"Good Friday" (aka Good Friday / Good Feelings e-mix'') is a 1983 song by Modern Romance. It was taken from their album ''

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''.

Formats

;7-inch single *"Good Friday" *"Good Feelings" e-mix;12-inch single *"Good Friday" *"Good Feelings" e-mix*"Love Letters" over version

Chart position

*UK Singles Chart #96

History

Good Friday had started to lose the party-Latin style, giving way to more experimental pop tunes like the

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-esque "

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" and the bluesy " Walking in the Rain". Both of these tunes made the Top 20 on the UK Chart. However, "Good Friday" seemed like a return to hits such as " Best Year of Our Lives" and " High Life" - and to further punctuate this, their '' Trick of the Light'' party track, "Good Feelings", was included as a double

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, albeit re-mixed. The song underperformed, climbing to only #96. It was released simultaneously with the

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album ''

'' which fared well. ''Party Tonight'' was the highest-charting album for Modern Romance. "Good Friday" shared exactly the same cover as ''Party Tonight''; it was released in two formats: a 7-inch single and

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Tony Visconti Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's " Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of man ...

served as producer. The reverse side of the 12-inch vinyl featured another album track and cover version from ''Party Tonight'', "

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Albums (featured on)

*''

'' compilation album (1983) *''Modern Romance: The Platinum Collection'' compilation album (2006)

Genre

"Good Friday" - and its B-side Good Feelings - are a mix of

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and party music with a hint of their signature traditional salsa music style. It was the final single to feature

John Du Prez John Du Prez (born Trevor Jones; 14 December 1946) is a British musician, conductor and composer. He was a member of the 1980s salsa-driven pop band Modern Romance and has since written several film scores including ''Oxford Blues'' (1984), ' ...

.Modern Romance, Discography, ''Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm'' from ''Trick of the Light''. Accessed April 28, 2011.

Personnel

Michael J. Mullins Michael J. Mullins (born Michael John Mullins on 9 November 1953) is an English lead vocalist, backing singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of salsa band Modern Romance (1982–85). Modern Romance achieved eight top 40 singles a ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

*David Jaymes -

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

*Robbie Jaymes - synthesizer *Paul Gendler -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

*Andy Kyriacou - drums *

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References

{{authority control 1983 singles Modern Romance (band) songs Song recordings produced by Tony Visconti 1983 songs Warner Music Group singles Songs written by Michael J. Mullins