| "The Happy Song" | |
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| Promotional single by Poets of the Fall | |
| from the album Temple of Thought | |
| Released | March 21, 2012 |
| Length | 4:19 |
| Label | Insomniac |
| BPM | 142 150 (Live in Moscow) |
| Key | D B (Live in Moscow) |
| Producer(s) | Poets of the Fall |
The Happy Song was released as a digital promo single on 22nd February 2012 to coincide with its inclusion in the Remedy Entertainment game Alan Wake's American Nightmare, where it plays on a tv screen showing Mr Scratch dancing in a motel room.
It was included as the eleventh track on Temple of Thought, the 2012 fifth full album by Poets of the Fall. This is the final track on the Standard Edition of the album.
While not played in the wider 10th Anniversary Tour, an altered version of The Happy Song was used for Live in Moscow as the finale, coming off the back of Lift and a long solo by Olli. In this version, the words I'm a psycho are replaced by We love you.
The "Psycho Mix" by Honey Gee was released with a lyric video on Poets of the Fall's official YouTube channel on 20th June 2024. The video features creepy clown imagery and a red balloon, somewhat akin to the Requiem for My Harlequin NV, the red/white spiral as seen on the Lollipop from Carnival of Rust covered in blood, and a theater ticket like the one from the cover of Twilight Theater.
Single track listing
All tracks are written by Poets of the Fall
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Happy Song (American Nightmare Edit)" | 4:16 |
Lyrics
You knew I'm a psycho
I told you I'm a psycho
Cos really I'm a psycho, psycho, psycho
Violent schizophrenia
You know I'm gonna get ya