Peak
5
Weeks
26
Score
5,405
Chart Year
2015
The music video for "Good for You" follows a restrained,[82] low-key,[130] straightforward premise;[24] it was shot on a basic set[43] and focuses solely on Gomez.[121][126] Emilee Lindner of MTV News summarized the clip as "a full three minutes of Selena's face".[124] It has a minimalist theme of water.[70][131] It also uses sexual imagery,[54] contains several sexual innuendos,[131] and features Gomez striking a number of provocative poses.[132] Wendy Geller of Yahoo! said the poses were "PG-13, but still have a remarkably raunchy feel for not overtly showing anything".[132] Although the song includes the lyric "hair real nice", Gomez chose to use a natural look throughout; she is apparently bra-less,[132] has wavy hair, and wears minimal make-up.[34] She changes her clothes several times during the clip; Casey Lewis of Teen Vogue said her outfits were "each more low-key than last".[43] The video begins with Gomez lying seductively on a bright, lime-green, velvet couch;[44][57][72] wearing a loosely tied, robe-like fuchsia dress,[44][125][132] her eyes look sad and she is seemingly awaiting the arrival of her partner.[24][64] Gomez wears a floral, pink and lavender dress.[57] The video then alternates between scenes of Gomez writhing around on a hardwood floor in ripped denim and a white T-shirt.[54][123][124][125] In the next scene, Gomez undresses and takes a shower in slow-motion; though not explicitly nude,[34][123][124] the scene focuses on her head and shoulders.[132] Gomez is later depicted towering over a camera in a warehouse, before returning to scenes of her writhing around and expressing her inner longing.[24] Gomez is also pictured with wet hair,[20] sitting on a bar stool against a bare wall, wearing a wet white T-shirt;[54] imagery reminiscent of single's cover art.[34] It then alternates between a scene in which she wallows on an old-fashioned leather couch wearing a silk dress.[54][72][124] Throughout the video, Gomez is pictured singing for the camera, often making direct eye contact with the viewer and seemingly lost in deep thought
This sultry jam embodies Selena Gomez' journey of discovery as she turns into a young woman. Speaking during an interview with Elvis Duran on Z100's morning show she said: "I think that this song represents the confidence that I truly have inside of me, and I think it's the vulnerable side that I've expressed, but it's also the combination of just feeling myself." The song finds Selena Gomez teaming up with songwriter Julia Michaels (who wrote Fifth Harmony's "Miss Movin' On" and Kelly Clarkson's "War Paint") plus Semi Precious Weapons frontman Justin Tranter. Michaels and Tranter also worked on "Sorry" for Selena's ex, Justin Bieber. "'Good For You' is actually one of the first songs I recorded for the record," Gomez said. "It was stunning - it was a piece that was just everything I feel a woman should embody, but not in the obvious way. I vibed with it. The track only took about 45 minutes because I just did it all the way through. I didn't want to stop in between. I wanted to feel the whole song as a whole, and they were there, and it was just a beautiful start to the album." This features a guest appearance from A$AP Rocky late on in the song, marking the first time that Gomez has worked with a rapper on one of her tracks. Rocky's innuendo-laced rhymes find him affirming the former Disney star's intentions to please her lover. Gomez told Elvis Duran that putting a feature artist collaboration on the track was an organic process: "When I recorded the song, there was no feature. I don't even think there was a plan for a feature," she said. "I recorded the track, I responded to it so much that I had the entire team who wrote the song come to Mexico and finish the album with me because it was the perfect way and the perfect tone that's set for this next chapter for me. And then once it was done, I could not help but want somebody on it. And I'm obsessed with A$SAP Rocky's new album. So I slipped it to him and next thing you know he responded really well." Selena Gomez explained how the track came to be to Radio.com: "When I got 'Good For You,' it was just the melody," she recalled. "We didn't know what we wanted the sound to be like. Some of the melodies are very soft, so it could have been a little more pop but I didn't want the production to take away from the vocal." "I'm a huge fan of hip-hop, urban - that's just my taste," Gomez continued "I think that's my natural direction. When I was recording the whole album, everything I was writing or recording was all mid-tempo. I was drawn to that, I guess. I think now more than ever I'm comfortable and confident going into the studio knowing what my vision is." Rocky told MTV News how he changed the song after Gomez' people reached out to him. "Me and my boy Hector [Delgado], we added to the beat," he said. "We added instruments