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|introduction              = '''Mr. Happy''' is the eleventh track on the first disc of [[Prince]]'s 19th album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], the third album to be credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]].
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|introduction              = '''Mr. Happy''' is the eleventh track on the first disc of [[Prince]]’s 19th album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], the third album to be credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]].
  
 
While exact recording dates are not known, it is likely that basic tracking took place in March 1996, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions where [[Scrap D.]] recorded raps for [[I Rock, Therefore I Am]] and [[Da, Da, Da]], and shouts for [[Style]]). It contains a repeated sample of "bought a house next to [[Prince]]", taken from ''What Can I Do?'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube] (written by Leon Ware, Arthur Ross, Ice Cube, Mychal-Kaye Simmons and Victor Nathan Taylor, from his 1993 album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_Injection_(album) Lethal Injection]). The studio version was premiered at a [[Paisley Park Studios]] party on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_24|24 August 1996 (a.m.)]].
 
While exact recording dates are not known, it is likely that basic tracking took place in March 1996, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions where [[Scrap D.]] recorded raps for [[I Rock, Therefore I Am]] and [[Da, Da, Da]], and shouts for [[Style]]). It contains a repeated sample of "bought a house next to [[Prince]]", taken from ''What Can I Do?'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube] (written by Leon Ware, Arthur Ross, Ice Cube, Mychal-Kaye Simmons and Victor Nathan Taylor, from his 1993 album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_Injection_(album) Lethal Injection]). The studio version was premiered at a [[Paisley Park Studios]] party on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_24|24 August 1996 (a.m.)]].
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|date                      = March 1996 (assumed)
 
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|trivia                    = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Happy#Mr._Happy Mr. Happy] is a famous children's book character in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Men Mr. Men] series; this seems entirely unrelated to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]'s song, however.
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|trivia                    = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Happy#Mr._Happy Mr. Happy] is a famous children’s book character in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Men Mr. Men] series; this seems entirely unrelated to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]’s song, however.
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] album
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] album
 
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
 
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
 
|categories                = [[Category:1996]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1996]]
 
|categories                = [[Category:1996]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1996]]
 
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Revision as of 21:53, 20 August 2021

Mr. Goodnight   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Mr. Nelson
Mr. Happy
Emancipation.jpg
from the album Emancipation
Song details
Performer: SymbolSmallerBlue.png
First Released: 19 November 1996 - Emancipation album
Album(s): Emancipation
Writer(s): Prince (as SymbolSmallerBlue.png) and Scrap D. (uncredited)
Producer(s): Prince (as SymbolSmallerBlue.png)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Mr. Happy is the eleventh track on the first disc of Prince’s 19th album Emancipation, the third album to be credited to SymbolSmallerBlue.png.

While exact recording dates are not known, it is likely that basic tracking took place in March 1996, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions where Scrap D. recorded raps for I Rock, Therefore I Am and Da, Da, Da, and shouts for Style). It contains a repeated sample of "bought a house next to Prince", taken from What Can I Do? by Ice Cube (written by Leon Ware, Arthur Ross, Ice Cube, Mychal-Kaye Simmons and Victor Nathan Taylor, from his 1993 album Lethal Injection). The studio version was premiered at a Paisley Park Studios party on 24 August 1996 (a.m.).


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
March 1996 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Mr. Happy 4:46 Emancipation Studio



 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
  • Mr. Happy is a famous children’s book character in the Mr. Men series; this seems entirely unrelated to SymbolSmallerBlue.png’s song, however.
References
Mr. Goodnight   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Mr. Nelson
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