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|lyrics = {{I Hope You're Happy Now}} | |||
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== | {{song credits | ||
|title = I Hope You're Happy Now | |||
|writer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] | |||
|producer = [[Nick Lowe]] with [[Colin Fairley]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums | |||
|record_info = March-May 1986, Olympic Studios, London | |||
|release_info = September 15, 1986 | |||
|length = 3:05 | |||
|albums = [[Blood & Chocolate]], 1986 | |||
|singles = | |||
|collections = [[Girls Girls Girls]], 1989<br>[[The Very Best Of Elvis Costello]], 1999<br>[[Rock And Roll Music]], 2007 | |||
|soundtracks = | |||
|various_artists = | |||
|promos = [[Highlights From Blood & Chocolate]], 1986<br>[[Selections From This Year's Model - Blood & Chocolate - Brutal Youth]], 2002 <br> [[Either Side Of The Same Town Sampler]], 2010 | |||
|videos = | |||
}}<br> | |||
{{song notes | |||
|background = | |||
|first = [[Concert 1984-08-03 Sunrise|August 3, 1984, Sunrise, FL]] | |||
|last = {{2024}} | |||
}} | |||
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| quote = Recorded live in the big, old studio at Olympic (before it was vandalized), after three different attempts at the song. In the long run I'm happier to live with it being humorous, rather that murderous. | |||
| source = [[Girls Girls Girls]] liner notes, 1989. | |||
}} | |||
' | ==Alternate versions== | ||
{{song credits | |||
|title = I Hope You're Happy Now (early Attractions version) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] | |||
|producer = [[Nick Lowe]] with [[Colin Fairley]] & [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums | |||
|record_info = October 1984, Eden Studios, London | |||
|release_info = February 28, 1995 | |||
|length = 2:51 | |||
|collections = [[Goodbye Cruel World (Rykodisc/Demon reissue)]], 1995<br>[[Goodbye Cruel World (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2004 | |||
|promos = [[Punch The World]], 1995<br>[[Selections From Almost Blue, Goodbye Cruel World, Kojak Variety]], 2004 | |||
}}<br> | |||
' | {{song credits | ||
|title = I Hope You're Happy Now (Solo Demo) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar | |||
|record_info = February 14, 1985, Sunset Sound, Hollywood | |||
|release_info = November 7, 1986 | |||
|length = 3:02 | |||
|singles = [[Single: I Want You|I Want You]], 1986 | |||
|collections = [[King Of America (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2005 | |||
}}<br> | |||
== | {{song credits | ||
|title = I Hope You're Happy Now (Confederates version) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|producer = [[T Bone Burnett|J. Henry (T-Bone) Burnett]] & [[Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus]] with [[Larry Kalman Hirsch]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, acoustic guitar<br>[[Jerry Scheff]] - string bass<br>[[Mitchell Froom]] - keyboards<br>[[Jim Keltner]] - drums | |||
|record_info = ca. September-October 1985, Ocean Way, Hollywood | |||
|release_info = | |||
|length = 2:59 | |||
|collections = [[Singles, Volume 3]], 2003 | |||
|note = This previously unreleased version was erroneously released on this compilation in place of the solo demo version. | |||
}} | |||
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{{thumb: Blood & Chocolate}} | |||
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{{thumb: Highlights From Blood & Chocolate}} | |||
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{{thumb: Single: I Want You}} | |||
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{{thumb: Girls Girls Girls}} | |||
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{{thumb: Goodbye Cruel World}} | |||
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{{thumb: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello}} | |||
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{{thumb: Singles, Volume 3}} | |||
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{{thumb: King Of America (Rhino/Edsel reissue)}} | |||
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{{thumb: Rock And Roll Music}} | |||
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|} | {{song covers | ||
|covers = {{:I Hope You're Happy Now covers}} | |||
}} | |||
==Chords== | ==Chords== | ||
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==Internal | ==Internal links== | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/bac/bac.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Blood And Chocolate] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/bac/bac.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Blood And Chocolate] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/bac.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/bac.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/bac/bac_info_a01.htm B&C Info page] | ||
*[[Template:I Hope You're Happy Now]] | *[[Template: I Hope You're Happy Now|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[I Hope You're Happy Now covers|Covers]] | ||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/bac.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Blood & Chocolate] | |||
[[Category:1986]] | [[Category:1986]] | ||
[[Category:Blood & Chocolate]] | |||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Lyrics]] | [[Category:Lyrics]] | ||
[[Category:Chords]] | [[Category:Chords]] | ||
[[Category:Alternate versions]] |
Latest revision as of 03:47, 11 January 2024
He's a fine figure of a man and handsome too |
First known performance:
“Recorded live in the big, old studio at Olympic (before it was vandalized), after three different attempts at the song. In the long run I'm happier to live with it being humorous, rather that murderous.” — Girls Girls Girls liner notes, 1989.
