Inner City ‘Good Life’

byDavid Pollock
September 10, 2020

Kevin Saunderson tells us why Inner City’s 1988 chart monster ‘Good Life’ was the right song for the right time

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Inner City ‘Good Life’

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David Pollock

The Beatmasters ‘Rok Da House’

Oceanic ‘Insanity’

Kevin Godley ‘Cry’

Strafe ‘Set It Off’

Martha And The Muffins ‘Echo Beach’

Steve Hovington ‘Remembrance Day’

Stuart Braithwaite

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Inner City ‘Good Life’

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