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{{Short description|1993 single by Ice Cube}}
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{{Infobox song
| name          = It Was a Good Day
| cover         = Good Day Predator.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Ice Cube]]
| album         = [[The Predator (album)|The Predator]]
| released      = February 23, 1993
| recorded      = May 1992
| studio        = 
| genre         = {{flatlist|
* [[Hip-hop]]<ref name="rs"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ice Cube Promotes "It Was A Good Day" Clothing Line To Benefit Autism Speaks|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/ice-cube-promotes-it-was-a-good-day-clothing-line-to-benefit-autism-speaks-news.29634.html|access-date=2021-07-07|website=HotNewHipHop|date=March 3, 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=T. M.|title=The greatest hip-hop songs of all time|url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20191007-the-greatest-hip-hop-songs-of-all-time|access-date=2021-07-07|website=www.bbc.com|language=en}}</ref>
* [[G-funk]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-07-26|title=The 30 best G-Funk tracks of all time|url=https://www.factmag.com/2016/07/26/best-g-funk-tracks/|access-date=2021-06-01|website=Fact Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-02|title=Ice Cube has launched a charity clothing range to support autism|url=https://www.factmag.com/2017/03/02/ice-cube-charity-clothing-range-autism-speaks/|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Fact Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The 20 Best Five-year Runs In Rap|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2013/10/best-5-year-rapper-runs/|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Complex|language=en}}</ref>
* [[West Coast hip-hop]]
}}
| length        = 4:20
| label         = * [[Lench Mob Records|Lench Mob]]
* [[Priority Records|Priority]]
| writer        = * [[Ice Cube|O'Shea Jackson]]
* [[Marvin Isley]]
* [[Rudolph Isley]]
* [[O'Kelly Isley]]
* [[Ernie Isley]]
* [[Ronald Isley]]
* [[Chris Jasper]]
| producer      = [[DJ Pooh]]
| prev_title    = [[Wicked (Ice Cube song)|Wicked]]
| prev_year     = 1992
| next_title    = [[Check Yo Self]]
| next_year     = 1993
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|h4UqMyldS7Q|"It Was a Good Day"}}}}
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"'''It Was a Good Day'''" is a song by American rapper [[Ice Cube]], released on February 23, 1993, by [[Lench Mob Records|Lench Mob]] and [[Priority Records|Priority]] as the second single from his third solo album, ''[[The Predator (album)|The Predator]]'' (1992). The song was written by Ice Cube and produced by [[DJ Pooh]], peaking at No. 7 on the US [[Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart and No. 27 on the [[UK Singles Chart|UK Charts]]. On the ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]], the song peaked at No. 15, making it Ice Cube's highest-charting single on the chart to date. Its music video was directed by [[F. Gary Gray]]. The song's lyrics describe a generic pleasant day from his life; according to Ice Cube, he had no specific date in mind, though several attempts have been made to identify one.

"It Was a Good Day" was ranked at No. 81 on the list of greatest rap songs of all time by [[About.com]], No. 77 on [[VH1]]'s 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s, No. 36 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'s}} 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time, and No. 352 on the latter's list of Top 500 Best Songs of All Time.<ref name="rs">{{Cite magazine|title=100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-hip-hop-songs-of-all-time-105784/|date=2017-06-02|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-06}}</ref> In 2008, the song was ranked at No. 28 on VH1's 100 greatest hip-hop songs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2008 |title=VH1's '100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs' |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080925vh101 |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=www.thefutoncritic.com}}</ref>

==Background==
Ice Cube originally recorded a demo of "It Was a Good Day" in his home studio, and later went on to record the album version at Echo Sound Studios in Los Angeles in 1992, where it was one of the first ideas for his upcoming album.<ref name=Blender/> He later said, "The inspiration was my life at the time... I was at the top of the rap game. It was the summer of '92 and I was in a hotel room, really in a state of euphoria. I had all the money I had dreamed of. I was in a good frame of mind. And I remember thinking, 'Okay, there's been [[Los Angeles riots of 1992|the riots]], people know I will deal with that. That's a given. But I rap all this gangsta stuff—what about all the good days I had?'"<ref name=Blender>Michael Odell (April 2005). [http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1988 The Greatest Songs Ever! It Was a Good Day] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181025/http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1988 |date=September 30, 2007 }}. ''Blender''. Accessed May 16, 2008.</ref>

