Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1993
Happy People (Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark song)
Buy Happy People (Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark song) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Happy People
| cover = Prince_Ital_Joe_and_Marky_Mark-Happy_People.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark
| album = Life in the Streets
| B-side =
| released = November 1993
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = *Eurodance
| length = 3:59
| label = *EastWest
*Ultraphonic
| writer = *Prince Ital Joe
*Mark Wahlberg
| producer = *Alex Christensen
*Frank Peterson
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = United
| next_year = 1994
| misc =
}}
"'Happy People'" is a 1993 song by DominicanAmerican reggae artist Prince Ital Joe featuring American rapper Marky Mark. It is their first single together, released as the lead single from their first and only album, 'Life in the Streets' (1994). Produced by Alex Christensen and Frank Peterson, it became a hit all over Europe, peaking at number four in Germany. It sold over 400.000 copies there, earning the duo a gold record. Additionally, it was a top 10 hit in Finland and a top 30 hit in Austria, Sweden and Switzerland. On the Eurochart Hot 100, the single peaked at number 22.
Critical reception
Pan-European magazine 'Music & Media' said, "The busy signal of a telephone drives you wild before the chorus starts, where "all the lonely people" out of the Beatles' Eleanor Rigby suddenly become "happy"." Miranda Watson wrote, "Happy People is a strongly raggainfluenced track with a driving dance beat, a solid hook balanced by rapping from Marky Mark."
Track listing
* 'CD maxi, Germany (1993)'
#"Happy People" (Radio Edit) 3:59
#"Happy People" (Long Version) 5:55
#"Happy People" (Ragga Version) 5:59
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Category:1993 debut singles
Category:1993 songs
Category:Eurodance songs
Category:Mark Wahlberg songs
Category:Prince Ital Joe songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Alex Christensen
Category:Song recordings produced by Frank Peterson
Category:Songs written by Mark Wahlberg
Buy Happy People (Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark song) now from Amazon
<-- Return to songs from 1993