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Everybody’s Happy Nowadays

Buzzcocks
Track 39 on Product 

Producer

Martin Rushent
Mar. 2, 19791 viewer9.7K views

Everybody’s Happy Nowadays Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I was so tired of being upset
Always wanting something I never could get
Life's an illusion, love is a dream
But I don't know what it is

[Hook]
Everybody's happy nowadays
Everybody's happy nowadays

[Verse 2]
I was so tired of being upset
Always wanting something I never could get
Life's an illusion, love is a dream
But I don't know what it is

[Hook]
'cause everybody's happy nowadays
Everybody's happy nowadays

[Verse 3]
Life's an illusion, love is the dream
But I don't know what it is
Everyone's sayin' things to me
But I know it's okay, okay
[Hook]
Everybody's happy nowadays
Everybody's happy nowadays
Everybody's happy nowadays
Everybody's happy nowadays

[Bridge]
Life's an illusion, love is a dream
Life's an illusion, love is the dream
Life's the illusion, love is a dream
Life's the illusion, love is the dream

[Hook]
Everybody's happy nowadays
Everybody's happy nowadays, days, oh

[Verse 4]
Well, bet you're tired of being upset
Always wanting something you never could get
Life's no illusion, love's not a dream
Now I know just what it is

[Hook]
Everybody's happy nowadays
Everybody's happy nowadays

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This song is based on the 1932 Aldous Huxley novel Brave New World, in which culture and art have been excised from society, leaving the populace in a mindless state of contentment and pharmaceutical bliss. One character says: “I am free. Free to have the most wonderful time. Everybody’s happy nowadays.”

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  35. 35.
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  37. 37.
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  38. 38.
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  50. 50.
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  51. 51.
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  52. 52.
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  54. 54.
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  58. 58.
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Credits
Producer
Writer
Vocals
Guitar
Bass Guitar
Drums
Mixing Engineer
Recorded At
Strawberry Studios (Stockport, England)
Released on
March 2, 1979
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