Initially, Ice Cube went into the studio with a sample of the [[Isley Brothers]]' song "[[Footsteps in the Dark]]". [[DJ Pooh]] later enhanced the production with bass and vocals.<ref name=Blender/> The song samples "Footsteps in the Dark, Pts. 1 & 2" and [[Ray, Goodman & Brown|The Moments]]' song "Sexy Mama".<ref name="The-breaks">[http://www.the-breaks.com/search.php?term=It+Was+a+Good+Day&type=7 It Was a Good Day sample search] The-breaks. Accessed May 21, 2008. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224102259/http://www.the-breaks.com/search.php?term=It+Was+a+Good+Day&type=7 |date=December 24, 2013 }}</ref>{{failed verification|date=February 2022}}{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} It has been re-released multiple times, including on Ice Cube's ''[[Greatest Hits (Ice Cube album)|Greatest Hits]]'' album, ''[[Bootlegs & B-Sides]]'', and ''[[The N.W.A Legacy, Vol. 1: 1988–1998]]''.

==Date of the "Good Day"==
In a 2012 [[Tumblr]] post, comedian [[Donovan Strain]] used the song's lyrics to determine that the titular "Good Day" likely occurred on January 20, 1992.<ref name=MurkAve>[http://murkavenue.tumblr.com/post/16553509655/i-found-ice-cubes-good-day Murk Avenue | Tumblr] MurkAve. National Good Day Day Accessed January, 2012.</ref> Strain wrote that this date was "the only day where ''[[Yo! MTV Raps]]'' was on air, it was a clear and smogless day in Los Angeles, beepers or [[pagers]] were commercially sold, [[Los Angeles Lakers|Lakers]] beat the [[Seattle SuperSonics|Sonics]], and Ice Cube had no filming commitments".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://murkavenue.tumblr.com/post/16553509655/i-found-ice-cubes-good-day|title=I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY'|website=MURK AVENUE|language=en|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref> ''[[Deadspin]]'' fact-checked some of the claims.<ref name=DSpin>[http://deadspin.com/5880041/the-internet-has-discovered-the-exact-day-featured-in-ice-cubes-it-was-a-good-day The Internet Has Discovered The Exact Day Featured In Ice Cube’s "It Was A Good Day"] DeadSpin.</ref>

Online sleuths noted several inconsistencies in Strain's reasoning. For example, it was reported that ''Yo! MTV Raps'' did not air that day in 1992 and that "it is unlikely that Ice Cube got 'a beep from Kim' for a [[booty call]] since the likely Kim, Ice Cube's fiancée by 1992, was eight months pregnant at the time".<ref name=TheAtlantic>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/01/sadly-january-20-1992-may-not-be-ice-cubes-good-day/332427/ |title=Sadly, January 20, 1992 May Not Be Ice Cube's 'Good Day' |first=Dino |last=Gradoni |access-date=December 15, 2016 |magazine=The Atlantic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215064848/http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/01/sadly-january-20-1992-may-not-be-ice-cubes-good-day/332427/ |archive-date=December 15, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Due to these errors, an alternative date has been calculated by a blogger pointing to November 30, 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lahatiel.tumblr.com/post/16698555997/ice-cubes-good-day-really-november-30-1988|title=Correction to Murk Avenue: Ice Cube's 'Good Day' really was Nov. 30, 1988|website=Pandemonium|language=en|access-date=2017-07-31}}</ref>

