"Good Days Bad Days" is the second single from

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' third studio album, '' Off with Their Heads''.Good Days Bad Days bundle deal
Kaiserchiefs.co.uk (27 November 2008). Retrieved on 3 December 2008. It was released in the United Kingdom on 15 December 2008. The song featured in several home videos from the recording sessions for the album, although at the time of release the name of the song was not enclosed. The single peaked at number 111 on the

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. This song was also used as the theme song for the Australian reality TV show, ''

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Track listing

;CD # "Good Days Bad Days" # "Addicted to Drugs - Appendix 1" ;7" # "Good Days Bad Days" # "Acting Up" ;Digital Download # "Good Days Bad Days" # "Addicted to Drugs - Appendix 1" # "Acting Up" # "Good Days Bad Days" ( Calvin Harris Remix) * iTunes release only

Music video

The music video has been directed by Alex Courtes and produced at Partizan. It was premiered on the

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network on Channel 4 and

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and sees the band playing as a foursome, due to keyboardist Nick Baines being hospitalized due to

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. The keyboards are present, but occupied only by Baines' hat and a sign "Gone to Hospital" (later by a sign "Back in 5 mins"). There was also a Fan Edition video released on YouTube before the album release with the song put to animations of art pieces done by Kaiser Chiefs fans who posted their work on the band's forum pages.

References

2008 singles Kaiser Chiefs songs Song recordings produced by Mark Ronson 2008 songs Polydor Records singles Songs written by Ricky Wilson (British musician) Songs written by Andrew White (musician) Songs written by Simon Rix Songs written by Nick Hodgson Songs written by Nick "Peanut" Baines {{2000s-single-stub