Good Fortune is a song by English alternative rock musician PJ Harvey. It is the second track and lead single from her fifth studio album Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, and was released on 13 November 2000 on Island Records. The song was written by Harvey and self-produced with Mick Harvey and Rob Ellis.

Upon its release, "Good Fortune" received positive critical acclaim and charted in both France and the United Kingdom, peaking at number 100 and number 41 respectively. The song had an accompanying music video, directed by Sophie Muller.

"Good Fortune" was recorded during the sessions for Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea throughout March and April 2000 at Linford Manor in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. The song was one nineteen songs PJ Harvey had written for the album, alongside the single's b-sides "Memphis" and "66 Promises." Although most of "Good Fortune" was recorded in-studio, parts of the song were recorded alone by Harvey on a 4-track cassette recorder in New York City and Dorset. The song was mixed by Victor Van Vugt at the Fallout Shelter in May 2000.

"Good Fortune" was written by Harvey and produced by Harvey, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey, and former bandmate Rob Ellis. It is set in common time (4
4) and composed in the key of A minor. The verse follows a repetitive pattern of two chords (Am₇–G₆) and the final refrains of each verse repeat two chords (C–F₅). The chorus has a rising bass progression composed of four chords (Am₇–G₆/B–C–D) and the song ends on G₅.

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