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66. I'll Keep You Happy - Ike & Tina Turner

(Good call on that Lulu track Jez)

― Jack Battery-Pack (Jack Battery-Pack), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 11:28 (nineteen years ago) link

65. Daybreak - Barry Manilow

― Acme (acme), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 11:31 (nineteen years ago) link

64. Marlena Shaw 'Yu-Ma'

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 11:37 (nineteen years ago) link

63. Bone Thugs N Harmony '1st Of Da Month'

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 11:38 (nineteen years ago) link

62. Basement Jaxx 'Do Your Thing'

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 11:38 (nineteen years ago) link

61. Manix 'Oblivion (Head In The Clouds)' or 'Feal Real Good'
60. Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era 'Far Out'
59. Shades Of Rhythm 'The Sound Of Eden'
58. Deee-Lite 'Picnic In The Summertime'
57. Gerling 'Dust Me Selecta'

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 11:41 (nineteen years ago) link

Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light

― sibsi (sibsi), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 11:47 (nineteen years ago) link

55. 'Welcome Aliens' The Happiest Guys in the world

― Lairy Hair (hullcity), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 12:58 (nineteen years ago) link

54. Moby 'Bring Back My Happiness'

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 13:02 (nineteen years ago) link

53. Madonna 'Holiday'

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 13:03 (nineteen years ago) link

52. Spiderbait - "Glokenpop"

― Jim M (jmcgaw), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 13:06 (nineteen years ago) link

Love - everybody's got to live.

― woolfboy, Wednesday, 22 December 2004 13:20 (nineteen years ago) link

(I swear the thread title was top 100 harpiest songs of all time.)

50. Wish I Was Danny Kaye - Miracle Legion

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 13:22 (nineteen years ago) link

49. Rick Rizzo & Tara Key 'Sinfo'
48. St Etienne 'Action'
47. Northside 'Shall We Take A Trip?'
46. Boards Of Canada 'Roygbiv'
45. Harry J All stars 'The Liquidator'

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 13:24 (nineteen years ago) link

44. Donna Fargo - "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA"

― Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 13:26 (nineteen years ago) link

43. lemonheads - alison's starting to happen
42. the orb - little fluffy clouds
41. lil wayne - this is the carter
40. petey pablo - did you miss me?

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 13:27 (nineteen years ago) link

stevem i thought u found BoC depressing?

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 13:27 (nineteen years ago) link

39. Bruce Low - "Alte Haus von Rocky Docky"

― Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 13:41 (nineteen years ago) link

53. Madonna 'Holiday'

i can see how "holiday" could make you happy as a listener. it makes me happy. but the first word of the song -- "if" -- gives away the fact that the singer may not be coming from a place of happiness herself. i think this song is more about wanting to be happy, or trying to be happy, rather than actually being happy. for whatever that's worth.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 16:36 (nineteen years ago) link

38. The Rolling Stones - Let's Spend the Night Together

― LSTD (answer) (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 16:38 (nineteen years ago) link

37. The Rolling Stones - Happy
(It's a Keith song, so it probably is genuinely about being happy)

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 16:41 (nineteen years ago) link

stevem i thought u found BoC depressing?

much of their work yes, but not that one

factcheckingcuz - it's not just about the lyrics tho is it, it's such a groovy feelgood production. anyway 'if' suggests hope and the whole thing at least alludes to happiness, so that'll do for me. i was actually going to pick 'Borderline' for the same reason.

36. The Boo Radleys 'Wake Up Boo' (despite 'death of Summer' bits)

35. Prince 'Raspberry Beret'

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 16:43 (nineteen years ago) link

34. Beck - Electric Music and The Summer People (aka the poor [stoned] man's "Holiday Road")

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 16:43 (nineteen years ago) link

33. They Might Be Giants "Don't Let's Start"
32. Tribe Called Quest "Award Tour"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 16:44 (nineteen years ago) link

no 'Bonita Applebaum' (the 'Why' mix obv.)

