Inner City – Good Life

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Label:	Virgin – 0-96591
Format:	Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Stereo
Country:	US
Released:	1988
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	House, Acid House, Techno

Tracklist

A1	Good Life (Mayday Mix) Mixed By – Mayday	6:12
A2	Good Life (Steve "Silk" Hurley Mix) Mixed By – Steve "Silk" Hurley	7:11
A3	Good Life (Radio Mix)	3:59
B1	Good Life (Magic Juan Mix) Mixed By – Magic Juan*	8:28
B2	Good Life (Mike "Hitman" Wilson Mix) Mixed By, Producer [Additional Production] – Mike "Hitman" Wilson	7:21
B3	Big Fun (Les Adams Remix) Remix – Les Adams	6:47

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 10 Records Ltd.
Distributed By – WEA
Record Company – Virgin Records, Inc.
Manufactured By – WEA
Mixed At – Pearl Sound Studios
Published By – Virgin Songs, Inc.
Published By – Drive On Music
Lacquer Cut At – Future Disc
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation

Credits

Mixed By – Ben Grosse, Kevin "Master Reese" Saunderson*
Producer – Kevin Saunderson
Written-By – Forest* (tracks: B3), Pennington* (tracks: B3), K. Saunderson* (tracks: A1 to B2), Saunderson* (tracks: B3), P. Gray* (tracks: A1 to B2), Gray* (tracks: B3), R. Holman* (tracks: A1 to B2)

Notes

This edition has white-background labels and track A3 is called Radio Mix. Another release has it listed as the Kevin "Master Reese" Mix. Yet another release, Good Life says Radio Mix but has orange-background labels.

Issued in a die-cut, graphic company sleeve.

Info on labels (both sides):
Thanks to Nanton
℗ 1988 10 Records Ltd.
Virgin Records, Inc. 9247 Alden Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manufactured and distributed by WEA through arrangement with Atlantic Records.

Info on labels (B side):
Both tracks published by Virgin Songs, Inc. (BMI)/Drive-On Music

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runout areas): SRC
Barcode (Text): 7567-96591-0
Barcode (Scanned): 075679659101
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 1): STDM 56335-56334-56331-1 FUTURE DISC 1-1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 1): ST-DM-56335-563346-56338-1 1-1
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 2): [SRC logo] ST DM 56335-56334-56331-1 FUTURE DISC 1-1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 2): [SRC logo] ST-DM-56335̶3-56334̶6-56337̶8-1X 1-2

Other Versions (5 of 55)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Good Life (Chicago Mixes) (12", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo)	10 Records	TENR 249	UK	1988
Recently Edited	Good Life (7", Single, 45 RPM)	10 Records	TEN 249	UK	1988
	Good Life (12", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo)	10 Records	TENX 249	UK	1988
Recently Edited	Good Life (CD, Mini, Single)	10 Records	TENCD 249	Europe	1988
	Good Life (12", Promo)	Virgin	DMD 1659	US	1988

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Reviews

Dub-Techno Apr 3, 2025
I have a feeling that the Gregorian exorcist reverberated voice effects that were used in the song Good Life, by the American band from Detroit Inner City and even with a suspicious influence from Juan Atkins, who was a DJ for the Electro Group Cybotron. He, along with 3070 aka Richard Davis (3) produced many melancholic notes in their musical compositions. A hunch that this had some connection, even if indirect, with the track Seek And Destroy, a performance by J.R. Bookwalter for the film Robot Ninja in 1989, released after Good Life.
TheStupendous May 15, 2016
Despite all of the different singles and remixes, by leaps and bound the best mix is the (Magic Juan Mix)! At 8:28 you cannot beat it! The rest aren't even worth a listen.
wewantvinyl Apr 5, 2016
Good 12"; just wish this had the instrumental version on the record!
NicholasKirbo Dec 18, 2013
For a collection of mixes by several Detroit and Chicago legends, this 12" is one of the best values available in the genre. It showcases the songwriting talent of Kevin Saunderson and how he was able to achieve international success.