Top 10 Happy Songs Of Music

Cliff Richard makes everyone happy!

Carmen Miranda likes you veeeery much!

The Beatles are happy... we think

By Lisa Dib
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Whassa matter, puddin’? Life gettin’ you down? We feels your pain, brothers and sisters. We can help you; we have the key to salvation. Put your faith in us and all will be right and glorious.

Take thine blank CD and burn thyself this mixed compact disc of blissful tunes and melodies, and thou shalt know true happiness.

10. Wake Up It’s A Beautiful Morning - The Boo Radleys

It is! When the sun is shining and the usual hoi-polloi that make you retch are being quite pleasant and people are sitting on the grass, chatting, laughing, and your usually cold, goose-bumped skin is warming up in the afternoon sun, it sure makes it hard to listen to Tool and pretend life sucks.

9. Aux Champs Elyees - Joe Dassin

A gaily sung French frolic, it will make you so happy, even when you have no idea what the guy is saying (unless you know French and, in that case, can you teach me?)

8. Walkin' on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves

A classic, is it not?

This is one of those songs that usually elicits one of two responses:

"Oh my god, I love this song - wooo!" or "Oh my god, I hate this song - ugh!".

It has the innate sound of the 80s mixed with an undeniable excitedness that is more contagious than SARS but much nicer (to most audiences, see above)

7. Foundations - Kate Nash

"You said I must eat so many lemons, 'cause I am so bit-tah, I said I'd rather be with your friends, mate, 'cause they are much fit-tah"

These are the words that squeak from the adorable Kate Nash, in between musings of her drunken boyfriend’s embarrassments:

"Yeah, intelligent input, darlin'; why don't you just have another beer then?"

and the plight of lovers' attempts to keep hold of a failing relationship:

"My finger tips are holding onto the cracks in our foundation and I know that I should let go, but I can't".

Nash has the "filfy" London accent of your Lily Allens, with a little more homey-ness; where Allen would wear sneakers and trip over drunk in the street, Kate will wear paisley vintage dresses and eat ice-cream and clean your dishes in a lovely apron with little firetrucks on it.

6. Middle of the Hill - Josh Pyke

He is Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell and Paul Dempsey all rolled into one sweet Australian package.

Middle of the Hill was Pyke’s "breakout" hit (you know, the one they saturate on Triple J until you are finally famous enough for Nova?) and tells the touching story of Pyke's childhood "in a house on the middle of the hill".

His warm reflections and powerful vision have cemented Josh Pyke's name as one of Australia's most-loved (I would say cuddly. Would you say cuddly?) singer/songwriters.

5. I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) - Carmen Miranda

Makes me wanna wear a big ol' fruit hat.

Originally used in the 1941 film, That Night in Rio (though those that were not even a twinkle in their father's eye at that time might remember it from the Futurama film, The Beast with a Billion Backs).

This is one of those songs you wouldn't know from Adam by title, but upon hearing it, you go; "Ohhh, I know this - I love this song!".

Because you do.

4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - The Beatles

Life does go on!

Though this song was deemed "inappropriate" by Clear Channel Communications after September 11 (since the world did, in fact, stop), it has not changed the fact that The Beatles can write a ditty to make you all gooey inside.

Just makin' you feel all-right. "Ob-la-di ob-la-da, life goes on, La la la how life goes on!"

The free-flow lyrics and jangly beat make for great car sing-along action.

3. Just Hold On - The Basics

I don't think I need to divulge any more on my adoration for the Melbourne band, do I? You might think me insane.

This was the song that first sealed my devotion, my introduction to the wonderment known as The Basics.

The only way is up, as the incredibly irritating song says, and so for the next two odd years The Basics were the pinnacle of Melbourne music in Lisa's book. This song is still, after the thousand or so listens, a favourite of upmost regard.

2. Pull Shapes - The Pipettes

"Dance with me, pretty boy, tonight / Dance with me and you'll be alright"

This is the cry of the retro-cute lasses from The Pipettes; a simple yet effective command. This was easily my favourite ditty of 2007, so you know it must be amazing... because I have such great taste...

Remember?

1. Wired for Sound - Cliff Richard

I once asked someone what song, or piece of music, would be playing over theapparent "flash" that bursts past your eyes a second before death.

They replied non-committedly with a shrug and asked me the same.

Without a beat, our number one song was my answer. Feeling the same way I felt upon the first time hearing it every listen after, I knew this song could surmise my life, if  three odd minutes was all the time I had to do it in.

"Power from the needle to the plastic, AM/FM, I feel so ecstatic now it's music I've found, and I'm wired for sound"

Cliff croons to a happy roller-skating beat (watch video for added reference) without a single mention of Jesus.