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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

0. Counting Crows - Accidentally In Love

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Thursday, 23 December 2004 08:52 (nineteen years ago) link

'Uptight' was in twice so replace with 'Teenage Kicks'

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Thursday, 23 December 2004 10:17 (nineteen years ago) link

So, no place for Dodgy's "Staying Out For The Summer" nor Kim Appleby's "G.L.A.D" then?

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 23 December 2004 12:56 (nineteen years ago) link

-1 The Beatles, "Getting Better"

― mike a, Thursday, 23 December 2004 14:04 (nineteen years ago) link

-2. The Turtles, "She's My Girl"

-3. Cuff Links, "Tracy"

-4. Carpenters, "Sing"

-5. Carole King, "Alligators All Around"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 23 December 2004 16:59 (nineteen years ago) link

[The Turtles have so many happy songs. I've got to look into them.]

― youn, Thursday, 23 December 2004 17:30 (nineteen years ago) link

Starting off with

6. The Turtles: Elenore

then

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 23 December 2004 18:43 (nineteen years ago) link

-7. "I Wanna Be With You" - The Raspberries

― billstevejim, Thursday, 23 December 2004 19:14 (nineteen years ago) link

6. 'thirsty and miserable' Black Flag

― hull hole (hull hole), Thursday, 23 December 2004 22:31 (nineteen years ago) link

FLIPPER ha ha ha (they're laughing, right?)

― hull hole (hull hole), Thursday, 23 December 2004 22:34 (nineteen years ago) link

no madness songs at all???

-8. madness - night boat to cairo
-9. madness - house of fun
-10. madness - baggy trousers

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

11. The Cure: Mint Car

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 23 December 2004 23:17 (nineteen years ago) link

-12. Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns: Lil Liza Jane (when the saxophone player starts quoting "Humoresque," I defy anybody to be anything other than happy

― Douglas (Douglas), Thursday, 23 December 2004 23:24 (nineteen years ago) link

one year passes...

-13. Stevie Wonder - "Sir Duke"

― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 16:38 (eighteen years ago) link

why are all the multiple threads getting locked?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 16:43 (eighteen years ago) link

-- Violent Femmes.

Every day, in every way
It's getting better and better and better and better and better and...
because there is no fear, here
i'm running through the fields if i could just jump a little bit higher
cuz i'm free and i'm happy
i'm free from your hatred, i departed from the part
that i participated in, cuz i'm free.

The Mills Bros. -- "The Window Washer Man"

Jonathon Richman -- "Roller Coaster by the Sea"

Kinky Friedman -- "Schwinn 24"

― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 16:56 (eighteen years ago) link

-18. Petula Clark-"Color My World"

― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 17:17 (eighteen years ago) link

"Play some more" - Beres Hammond
"Down by the River" - Morgan Heritage

― cybele (cybele), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 18:23 (eighteen years ago) link

-21. "I'm Alive" - ELO

― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 2 March 2006 00:32 (eighteen years ago) link

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

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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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