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Embrace - All You Good Good People

Music Video
ArtistEmbrace
SongAll You Good Good People
AlbumThe Good Will Out
DirectorJohn Hillcoat
MusicMcNamara
IntroNo
OutroNo
LyricsMcNamara
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

Embrace perform "All You Good Good People" in a stylized promo built from energetic live-performance footage. The band appears in both black-and-white and color, with quick cuts emphasizing Danny McNamara's vocal delivery and the song's swelling, anthemic arrangement. Rather than following a narrative, the video presents Embrace as a developing live act, using contrasting film stocks and concert-style intensity to reinforce the track's communal spirit and emotional urgency.

Factoids & Trivia

  • "All You Good Good People" was originally released by Fierce Panda in February 1997 as Embrace's debut single. Only 1,300 copies were pressed, helping turn the release into a sought-after early collector's item.
  • The song was re-recorded with producer Youth for Embrace's debut album, "The Good Will Out," and issued again in October 1997. The later release reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's first Top 10 hit.
  • The UK promo is primarily a performance piece, combining black-and-white and color footage rather than constructing a conventional storyline.
  • A separate video was made for the US release. It takes a much darker approach, presenting Danny McNamara as a condemned prisoner during his final day before execution and using a replica electric chair.
  • The song began as an instrumental idea reportedly known within the band as "Mike's Fast." It went through several versions before becoming the expansive track heard on "The Good Will Out."
  • The album version includes an orchestral element that connects it to the record's opening "Intro," giving the song a deliberately grand entrance.

Lyrics

I feel like I meant something you always say you need more time
Well I'll stay right here and I'll wait for good until I find a love worth mine
Someday you've got it coming it hurts me when I read the signs
So loud and clear that I'll make you glad if I'm leaving first and crying
All you good good people listen to me
You're just about done with the way that you feel
When nothing rings home enough to dig your heels in
You don't have to leave me to see what I mean
All you good good people listen to me

And all I wanna do is find my name upon the line
Before I have to lose this I want time

...
© Embrace - All You Good Good People. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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