Good Luck, Babe!

Album

Single

Label

Island Records

Genre

Synthpop

Media Type

DD

Duration

3:38

Composer(s)

Chappell Roan;Justin Tranter;Dan Nigro

Entered Chart

Apr 20, 2024

Peak Date

Sep 28, 2024

Released

April 5, 2024

Catalog #

island

B-Side

"Read & Make Out" (demo)

"Good Luck, Babe!" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Chappell Roan, released as a single on April 5, 2024, through Amusement Records and Island Records. Roan wrote the song with Justin Tranter and Dan Nigro, who produced it. A 1980s-influenced power ballad, "Good Luck, Babe!" incorporates synth-pop, new wave, and dance, with elements of baroque pop and soft rock. Its maximalist production consists of pulsing synthesizers and a string section. Music critics acclaimed Roan's vocals, the production, and the storytelling lyrics. Many publications included "Good Luck, Babe!" in their rankings of the best songs of 2024; NME, The Guardian, and Rolling Stone placed it at number one on their lists. The single became Roan's breakout song and a sleeper hit; it peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also reached number one on charts in Ireland and Poland, and reached the top five in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. It has been certified platinum or higher in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Greece, New Zealand, Portugal, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Roan performed "Good Luck, Babe!" at Coachella, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, where it was nominated for Song of Summer. The song was nominated for Best Song at the 2024 MTV Europe Music Awards; and for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in 2025. It won the Brit Award for International Song at the Brit Awards 2025 and topped the Triple J Hottest 100, 2024.

It's fine, it's cool
You can say that we are nothing, but you know the truth
And guess I'm the fool
With her arms out like an angel through the car sunroof

I don't wanna call it off
But you don't wanna call it love
You only wanna be the one that I call baby

You can kiss a hundred boys in bars
Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling
You can say it's just the way you are
Make a new excuse, another stupid reason
Good luck, babe! (Well good luck) Well good luck, babe! (Well good luck)
You'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling
Good luck, babe! (Well good luck) Well good luck, babe! (Well good luck)
You'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling

I'm cliche, who cares?
It's a sexually explicit kind of love affair
And I cry, it's not fair
I just need a little lovin', I just need a little air

Think I'm gonna call it off
Even if you call it love
I just wanna love someone who calls me baby

You can kiss a hundred boys in bars
Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling
You can say it's just the way you are
Make a new excuse, another stupid reason
Good luck, babe! (Well good luck) Well good luck, babe! (Well good luck)
You'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling
Good luck, babe! (Well good luck) Well good luck, babe! (Well good luck)
You'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling

And when you wake up next to him in the middle of the night
With your head in your hands, you're nothing more than his wife
And when you think about me, all of those years ago
You're standing face to face with "I told you so"
You know I hate to say it, I told you so
You know I hate to say it but, I told you so

You can kiss a hundred boys in bars
Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling
You can say it's just the way you are
Make a new excuse, another stupid reason
Good luck, babe! (Well good luck) Well good luck, babe! (Well good luck)
You'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling
Good luck, babe! (Well good luck) Well good luck, babe! (Well good luck)
You'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling
You'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling
You'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling
You'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling