What is the *Happiest* Song you've ever heard?

[BigOldHarry]

This thread:

Bleakest, saddest song you've ever heard?

Is starting to bum me out... What about happy tunes?


For me, "Lookin' out my back door" by CCR always puts a smile on my face...

[Gunnerhea86]

THIS!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQ0vDAbF7s

[CrispyDelicious]

A whole bunch in this ol' thread:

Happy, feel-good music. Let's make this an epic thread.

[ridgeback]

hard core punk dude in a former life then this song put an end to him..its about as cheezy as they come
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwZDmbJ_Rzg

[Richland123]

I know of quite a few feel good, happy songs but here are some for sure.

Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUmE-tne5U

The Turtles - Happy Together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ThOxOkI9Lc

The Romantics - What I Like About You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvHKjDKY_O8

The Wonders - That Thing You Do!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzllVlzzeuo

The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Nc0FAk74c

Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ngf1RDgCVg

Train - Hey, Soul Sister
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JV74i4yvcA

[Zooberwerx]

Haven't heard it in a month of Sundays but here goes....."Happy Boy" by The Beat Farmers.

I was walkin' down the street on a sunny day
hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
A feelin' in my bones says I'll have my way
hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba

Chorus:
Well, I'm a happy boy (happy boy)
Well, I'm a happy boy (happy boy)
Oh, ain't it good when things are goin' your way? Hey hey

My little dog, Spot got hit by a car
hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
Put his guts in a box and put him in a drawer
hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba

(chorus)

I forgot all about it for a month and a half
hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
I looked in the drawer and started to laugh
hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba

(chorus)

hup up up up up up paah
hubba dubba dubba dubba daa

[BigOldHarry]

Originally Posted by Zooberwerx

Haven't heard it in a month of Sundays but here goes....."Happy Boy" by The Beat Farmers.

I was walkin' down the street on a sunny day
hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
A feelin' in my bones says I'll have my way
hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba

Chorus:
Well, I'm a happy boy (happy boy)
Well, I'm a happy boy (happy boy)
Oh, ain't it good when things are goin' your way? Hey hey

My little dog, Spot got hit by a car
hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
Put his guts in a box and put him in a drawer
hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba

(chorus)

I forgot all about it for a month and a half
hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
I looked in the drawer and started to laugh
hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba

(chorus)

hup up up up up up paah
hubba dubba dubba dubba daa

Goin' ALL SD on me...

[C.Linton]

I would think "Don't Worry, Be Happy." by Bobby McFerrin.
Or
"Happy,Happy,Joy,Joy" by Stimpson J. Cat

[45to105]

For pure bass playing happiness? My vote would go to "Pretty Girls" by Joe Jackson. :-)

[alembicguy]

Come on get happy by the Partridge Family?

[FilterFunk]

"Do Wa Ditty" - Zapp & Roger
"Happy Music" - The Blackbyrds
"Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" - The Spinners
"Sunshine" - EWF

[squashedOpossum]

Originally Posted by Gunnerhea86

THIS!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQ0vDAbF7s

^ This is definitely on the list, and Kate Pierson in the video makes it even better, smiling and acting all happy all the way through. But someone needs to tell Peter Buck it's a happy song.

[Jazzomaniac]

Good topic.


Here are some songs that never
fail to cheer me up:


Stevie Wonder's "I Wish"

Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry About A Thing"

Pat Metheny's "Omaha Celebration"

Herb Alpert's "Warm"

The Jackson's "Blame It On The Boogie"

Al Jarreau's "Mornin"

Jaco Pastorius' "John And Mary"

Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry Be Happy"

Joni Mitchell's "The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines"

Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts"

Michel Petrucciani's "Home"

Marit Larsen's "The Sinking Game"

Steely Dan's "Josie"


Sometimes I get in a better mood just
thinking about these songs

[Kink Rimson]

The Kinks' 'Autumn Almanac'. Pure joy, and one of the greatest songs about quintessential Englishness ever written.

[Grateful]

Backwards Down The Number Line by Phish has to be one of the happiest songs for me.

[StrangerDanger]

IKO-IKO always puts a smile on my face.

Porch Song by Widespread Panic does the same.

[RONQUITO]

Shiny Happy People - REM

Roam - B52

[phillipkregg]

This is the happiest song in the world:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xycnv87N_BU

[hotrodjohn]

"Everybody Must Get Stoned" - Bob Dylan

"You're Sixteen, You're Beautiful, and You're Mine" - Ringo Starr

"My Ding-A-Ling" - Chuck Berry

[jbl71004]

A recent one that jumps to mind:

"Dance Tonight"- McCartney