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 16:45 (nineteen years ago) link

31. Kylie 'Spinning Around'

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 16:46 (nineteen years ago) link

30. Mungo Jerry 'In The Summertime'

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 16:47 (nineteen years ago) link

factcheckingcuz - it's not just about the lyrics tho is it, it's such a groovy feelgood production. anyway 'if' suggests hope and the whole thing at least alludes to happiness, so that'll do for me.

true enough. then again, you could make that argument for every upbeat pop and rock song ever.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 16:51 (nineteen years ago) link

29 marbles 'sun to shine'

― keith m (keithmcl), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link

28. James Brown - "I Feel Good"

― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 21:44 (nineteen years ago) link

27. Curtis Mayfield 'Move On Up'

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 21:47 (nineteen years ago) link

26. Bay City Rollers, "You Made Me Believe in Magic"

25. Spanky & Our Gang, "Lazy Day"

BTW, what would it take for someone to compile as many of these as possible onto a mix CD? The more I read, the more I like ... especially to know that there's someone else out there thrilled by Barry Manilow's "Daybreak."

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 21:53 (nineteen years ago) link

24. "I Like It" Gerry and the Pacemakers

― paulhw (paulhw), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 22:35 (nineteen years ago) link

23. Daft Punk 'Something About Us'
22. The Jacksons 'Can You Feel It'
21. Annie 'Me Plus One'
20. Stevie Wonder 'Uptight'

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 22:48 (nineteen years ago) link

19. The Apples In Stereo - Show The World

― W i l l (common_person), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 22:48 (nineteen years ago) link

19. You know, that Cure one about, er, Friday I think it was

― martin m. (mushrush), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 22:48 (nineteen years ago) link

Also, I guess we're not counting lyrics on this one:

33. They Might Be Giants "Don't Let's Start"

Cause, um, it's not a very happy song at all if you count lyrics.

― martin m. (mushrush), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 22:49 (nineteen years ago) link

replace that Marlena Shaw one with The Marvelettes 'Heatwave'. as happy as the music is ('Me And Mrs Jones' basically, which I suppose you could also replace it with) the lyrics aren't overall happy. Would'e picked The Avalanches '2 Hearts In 3/4 Time' except it all goes a bit dark and chaotic at the end.

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 22:53 (nineteen years ago) link

Michael jackson 'I Wanna Be Where You Are' is another i want to suggest but am not sure. musically it's a gloriously joyous affair like so much of his early solo output, but as with most light soul of the era there's a still a tinge of poignancy in the lyrics and voice somewhat that maybe rule it out at this high a level?

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 22:58 (nineteen years ago) link

so 18. 'Shake Your Body Down To The Ground' instead...that reggae cover of it even

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 22:59 (nineteen years ago) link

17. Kitchens of Distinction - "Drive That Fast"
16. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - "Funky Stuff"

Actually, Lizzy Mercier Descloux owns this thread.

― Ian Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 23 December 2004 00:35 (nineteen years ago) link

15. "Up Up And Away" - The Fifth Diminsion
14. "Play In The Sunshine" - Prince
13. "I Found Love" - Lone Justice

― Randy Reiss (undeadsinatra), Thursday, 23 December 2004 01:09 (nineteen years ago) link

12. Hot Chocolate - Sexy Thing

― rob lotek, Thursday, 23 December 2004 03:28 (nineteen years ago) link

11. Bobby Sherman, "Easy Come, Easy Go"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 23 December 2004 05:48 (nineteen years ago) link

10. Happy People by R. Kelly

― Dante, Der Führer (Sean3), Thursday, 23 December 2004 05:57 (nineteen years ago) link

9. Earth Wind & Fire with the Emotions, "Boogie Wonderland"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 23 December 2004 05:59 (nineteen years ago) link

good call on the beck, nickalish, hadn't noticed the similarities b4

8. bjork "violently happy"

