So Happy It Hurts (Bryan Adams song)

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"So Happy It Hurts"
Single by Bryan Adams
from the album So Happy It Hurts
ReleasedOctober 11, 2021
Genre Rock
Length3:35
Label BMG
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"Joe and Mary"
(2019)
"So Happy It Hurts"
(2021)
"On the Road"
(2021)
Music video
"So Happy It Hurts" on YouTube

"So Happy It Hurts" is a song recorded by Bryan Adams. It was first released on October 11, 2021, as the lead single from So Happy It Hurts . [1] This song was nominated for the 2023 Grammy Awards in the Best Rock Performance category. [2]

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Background

During the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Adams announced via his social media, that he was working on new songs for his 15th album. The song talks about the return to normalcy after such a surreal time in the heights of the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]

Music video

The song and video are a tribute to the people who experienced distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The video was made at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver. The Adams-directed video, shot in a 1966 Chevrolet Corvair convertible, also features Adams' 93-year-old mother Jane Clark. [4]

Credits and personnel

Charts

Chart performance for "So Happy It Hurts"
Chart (2021–2022)Peak
position
Canada Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [5] 28
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [6] 85

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