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The Housemartins - Happy Hour flac album
  • Performer The Housemartins
  • Title Happy Hour
  • Date of release 1986
  • Country UK
  • Style Pop Rock, Indie Rock
  • Other formats AC3 MIDI DMF ADX AHX FLAC MP1
  • Genre Rock / Pop
  • Size MP3 1592 mb
  • Size FLAC 1404 mb
  • Rating: 4.1
  • Votes: 897

Happy Hour" is a 1986 single by British indie rock band The Housemartins. It was the third single from the album London 0 Hull 4 and reached number three in the UK Singles Chart. Paul had been working on the lyrics for some time before, with the song originally being called 'French England'. It was completed on Wednesday 22 January 1986 - the same day Me and the Farmer was penned.

A "Happy Hour" is a promotional tool used by many drinking establishments when their prices are discounted. The Housemartins were compared by many to The Smiths. However the Smith's guitarist Johnny Marr was not impressed. He complained that "'Happy Hour' was a complete rip-off of 'I Want The One I Can't Have', and they've nicked others to. This was The Housemartins first Top 10 hit in the UK, which was a fair achievement for a band on an independent label

Happy Hour" is a 1986 single by British Indie rock band The Housemartins. It was written on Wednesday 22 January 1986 - the same day Me and the Farmer was penned. The band's first big hit, it stayed on the singles chart for 13 weeks, peaking in the week of 28 June 1986 Rolling Stone noted that despite "irrepressibly giddy music hooks", the song's "sobering" lyrics &. .

Produced by John Owen Williams. Album London 0 Hull 4. Happy Hour Lyrics. It's happy hour again I think I might be happy if I wasn't out with them And they're happy, it's a lovely place to be Happy that the fire's real, the barman is a she. Where the haircuts smile and the meaning of style Is a night out with the boss Where you win or you lose, and it's them who choose And if you don't win, then you've lost

Happy Hour" is a 1986 single by British Indie rock band The Housemartins. Flag Day. The Housemartins.

The Housemartins ‎– Happy Hour. Genre: Rock, Pop. Style: Pop Rock, Indie Rock. Happy Hour La Hora Feliz ‎(7", Single, Promo). Go! Discs, Chrysalis, Chrysalis. 608 369.

While it does not contain the significant BBC sessions, B-sides, and album cuts featured on Quite Good!, it does feature superior sound and all the material (such as "Happy Hour," "Sheep," "The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death," and their cover of the Isley Brothers' "Caravan of Love") that casual fans truly need.

Tracklist

A Happy Hour 2:20
B The Mighty 'Ship 1:52

Companies, etc.

  • Marketed By – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
  • Distributed By – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
  • Copyright (c) – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
  • Published By – Go! Discs Music
  • Recorded At – Strongroom
  • Mixed At – Air Studios
  • Pressed By – PRS Ltd.
  • Lacquer Cut At – Master Room

Credits

  • Bass, Vocals – Norman Cook
  • Design – Mr D Storey*
  • Drums, Vocals – Hugh Whitaker
  • Engineer – Bodger*
  • Guitar, Vocals – Stan Cullimore
  • Photography By – Gus Devlin
  • Producer – John Williams
  • Vocals, Harmonica – P.D. Heaton*
  • Written-By – Heaton*, Cullimore*

Notes

This is the silver injection labels version with © & ℗ Chrysalis Records Ltd.
There is another silver injection labels version with © & ℗ Go! Discs Ltd. - The Housemartins - Happy Hour

Sleeve:
Recorded at Strongroom Studios. Mixed at Air Studios.
℗ 1986 Chrysalis Records Ltd.
© 1986 Chrysalis Records Ltd.
First published in the U.K. by Chrysalis Records Ltd. 1986

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 5 013136 300376
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout (Variant 1)): GOD 11 A//2▽420R
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout (Variant 1)): GOD 11 B//1▽420R
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout (Variant 2)): GOD 12 A//1▽420R
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout (Variant 2)): GOD 1|2 B//1▽420R

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
GOD 11 The Housemartins Happy Hour ‎(7", Single, Go!) Go! Discs GOD 11 UK 1986
ED 5174 The Housemartins Happy Hour ‎(12", Promo) Elektra ED 5174 US 1986
X 14332, GODX 11 The Housemartins Happy Hour ‎(12", Single, Ltd) Festival Records, Go! Discs X 14332, GODX 11 Australia 1986
CS-430 224 The Housemartins Happy Hour ‎(12", Single, M/Print) Chrysalis CS-430 224 Canada 1986
GOD 11 The Housemartins Happy Hour ‎(7", Single) Chrysalis GOD 11 Ireland 1986

Tracklist

A Happy Hour 2:20
B The Mighty 'Ship 1:52

Companies, etc.

  • Marketed By – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
  • Distributed By – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
  • Copyright (c) – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
  • Published By – Go! Discs Music
  • Recorded At – Strongroom
  • Mixed At – Air Studios
  • Pressed By – PRS Ltd.

Credits

  • Bass, Vocals – Norman Cook
  • Design – Mr D Storey*
  • Drums, Vocals – Hugh Whitaker
  • Engineer – Bodger*
  • Guitar, Vocals – Stan Cullimore
  • Photography By – Gus Devlin
  • Producer – John Williams
  • Vocals, Harmonica – P.D. Heaton*
  • Written-By – Heaton*, Cullimore*

Notes

Another version exists with Silver Injection labels:

Sleeve:
Recorded at Strongroom Studios. Mixed at Air Studios.
℗ 1986 Chrysalis Records Ltd.
© 1986 Chrysalis Records Ltd.
First published in the U.K. by Chrysalis Records Ltd. 1986

Center labels:
© 1986
℗ 1986
Chrysalis Records Ltd.
Go! Disc Music

Pressing plant uncredited, identified by the matrix numbers.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 5 013136 300376
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): GOD 11 A//1▽420R
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): GOD 11 B//2▽420R

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
GOD 11 The Housemartins Happy Hour ‎(7", Single, Go!) Go! Discs GOD 11 UK 1986
ED 5174 The Housemartins Happy Hour ‎(12", Promo) Elektra ED 5174 US 1986
X 14332, GODX 11 The Housemartins Happy Hour ‎(12", Single, Ltd) Festival Records, Go! Discs X 14332, GODX 11 Australia 1986
CS-430 224 The Housemartins Happy Hour ‎(12", Single, M/Print) Chrysalis CS-430 224 Canada 1986
GOD 11 The Housemartins Happy Hour ‎(7", Single) Chrysalis GOD 11 Ireland 1986