"Good Excuse" is a promotional only release by Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Jam band

-Ambiguity:By the late 1990s use of the term jam band also became ambiguous. An editorial at jamband.com suggested that any band of which a primary band such as Phish has done a cover of be included as jam band. The example was including New York post-punk band Talking Heads after Phish performed...

, The John Butler Trio from their fourth studio album Grand National

Grand National (album)

Grand National is the fourth album by the John Butler Trio. Somewhere between 22 to 25 songs were considered for this album, some created during or before Sunrise Over Sea....

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"Good Excuse" was released in March 2007 in Australia by Jarrah Records

Jarrah Records

Jarrah Records is an independent Australian record label that releases albums by The Waifs and The John Butler Trio. Jarrah is co-owned by The Waifs and John Butler. Jarrah was founded in July 2002 as John Butler's and The Waifs' record label for the territory of the USA....

 and in the United States by Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

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Airplay

The song receives heavy airplay on the Today Network

Today Network

The Today Network is a network of Contemporary Hit Radio stations run by Southern Cross Austereo in Australia.-Affiliates:-History:The Today Network started when the Austereo Radio Network secured the first commercial FM licence in Adelaide in 1980. Austereo launched a station called Double SA FM,...

 radio stations in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, especially on their automation programs and Australian First.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Butler

John Butler (musician)

John Charles Wiltshire-Butler or John Charles Butler is an Australian musician, songwriter, record label owner and producer...

John Butler Trio

• John Butler — vocals, acoustic/amplified 6 string guitar, harmonica
• Shannon Birchall — double bass, backing vocals
• Michael Barker — drums, congas, shaker, tambourine, cow bells, vibraslap, backing vocals

Production credits

• John Butler — producer
• Mario Caldato Jr. — producer, engineer, mixing
• Shannon Birchall — co-producer
• Michael Barker — co-producer
• Jarrad Hearman — assistant engineer
• Bernie Grundman — mastering
• Tom Walker — artwork