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<h1>Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)</h1><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p>"Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Single</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merle Haggard </a>from the album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_City_(Merle_Haggard_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Big City</em></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">B-side</a>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Always_Get_Lucky_with_You" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Always Get Lucky with You</a>"Released May 15, 1982<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Genre</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Country </a>Length4:14 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Label</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Epic</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Songwriter(s)</a>Merle Haggard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Producer(s)</a> Merle Haggard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merle Haggard</a> singles chronology "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_City_(Merle_Haggard_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Big City</a>"</p><p>(1981) "<strong>Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)</strong>"</p><p>(1982) "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_Where_the_Lonely_Go_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Going Where the Lonely Go</a>"</p><p>(1982) "<strong>Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)</strong>" is a song written and recorded by American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">country music</a> artist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merle Haggard</a> backed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strangers_(American_band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Strangers</a>. It was released in May 1982 as the third single from his album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_City_(Merle_Haggard_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Big City</em></a>. The song reached #2 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot Country Singles</a> chart<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_the_Good_Times_Really_Over_(I_Wish_a_Buck_Was_Still_Silver)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> and #1 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>RPM</em></a> Country Tracks chart in Canada.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_the_Good_Times_Really_Over_(I_Wish_a_Buck_Was_Still_Silver)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a></p><h2>Content</h2><p>The theme of the song is the concern over irreversible moral decay.</p>