# Happy Songs! (1 song at a time; w/ link) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 15, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651 "2018-08-15T13:47:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/101 "2018-08-31T20:20:49Z")
Put On A Happy Face - Bye, Bye Birdie [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/I_CE7GqqrvY/maxresdefault.jpg "Put On A Happy Face- Dick Van Dyke & Janet Leigh") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_CE7GqqrvY) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/102 "2018-09-02T00:10:38Z")
[Spanish Flea](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxsOXOPni0o)-Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/103 "2018-09-02T00:12:21Z")
[Tijuana Taxi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vtF5GjVeaY)-Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/104 "2018-09-02T00:13:46Z")
[Mexican Shuffle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbl5Ix4QS1o)-Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/105 "2018-09-02T00:16:09Z")
[The Work Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dHp53qws4A)-Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/106 "2018-09-02T01:08:50Z")
[Love Shack - The B-52’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOryJvTAGs) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/107 "2018-09-03T16:49:14Z")
[Save the Country](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MODyj-Jm4A) - Fifth Dimension ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/108 "2018-09-03T16:52:40Z")
[Chump Change](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6OHSfBfCe4) - Quincy Jones ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/109 "2018-09-03T16:56:24Z")
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3YmHZ9HMPs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3YmHZ9HMPs) TACOS! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/110 "2018-09-03T18:03:04Z")
This is a Christian song — Oh Happy Day, 1968 by Edwin Hawkins [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6tSyzTIJ82g/maxresdefault.jpg ""Oh Happy Day" (Original)(1968) Edwin Hawkins & Northern California State Youth Choir") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tSyzTIJ82g) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/111 "2018-09-03T18:07:50Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I apologize if this is cheating: > > [The last 1:51 of Ponchielli’s, “Dance of the Hours.”](https://youtu.be/MtJooBGO5X0?t=623) Not cheating at all! ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/112 "2018-09-03T18:24:18Z")
[Bus Stop - The Hollies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFPu83ggTlM) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/113 "2018-09-03T19:16:40Z")
[Morningtown Ride](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-RkC6MYT2E)-The Seekers ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/114 "2018-09-03T20:31:05Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3YmHZ9HMPs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3YmHZ9HMPs) > TACOS! A fun one. Reminds me of another fun, happiness-inducing song. The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men! (1982) [https://goo.gl/hUqCp7](https://goo.gl/hUqCp7) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/115 "2018-09-03T21:11:48Z")
[Let Your Love Flow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQQj2rQBFvA)-Bellamy Brothers ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/116 "2018-09-03T21:17:21Z")
Lovin’ Spoonful - [Do You Believe In Magic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8ifTS5NEsI) (Check out the guitarist ‘moonwalking’ after the drummer’s intro screwup, and the happy young girl fist-pumping to the beat next to the Kardashian lookalike at 1:21.) Hard to believe those guys were only 20 - 21 years old at the time. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/117 "2018-09-03T21:27:21Z")
[Olde Mill Inn](https://youtu.be/p_tkhdYE6mA?t=23)- Blackmore’s Night ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/118 "2018-09-03T21:31:29Z")
Balckmore’s Night- [Renaissance Faire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1sOQfYTWSg) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/119 "2018-09-03T23:40:56Z")
[XTC — Burning with Optimism’s Flames](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O8O7ng4vyY0) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-1-song-at-a-time-w-link/819651/120 "2018-09-03T23:44:19Z")
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