Happiness (The Blue Nile song)

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"Happiness"
The Blue Nile Happiness 1996 single cover.jpg
Single by The Blue Nile
from the album Peace at Last
Released1996
Length
  • 4:39 (album version)
  • 4:28 (single version)
Label Warner
Songwriter(s) Paul Buchanan
Producer(s) The Blue Nile
The Blue Nile singles chronology
"Saturday Night"
(1991)		"Happiness"
(1996)		"Sentimental Man"
(1996)

"Happiness" is a song by Scottish band The Blue Nile, which was released in 1996 as the lead single from their third studio album Peace at Last . It was written by Paul Buchanan and produced by the band. "Happiness" reached No. 88 on the UK Singles Chart and remained on the Top 100 for two weeks. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

In a review of Peace at Last, The Dundee Courier & Advertiser wrote, "Peace at Last arrives in superb style with the opening 'Happiness', a song which has little to do with its title but is as magnificently grandiose as anything you're likely to hear." [2] Music & Media described "Happiness" as "a great gospel song, climaxing with the help of a choir". [3]

In a 1996 feature on the band, George Byrne said, "There's the presence of a gospel choir at the close of 'Happiness' which caused me to jump when I first heard it but even that departure from [the band's] usual form fits in perfectly with the tone of the song." [4] Adrian Dawson of The Stage described the song as a "hymn to triumph over adversity". [5]

Track listing

Cassette single
  1. "Happiness" (Edit) – 4:28
  2. "O Lolita" – 3:37
CD single (CD #1)
  1. "Happiness" (Edit) – 4:28
  2. "O Lolita" – 3:37
  3. "War Is Love (A Different Day)" – 3:33
CD single (CD #2)
  1. "Happiness" (Edit) – 4:28
  2. "New York Man" – 3:55
  3. "Wish Me Well" – 4:28
CD single (promo)
  1. "Happiness" – 4:28

Personnel

The Blue Nile

Additional musicians

Production

Other

Charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 88
Scotland (OCC) [7] 37

References

  1. ↑ "BLUE NILE; full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Albumreview". The Courier & Advertiser . 20 June 1996. p. 8.
  3. ↑ Dawson, Adrian (22 June 1996). "New Releases: Albums". Music & Media . p. 12.
  4. ↑ George, Byrne (11 June 1996). "A cruise up the Blue Nile". Irish Independent . p. 26.
  5. ↑ Dawson, Adrian (24 October 1996). "Tuneful rivers of emotion". The Stage . p. 17.
  6. ↑ "Blue Nile: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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