When the men from the Dutch group Het Goede Doel decided to record an album with different Dutch and Belgian artists, choosing a different a...

Sometimes, when you're buying records, you find something you didn't know about. It's these nice surprises that makes all the re...

'Eeuwige kerst' ('Eternal Christmas') could be considered the Dutch version of Band Aid, released in December 1984. Dutch si...

On a blog with an international readership, it's hard to explain Dutch music sometimes. And today is even more difficult, as we celebrat...

Roughly translated the chorus of this song starts with the words ' I'd rather be well off / preferably a millionaire '. The song...

Taken from their 1984 album 'Tempo Doeloe', 'Geboren voor het geluk' was an ill-fated single. Despite the humorous lyric and...

'Brood en spelen' ('Bread and games') was an unsuccessful single release from het Goede Doel's 1984 album 'Tempo Doe...

Most people in the Netherlands remember the song 'België' ('Belgium') by het Goede Doel. The song asks that eternal question...

Het Goede Doel released a live version of their song 'Nooduitgang' ('Emergency exit') in 1987. Their album 'Mooi en onve...

'In 't leven' ('In life') was the debut single of Het Goede Doel, a Dutch band formed by Henk Temming and Henk Westbroek...

'Als ik de bouw van Arnold Schwarzenegger had' ('If I was built like Arnold Schwarzenegger') was a new single by het Goede D...

In 1988, the Dutch government launched an advertising campaign to stimulate the use of condoms. This was in the time when Aids was a relativ...

The central theme of the song 'Vriendschap' ('Friendship') is made clear by the first sentence of the refrain: ' Eenmaal...

Released as the third single from the band's 1986 album 'Mooi en onverslijtbaar', het Goede Doel scored the biggest hit from thi...

'Alles geprobeerd' ('Tried everything') was one of my favourite tracks of 1986. Even if you don't understand Dutch, you ...

In 1988, Het Goede Doel made the album 'Iedereen is anders' ('Everyone is different'), collaborating with different Dutch ar...

'Gijzelaar' ('Hostage') was Het Goede Doel's first chart hit in the Netherlands, peaking at number 28 in September 1982....

Although I pretty much kept up to date with the releases by het Goede Doel, I completely missed the release of this single. Presumably, ...

'Hou van mij' ('Love me') was the sixth single by Het Goede Doel, released in April 1983. The single was notable for lasting...

'Franse auto' was the fourth single from Het Goede Doel's 1986 album 'Mooi en onverslijtbaar'. Even though the album bro...