Ice Cube himself stated that the lyrics are made up of things that happened on a number of different days: "It's a fictional song. It's basically my interpretation of what a great day would be… it's a little of this and a little of that. I don't think you can pinpoint the day."<ref name="EW.com">{{Cite news|url=http://ew.com/article/2012/03/05/ice-cube-it-was-a-good-day-theory/|title=Ice Cube finally resolves 'It Was A Good Day' theories: 'It's a fictional song'|date=2012-03-05|work=EW.com|access-date=2017-07-31|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Goodyear Blimp campaign==
In 2014, Ice Cube agreed to support a fundraising campaign started by four close friends describing themselves as "diehard rap aficionados" who wanted to raise and donate $25,000 to the South Los Angeles charity and after-school youth center A Place Called Home (APCH) if the [[Goodyear Blimp]] would display lyrics from the third verse of "It Was a Good Day".<ref name="huffpost.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-cube-goodyear-blimp_n_4633673|title='It Was A Good Day' For Rap Fans Everywhere|date=2014-01-20|website=HuffPost Canada|language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref> After Ice Cube spoke about the fundraising campaign on ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]'', Goodyear quickly agreed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/ice-cube-gets-his-name-on-the-goodyear-blimp-for-real/|title=Ice Cube Gets His Name on the Goodyear Blimp (For Real)|last=Fenske|first=Sarah|date=2014-01-20|website=LA Weekly|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref> However, given the nature of the fundraiser and the organization, Goodyear decided against using the word "[[pimp]]" and instead flew the blimp with messages stating "Today is a Good Day" and "Flying For a Good Cause{{emdash}}A Place Called Home".<ref name="huffpost.com"/>

==Reception==
The song was universally acclaimed by critics. [[AllMusic]]'s Jason Birchmeier noted that even though it was ''[[The Predator (Ice Cube album)|The Predator's]]'' "most laid-back moment, [it] emits a quiet sense of violent anxiety." He further stated that the song was, "a truly beautiful moment, a career highlight for sure."<ref name=AMG-ThePredator>Jason Birchmeier. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r57577|pure_url=yes}} The Predator > Overview] AllMusic. Accessed May 16, 2008.</ref> ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' magazine writer, Michael Odel, felt that the song contained, "a chilled-out, feel-good vibe".<ref name=Blender/> [[Greg Sandow]] from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' mentioned that Ice Cube rapped over a "partly melancholy, partly swaggering beat [and] glories in good luck, South Central style".<ref name=EW>Greg Sandow (November 20, 1992). [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,312440,00.html The Predator | Music Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091222191152/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,312440,00.html |date=December 22, 2009 }} ''Entertainment Weekly''. Accessed May 16, 2008.</ref> [[Robert Hilburn]] from ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote, "Here is another one of pop’s most gifted--and often misunderstood--artists. The images are a bit bawdy, but the track [...] is noteworthy for the way this controversial rapper reveals a welcome tender side."<ref>{{cite news|first=Robert|last=Hilburn|title=Dance Energy Saves Dreary '92: Year-End Review|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 31, 1992|page=|accessdate=January 22, 2023|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-31-ca-4254-story.html|author-link=Robert Hilburn}}</ref> In his weekly UK chart commentary, [[James Masterton]] said, "Thus it is that when Ice Cube finally crosses over and gets his first UK hit, it is with "It Was a Good Day" a laid-back mellow rap, far removed from his usual uncompromising throwdown and may even stand a chance of crossing over even further."<ref>{{cite web|last=Masterton|first=James|title=Week Ending March 27th 1993|url=https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1993/week-ending-march-27th-1993|website=Chart Watch UK|date=March 21, 1993|accessdate=September 10, 2021|author-link=James Masterton}}</ref>

