Happy (Rolling Stones song)

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"Happy"
"Happy" cover
Single by Rolling Stones
from the album Exile On Main Street
Released 1972
Format 7"
Recorded 1971
Genre Rock
Length 3 min 05 s
Label Rolling Stones/Virgin
Writer Jagger/Richards
Producer Jimmy Miller
Rolling Stones singles chronology
"Tumbling Dice"
(1972)		 "Happy"
(1972)		 "Angie"
(1973)

"Happy" is the tenth song from the Rolling Stones' 1972 album Exile On Main St. Keith Richards sings lead vocals. It is his only lead which was released as a single and managed to reach the Top 30 in the US.

Credited to Richards and singer Mick Jagger, it was Richards who primarily composed "Happy" in late 1971. Written while living in exile in France, the first recordings were famously laid down in his basement recording studio with producer Jimmy Miller on drums and saxophonist Bobby Keys (who played percussion) while waiting for the other Stones to show up for work. Piano by Nicky Hopkins was added later, as were Jim Price's trumpet, slide guitar by Mick Taylor, and backing vocals by Jagger (who can clearly be heard near the end of the song.)

"Happy" is generally considered Keith's finest lead vocal performance. The song is very popular at live Stones shows (where Keith's performance acts as an interlude near the middle of the show, giving Mick a chance to rest. Some performances of the song in the early 1970s heavily featured Jagger during the chorus.) Live performances have been captured for the albums Love You Live and Live Licks.

 v • d • e The Rolling Stones singles
Decca/London singles

1963: Come On, I Wanna Be Your Man •
1964: Not Fade Away, It's All Over Now, Tell Me, Time Is on My Side, Little Red Rooster, Heart of Stone •
1965: The Last Time / Play with Fire, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Get off of My Cloud, As Tears Go By • 1966: 19th Nervous Breakdown, Paint It, Black, Mother's Little Helper / Lady Jane, Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? • 1967: Let's Spend the Night Together / Ruby Tuesday, We Love You / Dandelion, In Another Land, She's a Rainbow • 1968: Jumpin' Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man • 1969: Honky Tonk Women •
Rolling Stones/ Atlantic singles

1971: Brown Sugar, Wild Horses • 1972: Tumbling Dice, Happy • 1973: Angie, Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) •
1974: It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It), Ain't Too Proud to Beg • 1976: Fool to Cry, Hot Stuff •
Rolling Stones/Virgin singles

1978: Miss You, Beast of Burden, Respectable, Shattered • 1980: Emotional Rescue, She's So Cold •
1981: Start Me Up, Waiting on a Friend • 1982: Hang Fire, Going to a Go-Go (live), Time Is on My Side (live) •
1983: Undercover of the Night • 1984: She Was Hot • 1986: Harlem Shuffle, One Hit (to the Body) •
1989: Mixed Emotions, Rock and a Hard Place • 1990: Almost Hear You Sigh, Terrifying • 1991: Highwire, Ruby Tuesday (live) •
Virgin singles

1994: Love Is Strong, You Got Me Rocking, Out of Tears • 1995: I Go Wild • 1997: Anybody Seen My Baby? • 1998: Saint of Me, Out of Control • 2002: Don't Stop, Sympathy for the Devil (remix) • 2005: Streets of Love / Rough Justice, Rain Fall Down • 2006: Biggest Mistake •
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