"Nothin' but a Good Time" is the first single from the glam metal band Poison's second studio album Open Up and Say... Ahh! The B-sides are "Livin' For the Minute" and "Look But You Can't Touch". The song was released as a single in 1988 on Enigma Records and reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #19 on the Mainstream rock charts. It also charted at number 10 on the Australian charts and number 35 on the UK Singles chart.
Music video
The music video features a restaurant employee, played by the same actor who appeared in the video for Mötley Crüe's "You're All I Need", washing dishes while listening to the Kiss hit single "Rock and Roll All Nite", performed by Poison. The manager enters, turns off the radio, and delivers to the employee a scathing reprimand, reminding the employee that he is being paid "to wash dishes, not to listen to that... that rock 'n' roll," and accusing him of "moving in two speeds: slow, and stop." The manager exits, whereupon the employee abandons the dishes and kicks open a nearby door to reveal a concert hall stage, upon which the band then performs the song. When the song is over, the manager returns, discovering, to his surprise, that all the dishes are washed.
Albums
"Nothin' but a Good Time" is on the following albums:
Open Up and Say...Ahh!
Swallow This Live
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Power to the People
Show Me Your Hits
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Open Up and Say...Ahh! - 20th Anniversary Edition
Good Songs & Great Friends - released as a single
Other appearances
"Nothin' but a Good Time" was performed by Poison, with the cast of Rock of Ages, at the 63rd Tony Awards on June 7, 2009. After the performance, as the band made their way backstage, a piece of the stage scenery collapsed on Bret Michaels. The riff is similar to the opening riff from ”Deuce” by Kiss It appears in a 2017TV commercial for Nissan's Heisman House and ESPN, featuring Eddie George and other Heisman Trophy winners.
Chart performance
Year-end charts
Cover versions
covered the song on their 2009 album Fame, Fortune and Fornication. The song used in the movie The Rocker where it was covered by the fictional band A.D.D. The actual recording was mostly done by Chad Fischer with Teddy Geiger singing lead vocals. This version was released on the. Adam Brand and the Outlaws covered the song on the 2016 album Adam Brand and the Outlaws.
Appearances in other media
A cover of the song is featured in the game ', while the master track is featured in ' and was featured as a downloadable track for the Rock Band series.
In The Simpsons season 11 episode "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge", Otto hires a Poison tribute band called Cyanide to play this song at his wedding. However, the band can only play the intro before Otto's fiancé, Becky, stops them.
The song is combined with "Sister Christian" by Night Ranger and "Just Like Paradise" by David Lee Roth in the 2012 film adaptation of Rock of Ages.
"Nothin' but a Good Time" is available since October 14, 2014, as a purchasable and downloadable song for the music video gameRocksmith 2014, featuring guitar and bass parts as well as authentic tones.
The song plays in the first episode of web television seriesCobra Kai, when protagonist Johnny Lawrence works as a handyman, before being fired by his boss.
