Good Vibrations (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch song)

"Good Vibrations" is a song by American group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. It was released in July 1991 as the lead single from their debut album "Music for the People". The song became a number-one hit in the United States, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. The single spent twenty weeks on the "Billboard" Hot 100, its last week rising 40 positions to number 27, but dropped out the following week.
Background.
"Good Vibrations" was written by Amir Quadeer Shakir, aka "MC Spice The Legend", a good friend of Donnie Wahlberg, Mark Wahlberg, and Dan Hartman. Amir also wrote and produced Wildside for Mark Wahlberg's debut LP as well as three other songs. MC Spice is featured on the song "Peace" with Mark and the crew and has contributed four songs on Wahlberg's second LP. The song featured a sample of Loleatta Holloway singing "Love Sensation", written by Dan Hartman. Holloway made an appearance performing the chorus in the music video.
Critical reception.
Bill Lamb from About.com said Mark Wahlberg "had a history of scrapes with the law as a teenager, but his ready-for-video buffed body and good looks, combined with energetic dance beats and Loleatta Holloway's diva-esque vocals, made for a smash pop hit." AllMusic editor Steve Huey noted that the rapper's "aggressively delivered raps were fairly simplistic, but not comical; one of the main hooks was a simple piano sample that ascended, descended, and reascended." He added that "Good Vibrations" "was easily the most infectious song Marky Mark ever recorded". "Billboard" added it as one of the "pick tracks" from the "Music for the People" album, noting that it features "canny sampling". Another editor, Larry Flick said that Marky Mark "enters Vanilla Ice territory with a lightweight pop/rap track." In 2017, "BuzzFeed" listed the song at number 43 in their list of "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the '90s". Dave Sholin from the "Gavin Report" wrote that "bustin' out of Boston", Donnie Wahlberg's younger brother "is kickin' it and makin' one serious debut! The Wahlberg Brothers wrote and produced this hot track—something they deserve to point to with pride. Credit Loleatta Holloway with takin' it up more than a few notches on a chorus nothing short of incredible." "Music Week" commented, "Sampling is also an art form dear to Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch. But, to their credit, their debut single acknowledges their debut to Loleatta Holloway's now-familiar "It's such a good vibration". This may not be a big hit, but with 20-year-old Marky's rhythmic rapping, 
good looks and bad-boy image, it's chartbound." Johnny Dee from "Smash Hits" said "it sounds uncannily like Ride On Time by Black Box with a couple of raps over the top. But! As Marky puts it, this is "designed to make your behind move" and it does."
Music video.
A black and white music video was made to accompany the song. It featured a 20-year-old Marky Mark working out and boxing barechested, and making out with a girl on a bed. Boxer Micky Ward is credited for helping with the boxing technique and training used for this video. Mark Wahlberg first met Micky Ward when he was 18 and later played him on the big screen in the 2010 film "The Fighter". The music video was produced by David Horgan and directed by Scott Kalvert.