Goody Two Shoes (song)


"Goody Two Shoes" is the debut solo single by Adam Ant, released on 7 May 1982.

History

There are two versions of the cover. The first has Adam and the Ants across the top of the sleeve and the later version just Adam Ant. This is probably due to the confusion around the timing of Adam going solo, particularly as the song was performed by three fifths of the band Ant, Pirroni and Hughes.
There are also two different studio versions of the song. The UK 7" single version is notably different from the re-recorded version which appears on Friend or Foe. The single version has a different, more reverberating drum track. The Friend or Foe version, instead of Hughes on drums, features Bogdan Wiczling, drummer on the rest of the album.
Adam Ant performed "Goody Two Shoes" at Top of the Pops on 20 May 1982.

B-side

Ant sometimes recorded new versions of his pre-1980 compositions for the B-side of his singles. For this single, an old Ant song from 1977 called "Red Scab" was used.

Track listing

All songs written by Adam Ant except as noted.
  1. "Goody Two Shoes" – 3:15
  2. "Red Scab" – 4:06

    Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart Rank
Canada Top Singles 36
US Billboard Hot 10051
US Cash Box80

Music video

The video presents a stylized vision of a day in the life of Adam Ant, from dressing in the morning to performing on stage, to being hounded by the media. At the end of the day, he takes home a woman journalist played by British actress Caroline Munro, in effect answering the song's theme question, "What do you do?" The video also starred veteran actors Graham Stark as the butler and Dandy Nichols.

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