"Good Excuse" is a promotional-only release by the Australian jam band, The John Butler Trio, from their fourth studio album Grand National. <br /> <br />"Good Excuse" was released in March 2007 in Australia by Jarrah Records and in the United States by Atlantic Records. <br /> <br />Butler describes the song as a "wake-up call to our self-obsessed consumerist society". <br />Video <br />The video for the song was directed by James Hackett and Jean Camden (Hackett Films) and features a combination of 2D and 3D animation together with live action. The video was nominated 'Most Popular Music Video' at the 2008 West Australian Music Industry Awards.
