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Happiness (Goldfrapp song)

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Genre
  
Folktronica

Label
  
Mute

Released
  
14 April 2008 (2008-04-14)

Format
  
CD single, digital download,7" picture disc

Length
  
4:17 (album version)3:37 (single version)

Writer(s)
  
Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory

"Happiness" is a song by the English duo Goldfrapp from their fourth studio album, Seventh Tree (2008). Written and produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, the song was released as the album's second single on 14 April 2008. It was featured in advertisements for the newly rebranded SyFy network.

Contents

Music video

The music video for "Happiness" was directed by Dougal Wilson. The video features a young man, dressed in a white suit, jumping joyfully around Addington Square in Camberwell, South London. The video, a homage to the "Street Dance" sequence from the 1953 American musical film Small Town Girl, begins with Alison Goldfrapp sitting on the front steps of a house when suddenly the young man appears jumping up a set of steps next to her. Goldfrapp makes additional cameo appearances in the video as a black-haired bus traveller, a policewoman, a topiarist, and a braided flower stand keeper. Will Gregory makes similar appearances as, among others, a street sweeper and a postman. The video concludes with the cast of background characters coming together along with the young man, who then jumps in a circle with young children and a dancing dog. In the final scene, two elderly people—Goldfrapp and Gregory—arrive to join the revelry.

Track listings

UK CD 1

(CDMUTE392; Released 14 April 2008)

  1. "Happiness" (Single Version) – 3:38
  2. "Road to Somewhere" (Acoustic Version) – 3:48
UK CD 2

(LCDMUTE392; Released 14 April 2008)

  1. "Happiness" (Beyond the Wizards Sleeve Re-Animation) – 7:49
  2. "Monster Love" (Goldfrapp vs. Spiritualized) – 5:36
  3. "Eat Yourself" (Yeasayer Remix) – 2:25
UK 7" picture disc

(MUTE392; Released 14 April 2008; Limited edition)

A. "Happiness" (Single Version) – 3:36B. "Happiness" (Metronomy Remix featuring The Teenagers) – 4:08
UK iTunes EP #1

(Released 14 April 2008)

  1. "Happiness" (Single Version) – 3:37
  2. "Happiness" (Metronomy Remix featuring The Teenagers) – 4:10
  3. "Happiness" (Beyond the Wizards Sleeve Re-Animation Edit) – 6:58
  4. "Happiness" (Live at the Union Chapel) – 4:42
UK iTunes EP #2

(Released 14 April 2008)

  1. "Happiness" (Single Version) – 3:37
  2. "Road to Somewhere" (Acoustic Version) – 3:49
  3. "Monster Love" (Goldfrapp vs. Spiritualized) – 5:37
  4. "Eat Yourself" (Yeasayer Remix) – 2:26

Personnel

The following people contributed to "Happiness":

Musicians

  • Alison Goldfrapp – vocals
  • Flood – keyboards
  • Charlie Jones – bass
  • Metro Voices – choir
  • Jenny O'Grady – choir master
  • Damon Reece – drums, percussion

    • Production

  • Alison Goldfrapp – producer, engineer, art direction
  • Will Gregory – producer, engineer
  • Cathy Edwards – art direction
  • Flood – co-producer
  • Tony Hoffer – mixing
  • Serge Leblon – photography
  • Mat Maitland – art direction, design
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Bill Mims – assistant mixing
  • Tim Oliver – engineering

    • References

    Happiness (Goldfrapp song) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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