[2] "For the Good Times" continued to be recorded by a number of artists in subsequent years, to popular success.
It became a staple of soul singer Al Green's concert repertoire in the 1970s,[3] also featuring as a studio recording on his 1972 album I'm Still in Love with You.
[2] It recounts the end of a love affair, based on a real life experience of his,[7] in a manner that popular music scholar Steve Sullivan said "conveys sadness, acceptance, and longing".
[9] Ray Price recorded the song on March 16, 1970,[2] accompanied by an orchestra in Nashville's Columbia Studio A.
The flip side, "Grazin' in Greener Pastures," did receive credit on the country music chart.