''Good Things'' is the second studio album by American musician
Aloe Blacc
Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III (born January 7, 1979), known professionally by his stage name Aloe Blacc (), is an American singer, songwriter and rapper. He is best known for his singles "I Need a Dollar", " The Man", which topped the charts in th ...
. The album was released on September 28, 2010 in the US and 26 November 2010 in the UK by
Stones Throw Records
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.
Singles
The first single from the album, "
I Need a Dollar
"I Need a Dollar" is a song performed by American singer Aloe Blacc, written by Blacc, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon and Jeff Dynamite.
It is the intro song for the HBO show ''How to Make It in America'', and was featured as the iTunes Single of ...
" (produced by Truth & Soul), was released on March 16, 2010. It peaked No. 2 in the UK and Ireland. In Switzerland and Austria it peaked at No. 5, No. 1 in Belgium (Flanders). An edited version of the song serves as the theme song for the
HBO
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series ''
How to Make It in America
''How to Make It in America'' is an American comedy-drama television series that ran on HBO from February 14, 2010, to November 20, 2011. The series follows the lives of Ben Epstein (Bryan Greenberg) and his friend Cam Calderon (Victor Rasuk) as t ...
''.
The second single, "
Loving You Is Killing Me", was released on March 7, 2011. It peaked No. 8 in Austria, No. 12 in Austria and Belgium (Flanders) and No. 26 in Switzerland.
"
Green Lights" was released as the second single in UK (third overall) on September 9, 2011.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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2010 albums
Aloe Blacc albums
Stones Throw Records albums
Vertigo Records albums