the
UK Singles Chart as well as number seven on the US BillboardHot Dance Club Play chart. The
BBC used the song during its coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the
Barcelona Olympic Games of 1992 and was also used for
Carlton Television's pre-launch trailer.
In 2007, the track was
remixed by Australian band
Van She under their electro remix pseudonym, "Van She Tech", and released in March 2008 as "Something Good '08" with a new
music video. Bush's vocal sample was re-recorded by Davina Perera—a West End singer/actress and former Pop Idol contestant—but remained the focal point of the song. The remix entered the top 10 on
downloads alone, climbing to number eight on the
UK Singles Chart after the
CD release. It was the band's first top-20 hit in 15 years.[3]
Critical reception
Jon Wilde from Melody Maker wrote, "
Kate Bush's ravishing "
Cloudbusting" sampled to good effect and transformed into a whirligig electo-swirl that is packed with the kind of lecherous tics that are always guaranteed to separate this kind of stuff from the massed ranks of the frighteningly ordinary."[4]
"Something Good '08" music video
The
music video for "Something Good '08", set in a Cardiff bar on St David's Day 1989, and featuring the
'Running Man' dance, was directed by
Eran Creevy and choreographed by
Kate Prince of ZooNation.[5][6] It featured lead dancer Anthony Trahearn, dancers Jessica Grist and Simone Edwards, Lee Toomes as the DJ and Matthew Medland as Benjamin Pew.[7][8] Jez Willis and Tim Garbutt of Utah Saints cameo in the video, as the pool players standing in front of the pool table.
The video won the category for Best Dance Video at the UK Music Video Awards 2008.[9] In 2017 Complex.com placed it at number 78 in "The Best Music Videos of the 2000s".[10]