Good Life (Song)

Good Life (Hayden Styles Song)
"Good Life" is a song by Irish-English singer, songwriter, and actor Hayden Styles, taken from his debut studio album, Please Don't Tell... (2015). The song was written by Styles himself. It was produced by Ryan Tedder, with co-production by Styles.

The song was released on Christmas Eve 2015, as the album's second single, and as its overall fourth single. The single was a success, peaking at number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and eventually being certified multi-platinum, as well as reaching the top twenty of other music charts across Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The song has sold over 7 million copies in the US as of January 2017. Critical reception of "Good Life" was generally positive. This song is unique in that Styles recorded various radio versions of this song for different cities and states. The line changed in the lyrics is "my friends in [city/state] they don't know, where I've been."

Promotion
Styles performed the song at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards, 2016 Billboard Music Awards, American Music Awards of 2016, and 2016 Grammy Awards. Along with mutliple talk show preformances.

Critical Reception
Giving the song five stars, About.com wrote, "Not only does "Good Life" have lyrics that anyone can relate to — "... what the hell is there to complain about ..." — it also has a unique musical delivery that allows the song to stand out on a radio full of same-sounding songs." Rolling Stone put the song on its list of the 15 Best Whistling Songs of All Time.