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Thursday, 23 December 2004 06:38 (nineteen years ago) link

marbles 'sun to shine'
i love this song!! always make me smile :)

7. The Archies - "Sugar Sugar"
6. Magnetic Fields - "You and Me and the Moon"
5. Justus Kohncke/Freiland - "Hot Love"

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 23 December 2004 07:49 (nineteen years ago) link

4. The Wedding Present "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah"

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Thursday, 23 December 2004 07:56 (nineteen years ago) link

3. Feminine Complex - Forgetting
2. Seekers - Georgy Girl
1. Monkees - Daydream Believer

― Jez (Jez), Thursday, 23 December 2004 08:22 (nineteen years ago) link

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king sunny ade - "365 is my number/the message"

― naturemorte, Thursday, 2 March 2006 01:07 (eighteen years ago) link

uh, "steal my sunshine" by len is the clear late 90s one hit wonder contender here

― methanie tanner (methanie tanner), Thursday, 2 March 2006 01:17 (eighteen years ago) link

88. "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" -- Jackie Wilson

-- briania (lyriclas...), December 22nd, 2004.

Seconded: Remember "Ghostbusters II"? The only thing that stopped Vigo the Carpathian was the sheer joyousness of "Higher and Higher". I remember this well, because this was the highwatermark of us Carpathians' bid for world domination. Damn you, Venkman.

― Okeigh, Thursday, 2 March 2006 02:46 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm amazed Caetano Veloso's "How Beautiful Could a Being Be?" didn't get mentioned yet.

― erklie (erklie), Thursday, 2 March 2006 03:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Soy loco por ti america also always struck me as sprightly tune.

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Thursday, 2 March 2006 03:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Ignore the stuff about the dead guy of course.

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Thursday, 2 March 2006 03:25 (eighteen years ago) link

King Harvest, "Dancing in the Moonlight" - electric piano happy madness

― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 2 March 2006 03:31 (eighteen years ago) link

-22. Smile Happy - WAR

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Thursday, 2 March 2006 05:05 (eighteen years ago) link

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/crawuncle/vigo.jpg

― Vigo the Carpathian, Thursday, 2 March 2006 05:16 (eighteen years ago) link

#X. Russian Futurists - "Let's Get Ready to Crumble"

― Cameron Octigan (Cameron Octigan), Thursday, 2 March 2006 05:32 (eighteen years ago) link

-24. banana splits, "i enjoy being a boy"
-25. kiss, "rock and roll all nite"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 2 March 2006 05:35 (eighteen years ago) link

don't worry , be happy.

― retrokid, Thursday, 2 March 2006 11:48 (eighteen years ago) link

how bizarre how bizarre!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 2 March 2006 13:39 (eighteen years ago) link

-28. "Hooked on a Feeling" (either popular version)

― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 2 March 2006 14:11 (eighteen years ago) link

27. manix - 'feel real good'

― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 2 March 2006 14:58 (eighteen years ago) link

ah, that was already listed! ok, then

27. sonz of a da loop da loop era - peace and loveism

― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:33 (eighteen years ago) link

-29. "Mr. Blue Sky" - ELO

― John Jacob, Friday, 3 March 2006 02:47 (eighteen years ago) link

egyptian shumbe. makes me happy tell u that much.

― piscesboy, Friday, 3 March 2006 14:41 (eighteen years ago) link

Speaking of Vigo:

Bobby Brown, "On Our Own" (and, more to the point, "Every Little Step")

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 4 March 2006 03:18 (eighteen years ago) link

"Don't Worry Be Happy" rarely makes me happy.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Saturday, 4 March 2006 08:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Kid Creole & The Coconuts- "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby" never fails.

― Chantilly Bass (ChantillyBass), Saturday, 4 March 2006 08:49 (eighteen years ago) link

34. Love Train by the Ojays

35. Move on Up by Curtis Mayfield

― dr x o'skeleton, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 13:45 (eighteen years ago) link

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