Jon Selzer from ''[[Melody Maker]]'' felt it's "so laid back and pastoral it could almost be [[DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince]], but its tale of cruising and getting laid is undercut with a darker edge."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Jon|last=Selzer|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52743484343/|title=Albums|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|date=November 21, 1992|page=30|access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref> Alan Jones from ''[[Music Week]]'' gave the song three out of five, declaring it as "a rare low-key offering from the controversial rapper [that] inevitably mentions his bete noir — cops — but is an unusually optimistic celebration, set against samples from [[the Isley Brothers]] and [[Ray, Goodman & Brown|the Moments]]." He added, "Likely to appeal to a wide audience, with good radio potential."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Alan|last=Jones|title=Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=March 20, 1993|page=6|accessdate=January 29, 2023|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-03-20.pdf}}</ref> Another ''Music Week'' editor, Andy Beevers, also gave it three out of five, writing that the song "sees Ice Cube in an uncharacteristically mellow and reflective mood. Its more commercial sound should reach beyond his fan base."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Andy|last=Beevers|title=Market Preview: Dance|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=March 13, 1993|page=20|accessdate=February 26, 2023|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-03-13.pdf}}</ref> Ian McCann from ''[[New Musical Express|NME]]'' wrote, "A slow, borrowed-from-the-Isley-Brothers groove just jogs along there somehow, and suddenly it's summer in the mean streets of LA."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Ian|last=McCann|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52830699745/|title=Singles|magazine=[[New Musical Express|NME]]|date=March 20, 1993|page=19|access-date=May 5, 2023}}</ref> [[Adam Higginbotham]] from ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'' named it a "laidback Isleys groove".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Adam|last=Higginbotham|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2013/04/albums2.jpg|title=Reviews: New Albums|work=[[Select (magazine)|Select]]|date=February 1993|page=72|access-date=December 26, 2024|author-link=Adam Higginbotham}}</ref> [[Charles Aaron]] from ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' commented, "Outta the disastrous, misanthropic morass of ''The Predator'' emerges this way-too-real gangsta fairy tale. Cube is firing wildly in the wilderness, but don't toe-tag him yet."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Charles|last=Aaron|title=Singles|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=June 1993|page=86|accessdate=January 25, 2023|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5wTUmx2uZYsC|author-link=Charles Aaron}}</ref> ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'' magazine described DJ Pooh's beat as a "smoothed-out production".<ref name=Vibe>[http://www.vibe.com/music/revolutions/2007/02/vibe_150_revs_east/ Vibe 150: West Coast] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003055806/http://www.vibe.com/music/revolutions/2007/02/vibe_150_revs_east/ |date=October 3, 2008 }} ''Vibe''. Accessed May 16, 2008.</ref>

==Music video==
The accompanying music video for "It Was a Good Day" was directed by American director and producer [[F. Gary Gray]] and was first aired in March 1993.<ref name=mvdbase>[http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=13494 Ice Cube – "It Was a Good Day"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109185611/http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=13494 |date=November 9, 2007 }} mvdbase. Accessed May 16, 2008.</ref> It was later made available on [[YouTube]] in February 2009 and had generated more than 298 million views as of October 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4UqMyldS7Q|title=Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day (Official Video)|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=February 24, 2009|access-date=June 4, 2023}}</ref>

The music video follows the song's lyrics, with Ice Cube waking up in the morning in his house in [[Los Angeles]], eating breakfast with his family, driving around in his green 1964 [[Chevrolet Impala]], winning a pickup game of street basketball, avoiding police, going over to a friend's house, watching ''[[Yo! MTV Raps]]'', winning games of [[craps]] and [[dominoes]], and thanking God for no [[gang violence]]–related deaths during the day. Later, he picks up an old 12th-grade crush named Kim; they drink, smoke, watch an [[NBA]] game, and have sex; he then drives her home and goes to [[Fatburger]]. At the end of the video, as Ice Cube is about to enter his house, [[LAPD]] police cars and helicopters surround him, but he ignores them and enters his house with police following behind him with text onscreen saying "[[To be continued|To Be Continued]]...", setting up the plot for the music video to Ice Cube's following single "[[Check Yo Self]]". The video contains appearances by [[WC (rapper)|WC]] of [[WC and the Maad Circle]], Jerome "Shorty" Muhammad and J-Dee of [[Da Lench Mob]], Ron Riser and Robin Power.

==Legacy==
In June 1994, "It Was a Good Day" won one of [[ASCAP]]'s R&B Music Awards.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-06-18-N.pdf#page=8|title=ASCAP's R&B Music Celebration!|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=June 18, 1994|page=8|access-date=May 20, 2025}}</ref> It reached No. 36 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'s}} 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time and No. 77 on [[VH1]]'s 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s.<ref name="VH1">[https://archive.today/20120918065120/http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/127759/episode_featured_copy.jhtml 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s]. VH1. Accessed May 16, 2008.</ref> The song was also included in [[Dotdash|About.com's]] Top 100 Rap Songs, at No. 81.<ref name="About">[http://rap.about.com/od/top10songs/ss/Top100RapSongs_2.htm Top 100 Rap Songs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201203951/https://www.thoughtco.com/best-rap-songs-of-all-time-2857834 |date=December 1, 2017 }}. About.com. Accessed May 16, 2008.</ref> In 2008, it was ranked No. 28 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.

