| 词条 | Happy Man (Sunnyboys song) | ||||||||||||||||
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| name = Happy Man | cover = Happy_Man_by_Sunnyboys.jpg | alt = | caption = Vinyl cover art work | type = single | artist = Sunnyboys | album = Sunnyboys | A-side = Happy Man | B-side = Tomorrow Will be Fine | released = {{start date|1981|6 |df=y}} | format = {{flatlist|
}} | recorded = 1981 Alberts Studios, Sydney, Australia | studio = | venue = | genre = {{flatlist|
}} | length = {{duration|m=3|s=01}} | label = Mushroom | writer = Jeremy Oxley | producer = Lobby Loyde | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Alone with You | next_year = 1981 }} "Happy Man" is a song by Australian power pop band, Sunnyboys.[1] It was written by lead singer-guitarist, Jeremy Oxley,[2] and was the first single released in June 1981, on Mushroom Records, from their self-titled debut album, which followed in September.[3][3] The studio tracks were produced by Lobby Loyde[4] and engineered by Colin Freeman at Alberts Studios, Sydney. "Happy Man" reached No. 26 on the Kent Music Report singles chart.[5] The live tracks were recorded at the Bombay Rock, Brunswick. History"Happy Man" was the first single released by Sunnyboys after signing with Mushroom Records and debuted on 6 July 1981 at No. 26 on the Kent Music Report singles chart. It remained in the charts for 14 weeks.[5] It also reached the top ten in Sydney.[6] It was included on their eponymous debut album, released that September.[5][7] Aside from the standard 7" vinyl format it was also issued as Australia's first cassette single,[8] which included two bonus live tracks, "Thrill" and "Why Do I Cry?"[9] (the latter is a cover version of 1960s band the Remains' first single). In the liner notes of the compilation album, Sunnyboys, Our Best of (December 2013), Jeremy Oxley explained, "This song was written at Watkins Street, Newtown, the second place I lived in Sydney as another exercise in pop... It wasn't written about anybody in particular. This song was chosen as the first single to be released off the album and really showcased Bil's drumming style. The film clip was made with a budget of $3,000 in a studio in Roselle – which later became Sydney College of Arts – and was directed by Tony Stevens. It was the first Sunnyboys clip to be made."[10] The song was one of two the band performed during a November 1998 reunion for the Mushroom 25 Live concert to celebrate the label's 25th anniversary.[11][12][13] On 6 March 2006 Off the Hip Records released Happy Man: Tribute to the Sunnyboys, with 18 cover versions of the group's tracks by various artists, including "Happy Man" by The Indian Givers.[14] The Barman of I-94 Bar website found their version was a "credible take".[15] Critical receptionGarry Raffaele of The Canberra Times reviewed Sunnyboys and felt that "'Happy Man', the single, is still, in my view, their best. Closely followed by 'Alone with You'."[16] Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described it as a "high-spirited single" which had "cracked the mainstream charts".[9] Craig Mathieson in 100 Best Australian Albums describes the song has having a duality with lyrics like "I think I'm swimming in a sea of doubt" in the verses counterposed by the chorus "But I'm a happy man". Mathieson goes onto state that this "confusion is all packaged in a great guitar stomp performance. These were four strong players who knew how to bring drama to a simple pop song".[17]In April 2012 Sunnyboys reunited and performed a gig at the Enmore Theatre, Toby Creswell noticed that the "guitars and military drum beat collide into the hit 'Happy Man', Jeremy Oxley catches his brother Peter's eye and a smile bursts across both their faces. It's as though they are transported back to the Chatswood Charles hotel in 1980."[18] Track listing{{Track listing| collapsed = No | headline = 7" vinyl version | total_length = 5:15 | all_writing = Jeremy Oxley,[2] unless otherwise shown | title1 = Happy Man | length1 = 3:01 | title2 = Tomorrow Will Be Fine | length2 = 2:14 }}{{Track listing | collapsed = yes | headline = Cassette single version | total_length = 11:41 | all_writing = Jeremy Oxley,[2] unless otherwise shown | title1 = Happy Man | length1 = 3:01 | title2 = Tomorrow Will Be Fine | length2 = 2:14 | title3 = Thrill (live) | note3 = J. Oxley, Peter Oxley | length3 = 3:01 | title4 = Why Do I Cry? (live) | note4 = Barry Tashian | length4 = 3:25 }} Charts
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References1. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19830404&id=-YxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uOYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1053,1402498&hl=en|title=Sunnyboys' new songs, new facets|last=Tulich|first=Katherine|date=4 April 1983|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=14 July 2015}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)|title='Happy Man' at APRA search engine|url=https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch#axd?q=Happy%20Man |accessdate=14 July 2015}} Note: User may have to click on 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:', e.g. Happy Man; or at 'Performer:' Sunnyboys. 3. