Chic - Good Times 1979 "Good Times" is a song by American R&B band Chic from their third album Risqué (1979). The disco song, ranked No. 229 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, has become one of the most sampled tunes in music history, most notably in hip hop music. Guitar – Nile Rodgers Bass – Bernard Edwards Acoustic piano – Rob Sabino Fender Rhodes electric piano – Raymond Jones Drums – Tony Thompson String arrangements – Harold Wheeler or Nile Rodgers Bernard Edwar