On October 26, 2024, Ice Cube performed the song live at [[Dodger Stadium]] before Game 2 of the [[2024 World Series]].

The song also features in the game [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]. On radio station "Radio Los Santos".

==Track listing==
* '''UK 2-track CD single'''
#"It Was a Good Day" (Radio version)
#"It Was a Good Day" (Instrumental)

* '''12" vinyl'''
:A1. "It Was a Good Day" (Radio version)
:A2. "It Was a Good Day" (Instrumental)
:B1. "U Ain't Gonna Take My Life" (LP version)
:B2. "U Ain't Gonna Take My Life" (Instrumental)

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1993)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
|Europe ([[Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-04-10.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=15|date=April 10, 1993|page=21|access-date=March 24, 2024}}</ref>
|align="center"|89
|-
|Europe ([[European Dance Radio Chart|European Dance Radio]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-04-17.pdf|title=European Dance Radio|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=10|issue=16|date=April 17, 1993|page=25|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|14
|-
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|27|artist=Ice Cube}}
|-
|UK Airplay (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-04-10.pdf|title=Top 50 Airplay Chart|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=April 10, 1993|page=16|access-date=April 29, 2024}}</ref>
|align="center"|36
|-
|UK Dance (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-03-27.pdf |title= Top 60 Dance Singles |magazine= [[Music Week]] |date= March 27, 1993 |page= 28 |accessdate= April 9, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|10
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|15|artist=Ice Cube|song= It Was a Good Day}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|7|artist=Ice Cube}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrapsongs|1|artist=Ice Cube|song= It Was a Good Day}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|13|artist=Ice Cube|song= It Was a Good Day.}}
|-
|US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1993/CB-1993-05-29.pdf|title=Top 100 Pop Singles|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]|volume=LVI|issue=38|date=May 29, 1993|page=12|access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref>
|align="center"|16
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2022)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Hungarysingle|7|year=2022|week=18}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1993)
!Position
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1993 |title=Billboard Top 100 – 1993 |access-date=August 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110095203/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1993 |archive-date=November 10, 2006 }}</ref>
|align="center"|78
|-
|US Hot R&B Singles (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-12-25.pdf#page=89 |title=The Year in Music: R&B |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=BPI Communications|date=December 25, 1993 |access-date=May 4, 2015 |page=YE-29 |issn=0006-2510|volume=105|number=52}}</ref>
|align="center"|49
|-
|US Hot Rap Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-12-25.pdf#page=87 |title=The Year in Music: Rap |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=BPI Communications|date=December 25, 1993 |access-date=May 4, 2015 |page=YE-27 |issn=0006-2510|volume=105|number=52}}</ref>
|align="center"|25
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|artist=Ice Cube|title=It Was a Good Day|award=Platinum|id=14454|relyear=1993|certyear=2024|access-date=October 6, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|artist=Ice Cube|title=It Was a Good Day|award=Gold|id=11183|relyear=1993|certyear=2023|access-date=July 31, 2023|note=sales since 2009}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1993|certyear=2024|artist=Ice Cube|title=It Was a Good Day|access-date=April 3, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Ice Cube|title=It Was a Good Day|award=Platinum|id=14950-1043-1|relyear=2004|certyear=2022|access-date=November 18, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Ice Cube|title=It Was a Good Day|award=Gold|salesamount=600,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73 |title=Best-Selling Records of 1993 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=January 15, 1994 |access-date=May 4, 2015 |page=73 |issn=0006-2510|volume=106|number=3}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{YouTube|h4UqMyldS7Q|Music video}}
*{{YouTube|8CPlF-IEkXQ|Audio}}

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