"The Good Life" is the second single off the second album Pinkerton by Weezer. It came out in 1997. It was rush-released by the record company to try to save the commercially-failing album, but was not successful. Luerssen D., John. Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story. ECW Press, 2004, ISBN 1-55022-619-3 p. 222 A very young Daniel Brummel of Ozma can be seen in the upper right side of the single's cover. He is the one with light blonde hair.

The b-sides of this single are notable as they are derived from the unreleased Weezer concept album, Songs from the Black Hole.

"Good Life" is a 1988 single by house music group Inner City, featuring vocals by Paris Grey. It is often remembered for being played at dance clubs and on the radio. In 1999, the song was rerecorded and remixed by producer Tommy Onyx and a Spanish language version was also released. The original single peaked at #4 on the British chart and the 1999 version hit #10.

"The Good Life" is a song from New Power Generation's 1995 album, Exodus. The song is funk offering with lead vocals by Tora Tora. The lyrics focus on elevating yourself from negative situations through education, and to keep positive until the good life arrives. The lyrics also namecheck Marcello Mastroianni, who starred in the 1960 film, La dolce vita (also mentioned in the song), which loosely translates to "the good life" in Italian.

The CD single and CD maxi-single were released in Europe with multiple remixes of "The Good Life" and "Get Wild". Of note is one mix called the "Big City Remix", which is delivered in a rap by Prince. The remix bares little resemblance to the original track - the all new lyrics offer many messages by Prince, often humorous in nature, including a jab at Michael Jackson. Also included on the maxi-single is a previously unreleased track titled "Free the Music". On the track, Mayte delivers some brief lyrics over the "Big City Mix" music while samples of nearly every Exodus song are played throughout. The same concept was used for the track "2 Whom It May Concern", a B-side for several singles from the Love Symbol album.

"The Good Life" was rereleased in 1997 and managed to chart once again. The "Big City Mix" was rumored to have been originally included on 1998's Newpower Soul. The title track which namechecks every song on the album mentions "The Good Life", which supports this claim. It was rumored to have been removed due to the song's profanity, while Prince was attempting to clean up his language.

'Good Life was Toni Braxton's very first professional recording. It featured her 4 sisters : Towanda, Trina, Traci and Tamar Braxton. They used the alias "The Braxtons".

"Good Life" is the Grammy Award winning third single from rapper Kanye West's album Graduation. (August 1 2007). blank">Clinton and Kanye Honor Quincy. Entertainment Tonight. Accessed August 2 2007. It features _R&B artist T-Pain and uses sampled keys from the song "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" as performed by Michael Jackson. The single was officially released on October 2 2007, even though it had already charted. The song will be one of the first singles ever to be released on USB sticks.