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(That would be #89)

― Krim (louizah), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 03:11 (nineteen years ago) link

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

― briania (briania), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 03:17 (nineteen years ago) link

87. "Martian Hop"

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 03:48 (nineteen years ago) link

Yellow Balloon - Yellow Balloon?

― Asshole Suave, Wednesday, 22 December 2004 03:54 (nineteen years ago) link

85. I'm in Love - the dB's
84. Milk Film - Haircut 100
(I'm going to listen to these now to prove it to myself.)

― youn, Wednesday, 22 December 2004 04:14 (nineteen years ago) link

85. ~~I'm in Love~~ Ask for Jill - the dB's

― youn, Wednesday, 22 December 2004 04:19 (nineteen years ago) link

82. Christie, "Yellow River"

81. The Montanas, "You've Got to Be Loved"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 04:20 (nineteen years ago) link

83. Cemetry Gates - the Smiths (continue from 80 now)

― youn, Wednesday, 22 December 2004 04:32 (nineteen years ago) link

82. PJ Harvey 'This Is Love'
81. Throwing Muses 'Shimmer'

― daria g (daria g), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 05:30 (nineteen years ago) link

78. Happy Together - The Turtles

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 05:46 (nineteen years ago) link

76. Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Belive in Magic
75. The Turtles - You Baby
74. Lulu - The Boat That I Row
73. The Cowsills - The Rain The Park & Other Things (the chorus at least)

― Jez (Jez), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 08:00 (nineteen years ago) link

72 FLuorescences by Stereolab

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 08:02 (nineteen years ago) link

71. no doubt, "hella good"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 08:13 (nineteen years ago) link

70. rodgers and hammerstein, "oh what a beautiful morning"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 08:16 (nineteen years ago) link

69 Brazil '66 "Look Around"

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 08:19 (nineteen years ago) link

68. modern lovers, "roadrunner"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 08:24 (nineteen years ago) link

67. lindsay buckingham - Holiday Road

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 10:59 (nineteen years ago) link

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

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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

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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