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Good to Be Me

2010 single by Kid Rock and Uncle Kracker

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ5583144
Source-derived summary

"Good to Be Me" is a song recorded by Uncle Kracker. It was released in 2010 as the second single from Kracker's album Happy Hour. The song was written by Matthew Shafer, Brett James, J. T. Harding and Robert J. Ritchie. The single version features Kracker's friend Kid Rock.

Critical reception

Giving it 3.5 stars out of 5, Bobby Peacock of Roughstock said that it was "laid back, happy and tuneful", and that it would "stand out" because of its rock sound.

Music video

The music video was directed by Christopher Sims and premiered in September 2010.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of July 31, 2010.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Good to Be Me” is 2010 single by Kid Rock and Uncle Kracker. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Good, single and Rock, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2010—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2010-07-12. For this dossier, Good, single and Rock is the immediate research focus.
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