"Everybody Have A Good Time" is a song by the

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rock band The Darkness, released as a promotional single from their third studio album ''

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'' in June 2012.

Release and reception

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'' stated that the song "delivers a retro, rocking anthem bedazzled with big sing-a-long choruses and just enough guitar solos." ''

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'' refers to the song as "giddy glam-rock blast, all

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bombast and T. Rex boogie." ''

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'' stated that the song "features the band's trademark 1970s rock sound, and a chorus strongly reminiscent of

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." However, despite the strong critical praise, the public were not "buying it", with the song failing to chart anywhere in Europe. It was their only single to date not to chart in the

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Music video

The

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-directed music video premiered two days after the official single release. Despite opening with the intertitle "Hot Cakes – Episode 2", this video was actually the third video to be released from the album, following "

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" and ''Every Inch of You''.

Track listing

* Digital download # "Everybody Have a Good Time" – 4:47 * Promotional CD single
/ref> # "Everybody Have a Good Time" – 4:47 # "Everybody Have a Good Time" (Radio Edit) – 3:45

Chart performance

References

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