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, from their fourth studio album ''

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''. "Good Excuse" was released in March 2007 in Australia by

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and in the United States by

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. Butler describes the song as a "wake-up call to our self-obsessed consumerist society".

Awards

"Good Excuse" won 'Blues & Roots Work of the Year' at the 2008 Australasian Performing Right Association Awards.

Video

The video for the song was directed by James Hackett and Jean Camden (Hackett Films) and features a combination of 2D and 3D animation together with live action. The video was nominated 'Most Popular Music Video' at the 2008

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Track listing

Written by

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Personnel

John Butler Trio

* John Butler — vocals, acoustic/amplified 6 string guitar, harmonica * Shannon Birchall — double bass, backing vocals * Michael Barker — drums, congas, shaker, tambourine, cow bells, vibraslap, backing vocals

Additional musicians

* Michael Caruana — piano, B3 Hammond

Production credits

* John Butler — producer * Mario Caldato Jr. — producer, engineer, mixing * Shannon Birchall — co-producer * Michael Barker — co-producer *

Jarrad Hearman Jarrad Hearman (born 26 June 1980) is a recording, mixing and mastering engineer, based in London, England. He has worked with artists including Katy B, Sinéad Harnett, Fetty Wap, Becky G, Nadia Rose, Tinie Tempah, Kali Uchis, Keys N Krates ...

— assistant engineer * Bernie Grundman — mastering * Tom Walker — artwork

References

External links

Video clip for "Good Excuse"
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