How Good It Was

Album: Concrete Love (2014)
Charted: 66
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Songfacts®:

  • The title track of The Courteeners How Good it Was EP, this also featured on the band's Concrete Love album, which was dropped a month later on August 18, 2014.
  • Lead singer and songwriter Liam Fray said: "I had the same feeling with 'How Good It Was' that I had with 'Are You In Love With a Notion?'. As soon as I'd written it, it just felt right. It was a perfect fit straight away. Like an APC bomber jacket."
  • The song features members of the BBC Philharmonic and Halle orchestras playing on the tune.

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