Mr. Happy

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from the album Emancipation Song details Performer: First Released: 19 November 1996 - Emancipation album Album(s): Emancipation Writer(s): Prince (as ) and Scrap D. (uncredited) Producer(s): Prince (as ) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 7 January 1997, Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA, USA 31 May 1999 (a.m.): Studio 54 @ MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA Performed regularly on tour: Love 4 One Another Charities Tour (usually in medley with 18 & Over) Jam Of The Year World Tour (instrumental coda included in Take Me With U / Raspberry Beret) New Power Soul Tour (European leg only, instrumental coda included in Take Me With U / Raspberry Beret) New Power Soul Festival Tour (instrumental coda included in Take Me With U / Raspberry Beret) Performed occasionally in shows: 1998 (instrumental coda included in Take Me With U / Raspberry Beret), 1999 (usually as instrumental coda included in Take Me With U / Raspberry Beret)

Mr. Happy is the eleventh track on the first disc of Prince’s 19th album Emancipation, the third album to be credited to . While exact recording dates are not known, it is likely that basic tracking took place in early 1996 (the track was filed for copyright registration with Style on 3 March 1996), at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Mr. Happy was premiered at a Paisley Park Studios party on 24 August 1996 (a.m.). The track contains two lines sampled from songs by Ice Cube previously used on the Big City Remix of The Good Life: "bought a house next to Prince", taken from the "Westside Remix" of What Can I Do? (also called What Can I Do? (Remix)) released on a single in 1994 and "Microphone check" from When I Get To Heaven (Remix). Both tracks were included on Cube’s 1994 compilation Bootleg & B-Sides. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info Early 1996 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Tracking March 1996 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Additional recordings with Scrap D. Recording Personnel Prince (as ) - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Scrap D. - rap Ice Cube - sampled vocals (from What Can I Do? (Remix) and When I Get To Heaven (Remix)) Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Mr. Happy 4:46 Emancipation Studio

Additional Information See also Trivia Emancipation album Mr. Happy is a famous children’s book character in the Mr. Men series; this seems entirely unrelated to ’s song, however. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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