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"Everything's Gonna Be Alright" is the second single released from Naughty by Nature's self-titled second album. The song is titled "Ghetto Bastard" on uncensored versions of the eponymous album. While not as successful as their previous single, "O.P.P.", "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" managed to make it to 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 9 on the Hot Rap Singles. The song would later appear on both of the group's compilation albums, 1999's Nature's Finest: Naughty by Nature's Greatest Hits and 2003's Greatest Hits: Naughty's Nicest. It was rerecorded for the 2011 release, Anthem Inc.

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"Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
Single by Naughty by Nature
from the album Naughty by Nature
B-side	"O.P.P." (Live)
Released	November 26, 1991
Recorded	1991
Genre	Hip hop
Length	3:16
Label	Tommy Boy
Songwriter(s)	Vincent Brown Anthony Criss Vincent Ford
Producer(s)	Naughty by Nature
Naughty by Nature singles chronology
"O.P.P." (1991) "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (1991) "Uptown Anthem" (1992)
Music video
"Everything's Gonna Be Alright" on YouTube

The song's chorus is derived from Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry".[1][2] The bass line in the song "Holy" by Justin Bieber is almost identical to the one in this song.

Critical reception

Jesse Ducker from Albumism said in his review of the Naughty by Nature album, that "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" is "the stronger and more incisive recording [than its predecessor]." He described it as "unremittingly bleak", adding, "I can think of few songs that are better at presenting a first-person account of despair and poverty."[3] Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Follow-up to platinum single "O.P.P." is not as light and fluffy, though it will establish rap act as lyricists to be reckoned with. Story lines about surviving fatherless homes seem to be all the rage at the moment. Here, topic is handled with an intelligent and optimistic hand."[4] A reviewer from Music & Media noted that the "talented rap crew" has replaced the reggae beat of the Bob Marley song with a modern dance groove, and complimented it as "easy programmable."[5]

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single,[6] featuring the band rapping as they walk on sidewalks throughout the inner city. While hanging out they chase away a drug dealer and scare him with a machete. The video was later published on Tommy Boy Records' official YouTube channel in June 2018. It has amassed more than 2,8 million views as of October 2021.[7]

Single track listing

A-Side

1. "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (LP Version)- 4:51
2. "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (Radio Mix)- 4:14

B-Side

1. "O.P.P." (Live)- 6:15
2. "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (Everything's OK)- 4:50
3. "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (Everything's OK Instrumental)- 4:14

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[8]	76
Europe Dance (Music & Media)[9]	11
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10]	13
UK Dance (Music Week)[11]	29
US Billboard Hot 100[12]	53
US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)[13]	12
US Hot Rap Singles (Billboard)	9
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)	8

References

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