"Happy Now" | ||||
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Single by Kygo featuring Sandro Cavazza | ||||
Released | 26 October 2018 | |||
Recorded | 2018 | |||
Genre | Tropical house [1] | |||
Length | 3:31 | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll | |||
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Sandro Cavazza singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Happy Now" on YouTube |
"Happy Now" is a 2018 song by Norwegian DJ Kygo featuring the vocals of Swedish singer Sandro Cavazza. It was released on 26 October 2018 [2] and became a big hit in Norway and Sweden,and it charted in a number of European charts and in Australia.
The song originally debuted at 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival. [3] Kygo stated in a press release he recorded it in Los Angeles before the Summer,explaining:"I discovered Cavazza through Avicii's music and have been a big fan ever since,We talked a lot about how much Avicii's music has meant to us". [4]
"Happy Now" is believed to be his tribute to the late Avicii. [5] Will Heffernan of Celebmix wrote that has "classic Kygo sounds and a lyrical message of loss". [6] It is written in the key of A major,with a tempo of 118 beats per minute. [7]
Karlie Powell of Your EDM commented that it "sound[s] like a little glimmer of happiness,though it’s a tinge bittersweet. Allow it to move your emotions with every play through". [8]
An accompanying video was released on 1 December 2018. Starring himself,he takes the viewer to an inside look of his own family and friends,in Norway where he grew up. [9]
Credits adapted from AllMusic. [10]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [46] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
Belgium (BRMA) [47] | Gold | 20,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [48] | Gold | 45,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [49] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
Germany (BVMI) [50] | Gold | 200,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [51] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
Mexico (AMPROFON) [52] | Platinum | 60,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [53] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [54] | Platinum | 20,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [55] | Platinum | 60,000‡ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [56] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [57] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
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Sweden (GLF) [58] | 3× Platinum | 24,000,000† |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |