It Was a Good Day

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"It Was A Good Day"
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Single by Ice Cube from the album The Predator
Single Released	March, 1993
Single Format	12" single
Genre	Rap
Song Length	4.19
Record Label	Priority
Writer	Ice Cube
Producer	DJ Pooh
Director	F. Gary Gray
Certification	Gold (1993)
Ice Cube Singles chronology
"Wicked" (1992)	"It Was A Good Day" (1993)	"Check Yo Self" (1993)

"It Was A Good Day" is a 1993 hit song by American gangsta rapper Ice Cube, from his third solo album, The Predator. It is the debut single from the album and it reached into the top 20 in the Billboard Hot 100. It was a huge hit in the UK Charts, peaking at #27. Which at time beat Dr. Dre's Chronic singles, making it a great favorite in the UK. It shot to number 7 on the R&B charts and number 15 on the Pop charts.

The song's music video and the lyrics itself, is a story about how one man (Ice Cube), surprisingly enjoys a good day in South Central LA, which came not often enough on the streets of LA. "Waking up in the morning, gotta thank God...no barking from the dog, no smog". "Nobody I know got killed in South Central LA, Today was a Good Day". "Today I didn't even have to use my AK," are some examples of the lyrics. The song can also be parallelled and compared to Ice Cube's Friday film, in which he enjoys an amazing day in LA. The song samples the Isley Brothers' [[Footsteps in the Dark]] and Sexy Mama by The Moments. It also has the usage of the West Coast's popular G-funk melody as well as some of the hits in The Predator album.

A remix version (with the lyrics from the radio edit) was included on The N.W.A. Legacy, Vol. 1: 1988-1999 album released in 1999 that samples Let's Do It Again by The Staple Singers.

At the end of the music video it turns out that the police infiltrate Cube's house and arrest him when he gets home. It concludes with a cliff hanger ending and is "To Be Continued" with his next video and hit single Check Yo Self, which was released the following August in 1993.

In late 1993, Ice Cube makes a cameo appearance in Dr. Dre's Let Me Ride video, walking out of a bathroom with a group of girls in LA saying "Damn right it was a good day" referring to the single.

The song and music video has been listed as one of the greatest music videos of all time. Many fans consider this probably Cube's best song and has been an all time favorite.

It was forever immortalized into pop culture when it was included as a single for the highly successful and controversial game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Ice Cube admits he is a big gamer and supports hip-hop music crossing over to video games and other forms of media.

"It Was A Good Day" was later released on Ice Cube's Greatest Hits album.