Tag: Songs

In 2013, while everyone was dancing to Pharrell Williams’s song “Happy” from Despicable Me 2 (2013), another artist quietly released a song with the same name. Singer-songwriter John Fullbright’s “Happy” may not be quite as upbeat and instantly memorable as Williams’s song of the same name, but it is an outstanding song you should check out.

This “Happy” begins with just Fullbright and an acoustic guitar, and while he struggles to find happiness, you sense that happiness is not so easy to find.

Tonight I’d rather think of you,
and try to close my eyes,
and I’ll just wonder
what’s so bad about happy?

“Happy” appeared on the album Songs (2013), an album that got great reviews. The Okahoma=born Fullbright brings an honesty to his songwriting, so it is not surprising that he counts Townes Van Zandt as one of his influences. We have featured a few of Fullbright’s songs in other Chimesfreedom posts, and we expect we will be inspired to do so again. But for now, we are just whistling his song, “Happy.”

What do you think of Fullbright’s “Happy”? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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