# What are the Happiest Songs Ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047 "2001-10-02T21:15:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/1 "2001-10-02T21:15:39Z")
I get very happy indeed when I hear Jackie Wilson’s _Higher and Higher_. I also jump for joy when I hear Katrina and the Waves’ _Walking on Sunshine_. There are lots more – what are they? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/2 "2001-10-02T21:17:34Z")
_Happy Together_ by the Turtles. ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/3 "2001-10-02T21:24:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Devil’s Grandmother \* > \*\*_Happy Together_ by the Turtles. \*\* Hmmm, I actually think this is a kinda creepy, stalker-ish song. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/4 "2001-10-02T21:28:54Z")
“I’m so Glad”, recorded by Cream but I think originally by Son House “Don’t worry, be happy” (aaagh!!) Bobby McFerrin ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/5 "2001-10-02T21:37:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tretiak \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by The Devil’s Grandmother \* > > \*\*_Happy Together_ by the Turtles. \*\* > > Hmmm, I actually think this is a kinda creepy, stalker-ish song. \*\* Well, you have to see a bunch of muppets singing it. Then it seems real happy. Mr. Blue Sky by ELO ranks up there. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/6 "2001-10-02T21:52:32Z")
“Paloma Blanca” - George Baker Selection ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/7 "2001-10-02T22:05:20Z")
“Sugar Sugar” by The Archies ---
**Author:** ![lucie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@lucie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucie)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/8 "2001-10-02T22:12:39Z")
Neutron Dance by the Pointer Sisters ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/9 "2001-10-02T22:18:47Z")
Off the top of my head: “Summerhead” by the Cocteau Twins “Pink Thing” by XTC “Just Like Heaven” by the Cure “Chester’s Wig” by Edsel “Watch the Fat Man Swing” by Skeleton Key “Here Comes Your Man” by the Pixies “Night Swimming” by REM (blissful) ---
**Author:** ![frock75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@frock75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frock75)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/10 "2001-10-02T22:22:07Z")
The one song that makes me so happy I could shit daisies is The Pogues “Sunny Side of the Street” ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/11 "2001-10-03T00:04:09Z")
**Beatles** : “Good Day Sunshine”, “Here Comes the Sun” **Bob Dylan** : “New Morning” **Mike Oldfield** : “In Dulci Jubilo” ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/12 "2001-10-03T00:13:45Z")
Jonathan Richman. Ice Cream Man. So happy it’s painful. ---
**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/13 "2001-10-03T00:15:43Z")
‘walking on Sunshine’ by Katrina and the waves ‘Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar’ by Johnny Cash ‘Our House’ by Madness ---
**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/14 "2001-10-03T00:17:19Z")
Happy Birthday To You ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/15 "2001-10-03T00:49:09Z")
1st song I thought of when I saw this thread: “Shiny Happy People” by REM Also the Cure’s “Friday I’m in Love”, although maybe it just seems really happy in comparison to their usual gloomy dirges. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_A\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@Just\_A\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_A_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/16 "2001-10-03T00:59:45Z")
“Believer” - the Monkees version AND the Smashmouth version “Extraordinary” - Better Than Ezra I’ll second “Sugar Sugar” by the Archies ---
**Author:** ![anenquiringmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anenquiringmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anenquiringmind)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/17 "2001-10-03T02:07:25Z")
Ever? Ever? EVER? Do you mean the happiest song EVER??? Like from the very beginnings of time? EVER as in FOREVER??? EVER and EVER?? Well if I have to pick the happiest song EVER it would have to be: Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head by B.J. Thomas Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head and just like the guy who’s feet are too big for his bed. Nothin’ seems to fit, Those raindrops are falling on my head, they keep fallin. So I just did me some talkin’ to the Sun and I said I didnt like the way he got things done, Sleepin’ on the job, Those raindrops keep falling on my head they keep fallin’. But there’s one thing I know, The blues they sent to meet me, wont defeat me, It wont be long till happiness steps up to greet me. Raindrops keep fallin on my head But that doesnt mean my eyes will soon be turning red, Cryin’s not for me Cause, I’m never gonna stop the rain by complaining Because I’m free eee eeee eeeee eeeeee Nothings worryin’ me eeee eee eee eee eeeeeee. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/18 "2001-10-03T02:28:46Z")
_Jump in the Line_ by **Harry Belafonte** _Hot Hot Hot_ by **Buster Poindexter** _¡Feliz Navidad!_ by **José Feliciano** [_Fargo_] “José Feliciano-- Ya got no complaints.” [/_Fargo_] ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/19 "2001-10-03T02:35:34Z")
“Singin’ in the Rain” – Gene Kelly version “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” ("You say po-tay-to and I say pa-tah-to . . . ") “We’re in the Money.” “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” ---
**Author:** ![thermalribbon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@thermalribbon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thermalribbon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047/20 "2001-10-03T02:46:21Z")
Two great upbeat fun happy songs to search out:\*\* Cut Your Hair by Pavement Secret of the Sea by Wilco \*\* No one with human DNA can resist these gems! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-happiest-songs-ever/85047.md?page=2)