who wrote the song are the good times really over for good
Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver) "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers. It was released in May 1982 as the third single from his album Big City. The theme of the song is the desire to return to a simpler time. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart[1] and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[2]
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Billie Joe Armstrong wrote "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" in 1990 about his girlfriend moving to Ecuador with him naming the song "Good Riddance" to show anger towards his girlfriend.[4] He did not show the song to his bandmates until the Dookie recording sessions in 1993.[5] During the sessions, the song was determined to be too different from the rest of the songs on Dookie, and producer Rob Cavallo was unsure of how to structure the recording.[5] When the time came to record Nimrod, Armstrong decided to use the song, and Cavallo suggested they add strings to the track. He sent the band to play foosball in another room while he recorded the strings, which took "like fifteen, twenty minutes, maybe a half an hour at the most."[5] Cavallo reflected on his decision to add the strings "I knew we had done the right thing. It was a hit the second I heard it."[5]