Good Days

"Good Days" is a song by American singer SZA featuring additional vocals by Jacob Collier. It was released on December 25, 2020, through Top Dawg and RCA, and is expected to serve as the second single on her upcoming second studio album. The song was written and produced by SZA, Jacob Collier, Carlos Muñoz, Carter Lang, and Christopher Ruelas and mixed by Shawn Everett.

Upon release, the song became popular on streaming platforms and became SZA's first solo top-10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

Background and release
SZA first teased the song on July 15, 2020, via her Instagram stories. "Good Days" was originally featured at the tail end of the music video for "Hit Different", released in September 2020, leading to speculation among listeners that it would serve as a B-side to that single. On October 21, 2020, SZA explained that the song was "in clearance" for release. A week before release, she confirmed the track to come out before 2021. The song was eventually released as a surprise drop on Christmas Day 2020. Upon release, the singer revealed that she started writing the song during a session on Carter Lang's birthday and "finished it randomly recently".

Composition
Dubbed a "nostalgic track", "Good Days" sees SZA singing about "former love, soul searching, and rejoicing carefreely" over "guitar-tinged riff plays", while she makes use of her "dreamy vocals". Compared to its predecessor, the song "manages to hit much more of a melodic, narrative-driven tone that puts it more in line with her CTRL output".

Chart performance
In the United States, "Good Days" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 38 as the week's highest debut. The song rose to number 23 the following week. The song later reached a new peak at number 9 on the Hot 100, making it SZA's first top ten single as a solo artist, second top 10 as a lead artist following "All the Stars", and third in total including "What Lovers Do" with Maroon 5. The song also reached a peak of number three on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number seven on the Global 200, her highest peak on either chart to date.

Music videos
Two music videos were released for "Good Days". Both videos were directed by SZA.

Official fan video
On January 13, 2021, SZA tweeted a request for fans to submit videos of their "happiest, saddest, [and] YOUR UGLIEST moments" to an email address, with a deadline of Saturday at midnight. The fan video was released on February 10, 2021, and featured a compilation of videos submitted by fans lip-syncing to the song as well as featuring the aforementioned moments intercut with behind-the-scenes footage of the official video.

Music video
On March 5, 2021, the official music video was released. The video takes place with SZA experiencing a mushroom-induced psychedelic experience. It features scenes of SZA dancing while buried waist up in an oversized Alice in Wonderland-inspired garden and pole-dancing in a library. Jacob Collier cameos in the video as the man within the green television. In a similar fashion to the video for "Hit Different", the video ends with a teaser of an upcoming song, known as "Shirt", which went viral on TikTok in 2020. The ending teaser features SZA pole-dancing at an empty gas station while bathed in pink lighting.

Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.


 * Solána Rowe – vocals, songwriting, composition
 * Jacob Collier – vocals, songwriting, composition
 * Carlos Muñoz – songwriting, compositiom
 * Carter Lang – songwriting, composition, production
 * Christopher Ruelas – songwriting, composition
 * Loshendrix – production
 * Nascent – production
 * Shawn Everett – mixer
 * Rob Bisel – recording engineering, vocal production