and s--t - more bass, snares. I started singing on it. Produced it. Wrote it." Rocky added that despite this being a pop song, he still used his normal methods to attack the track. "I don't think it's a different approach," he explained. "You just go in. Go for the kill. I mean, it wasn't the type of song you try to go into... It was just like me telling her, you sure you wanna go here with me? I gotta change the beat. I gotta talk my s--t. My jiggy s--t." Speaking during an On Air with Ryan Seacrest interview, Gomez claimed the song's lyrical content was deeper than merely being about a woman wanting to look good for her lover. "There's nothing wrong with a woman being comfortable, confident, [or] whatever it is that you feel," she said. "I love that, I love feeling like I'm in love and want to look good for someone. At the same time, there's no guy in the [music] video, I'm saying I am a diamond, and I like the way that women feel when they're in that state." The song's music video was shot by Sophie Muller. The British filmmaker has directed numerous clips including ones for The Killers ("Mr. Brightside"), Rihanna ("Stay") and Pink ("True Love"). Gomez wanted the clip to use the initial, stripped-down version of the song, which omits Rocky's verse, and is in a slower tempo with string instrumentation. Speaking of the visual's theme, Gomez stated to MTV News, "It's very jeans and a T-shirt, moments where a woman is deep in thought, or in a moment where she's in this crazy little rage. It just captures real things that women do. There are a lot of things that women do that are sexy that aren't just the typical, cheap way of being sexy." Speaking to Flare in an interview for the magazine's November 2015 issue, Gomez said: "I have my own definition of what I think is beautiful and sexy. That's why, in the video [for Good For You], I didn't wear lingerie and I didn't have a guy in it. It's a woman in one of those raw, bare moments; she's vulnerable, and that's sexy."
I'm on my 14 carats I'm 14 carat Doing it up like Midas Now you say I got a touch So good, so good Make you never wanna leave So don't, so don't Gonna wear that dress you like, skin-tight Do my hair up real, real nice And syncopate my skin to your heart beating 'Cause I just wanna look good for you, good for you, oh-oh I just wanna look good for you, good for you, oh-oh Let me show you how proud I am to be yours Leave this dress a mess on the floor Still look good for you, good for you, oh-oh I'm on my marquise diamonds I'm a marquise diamond Could even make that Tiffany jealous You say I give it to you hard So bad, so bad Make you never wanna leave I won't, I won't Gonna wear that dress you like, skin-tight Do my hair up real, real nice And syncopate my skin to how you're breathing 'Cause I just wanna look good for you, good for you, oh-oh I just wanna look good for you, good for you, oh-oh Let me show you how proud I am to be yours Leave this dress a mess on the floor Still look good for you, good for you, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh Trust me, I can take you there Trust me, I can take you there Trust me, I, trust me, I, trust me, I Hold up, take a minute, love 'Cause I ain't tryna fuck your image up More than likely mess around in triple cuffs Stumble 'round town, pull your zipper up Pants sag like I don't give a I ain't tryna fuck your business up And I ain't tryna get you into stuff But the way you touchin' on me in the club Rubbin' on my miniature John Hancock, fuck a signature Any time I hit it, know she finna fall through And every time we get up, always end up on the news Ain't worried 'bout no press, and ain't worried 'bout the next bitch They love the way you dress and ain't got shit up on you Jackpot, hit the jackpot Just met a bad miss without the ass shots, haha You look good, girl, you know you did good, don't you? You look good, girl, bet it feel good, don't it? (Haha) I just wanna look good for you, good for you, oh-oh Baby, let me be good to you, good to you, oh-oh Let me show you how proud I am to be yours Leave this dress a mess on the floor Still look good for you, good for you, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh Oh-oh, oh-oh Trust me, I, trust me, I, trust me, I
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jul 11, 2015 | 9 | 117 |
| 2 | Jul 18, 2015 | 17 | 109 |
| 3 | Jul 25, 2015 | 15 | 111 |
| 4 | Aug 1, 2015 | 16 | 110 |
| 5 | Aug 8, 2015 | 16 | 110 |
| 6 | Aug 15, 2015 | 13 | 113 |
| 7 | Aug 22, 2015 | 13 | 113 |
| 8 | Aug 29, 2015 | 10 | 116 |
| 9 | Sep 5, 2015 | 6 | 120 |
| 10 | Sep 12, 2015 | 6 | 120 |
| 11 | Sep 19, 2015 | 7 | 119 |
| 12 | Sep 26, 2015 | 7 | 119 |
| 13 | Oct 3, 2015 | 5 | 121 |
| 14 | Oct 10, 2015 | 8 | 118 |
| 15 | Oct 17, 2015 | 10 | 116 |
| 16 | Oct 24, 2015 | 10 | 116 |
| 17 | Oct 31, 2015 | 10 | 116 |
| 18 | Nov 7, 2015 | 14 | 112 |
| 19 | Nov 14, 2015 | 21 | 105 |
| 20 | Nov 21, 2015 | 25 | 101 |