Schoolhouse Rock!

"Good Eleven"

Original Air Date

March 10, 1973

Winged angels take us through the multiplication of 11 while continuously bumping into the number 10.

"Good Eleven" Lyrics

Good, good, good, good, the good eleven, yeah

It's almost as easy as multiplying by one

Good, good, good, good eleven (Mmm)

Yes, eleven almost makes multiplication fun

Some people get up at a quarter until seven

Other people lie abed until 8:45 or nine

But I'm happy just to hang in there until eleven

Because eleven has always been a friend of mine

Good, good, good, good eleven

Never gave me any trouble until after nine

Good, good, good, good eleven (Mmm)

Eleven will always be a friend of mine

Now when you get a chance to multiply by eleven (Eleven, yeah!)

It's almost as easy as multiplying by one

You don't even have to use a pencil when you use eleven

And eleven almost makes multiplication fun

You know why? (Yeah!)

Because you get those funny-looking double-digit doojies as an answer

Like 22, 33, 44 and 55

66, 77, 88, and 99 is your answer

When you multiply 11 by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9

Good, good, good, good eleven

Never gave me any trouble until after nine

Good, good, good, good eleven (Mmm)

I can always get that answer easy every time

Now eleven times ten is the same is ten times eleven (Ten times eleven)

It's 110 no matter what you do

And 121 is the answer to eleven times eleven

And eleven times twelve is 132

Eleven thirteens are 143, now (That's 1-4-3)

Eleven fourteens are 154 (Dig it, it's 1-5-4)

1-6-5 and 1-7-6 are fifteen and sixteen

You'd better pick up on the pattern

Because I ain't got time to tell you any more

I've got a date with the good eleven

She never gave me any trouble until after nine

(Good, good, good, good)

Good, g-g-g-good, eleven (Mmm)

Yes, eleven will always be a friend of mine