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19840617&id=kzdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mOgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2830,1628664&hl=en |title=Sunnies back on the right track |last=Coupe | first = Stuart | authorlink = Stuart Coupe |date=17 June 1984 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate=14 July 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.australianmusicdatabase.com/people/lobby-loyde|title=Lobby Loyde|publisher=Australian Music Database|accessdate=16 July 2015}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book Ltd|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974. 6. ^{{cite book|title=The Oxford Companion to Australian Music|last=Bebbington|first=Warren Arthur|date=1997|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=535|isbn=9780195534320}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://ozrockdb.com/database/s/sunnyboys.html|title=Sunnyboys Discography|publisher=Australian Rock Database|first=Magnus|last=Holmgren|accessdate=16 July 2015}} 8. ^{{cite journal|title=Personal Packaging Excites Bold Marketing {{sic|Maneauvers|nolink=y|expected=Manoeuvres}} |last=Baker |first=Glenn A. |authorlink=Glenn A. Baker |journal=Billboard |date=30 January 1982 |page=55 |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ECUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=sunnyboys+%22happy+man%22+cassette&source=bl&ots=I-zp_fAd0-&sig=V-tqgQwyzG99jELWvfFmCSGUHb4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC4Q6AEwCGoVChMIju7-hpXdxgIVhhOmCh0gfgEm#v=onepage&q=%20%22happy%20man%22%20cassette&f=false }} 9. ^1 {{cite encyclopedia|last=McFarlane |first=Ian |authorlink=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |title=Encyclopedia entry for 'Sunnyboys' |url=//www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=425 |accessdate=15 July 2015 |year=1999 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=St Leonards, NSW |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040930234122/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=425 |archivedate=30 September 2004 }} 10. ^{{Cite AV media notes | title = Sunnyboys, Our Best of | title-link = | others = Sunnyboys (performers) |date = 6 December 2013 |url=https://www.behance.net/gallery/18391553/Sunnyboys-Our-Best-Of-CD | access-date = 1 August 2015 | first = Jeremy | last = Oxley | author-link = Jeremy Oxley | page = 9 | type = liner notes | publisher = Warner Australia | id = FEST601022 }} 11. ^{{cite web | url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32560088?selectedversion=NBD20023272 | title = Mushroom 25 Live [videorecording] | work = Trove | publisher = National Library of Australia | accessdate= 16 July 2015 }} 12. ^{{cite encyclopedia|last=McFarlane |first=Ian |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |title=Encyclopedia entry for 'Independent Record Labels' |url=//www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=941 |accessdate=16 July 2015 |year=1999 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=St Leonards, NSW |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040828074835/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=941 |archivedate=28 August 2004 }} 13. ^{{cite book|url=http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an41896781 |title=Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia|last=Jenkins|first=Jeff|author2=Ian Meldrum |year=2007|publisher=Wilkinson Publishing|chapter=Mushroom Records – Magic Mushroom|chapterurl=|page=87–94|isbn=978-1-921332-11-1 }} 14. ^{{cite web | archiveurl = http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/15148/20081101-0045/www.pbsfm.org.au/Documentsd5f4.html | url = http://www.pbsfm.org.au/Documentsd5f4.html | title = Various – Happy Man: Tribute to the Sunnyboys | work = Readl Radio | publisher = PBS 106.7FM (Progressive Broadcasting Service) | archivedate = 1 November 2008 | year = 2008 | accessdate = 15 July 2015 }} 15. ^{{cite web | url = http://i94bar-dev.info/reviews/sunnyboystrib.html | title = Reviewed: Happy Man – A Tribute to the Sunnyboys – Various Artists (Off the Hip) | author = The Barman | work = I-94 Bar | accessdate = 15 July 2015 }} 16. ^{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126849996 | title = Rock Music: 'Jive' Lacks the Drive | last = Raffaele | first = Garry | newspaper = The Canberra Times | location = ACT | date = 5 October 1981 | accessdate = 15 July 2015 | page = 3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 17. ^{{cite book |title=100 Best Australian Albums |last2=Creswell |first2=Toby |authorlink2=Toby Creswell |last3=Mathieson |first3=Craig |authorlink3= Craig Mathieson |last1=O'Donnell |first1=John |authorlink1=John O'Donnell (music journalist)|publisher=Hardie Grant Books |year=2010|location=Prahran, Vic | page=116 |isbn=978-1-74066-955-9 }} 18. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/let-the-sunshine-in-20130530-2ncnu.html | title = Let the Sunshine In | author = Creswell, Toby | authorlink = Toby Creswell | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | date = 1 June 2013 | accessdate = 15 July 2015 }} 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/k8335|title=The Sunny Boys – Happy Man|work=45cat|publisher=45worlds|accessdate=16 July 2015}} External links
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