Alternate versions
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Covers
Barely Pink | recorded for unreleased Costello tribute | 1999 |
Ross Bellenoit & The Deceptions | performed live, 2016-05-19, Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore, Pennsylvania | 2016 | YouTube |
The Big Delicious | performed live, 2002 | 2002 | info needed |
The Goners | High St. Harder | 2012 | Bandcamp.com |
Judith Holofernes und Ihre Eigene Party | performed live, 2014, Hamburg, Kassel and Hachenburg, Germany | 2014 | YouTube • Setlist.fm • Wikipedia |
Paula Kelley Quartet | performed live, 2002-08-10, Brilliant Mistakes tribute, Albany, NY | 2002 | review • Paula Kelley |
Oliver's Army (Dallas) | performed live, Dallas-area Costello tribute band | 2003- | OliversArmyBand |
Pollyanna | Potomac CDS | 1996 | info |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2019 | YouTube |
Wondermints | CASSETTE 4 (white tape) | 1995 | info • info |
Chords
tabbed by theoquik@aol.com
This is a guitar-based transcription, though some notes played by other instruments may be included so that the lone guitarist can more fully realize the tune as it exists on Blood & Chocolate. Those lone guitarists with dexterity trouble can skip those notes and still "put over" the song in question, but it won't sound as cool. Lower case letters indicate that the preceding chord should be played with the lower case note in the bass (e.g. A g f# = you play an A chord, then you play an A chord with a G in the bass, then an A chord with an F# in the bass) Tricky chords are pictured below the transcription. Correspond to the list, or drschre@cumc.cornell.edu. N.C. he's a fine figure of a man and handsome A / Asus (alternate between the two) too. with his eyes upon the secret places A7 D/ Dsus (alternate between the two) he'd like to undo. Bm b flat a b flat still he knows who and where and how----------------> Bm D E and I hope you're happy now A / Asus N.C. he's got all the things you need and some that you would A/ Asus never. but you make him sound like frozen food his A7 D / Dsus love will last for- ever Bm b flat a b flat still he knows what you want and what you don't allow-------------> Bm D E and I hope you're happy now A / Asus <a c# e>riff F#m Emaj6 A A7 I hope that you're happy now the way you're supposed to be DaddE,(f# in bass) Esus and I know that this will hurt you A <e d c# b>riff more than it hurts me A/ Asus N.C. he's acting inncocent and proud still you know what he's A/ Asus after. like a matador with his pork sword while A7 D / Dsus we all die of laughter Bm b flat a b flat in his turquoise pa- jamas and his motorcycle hat------------>I Bm D DaddE,(f# in bass) hope you're happy now because you'll soon put <e d c# b>riff pay to that F#m Emaj6 A I knew then what I know now F#m Emaj6 D DaddE,(f# in bass) I never loved you anyhow Bm D E and I hope you're happy now A / Asus A7 <a c# e>riff F#m Emaj6 A I knew then what I know now F#m Emaj6 D DaddE,(f# in bass) I never loved you anyhow Bm D E and I hope you're happy now