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Get Happy
Studio album by
Pink Martini
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2013 (2013-09-24)
RecordedJanuary 2012–June 2013
GenreBossa Nova, Easy Listening
LabelHeinz
Pink Martini chronology
1969
(2011) 		Get Happy
(2013) 		Dream a Little Dream
(2014)

Get Happy is the sixth studio album from the American musical group Pink Martini. It was released on September 24, 2013, under the band's own label, Heinz Records. Guest artists include Phyllis Diller, Philippe Katerine, Meow Meow, Ari Shapiro, the von Trapps, and Rufus Wainwright.[1][2]

Composition

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Phyllis Diller, featured vocalist on "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin)

Get Happy contains sixteen tracks. "Smile", originally by Charlie Chaplin, serves as the closing track and features American actress and comedian Phyllis Diller (1917–2012). Pink Martini and Diller recorded the song in January 2012 in her living room in Los Angeles, and the group released it upon her death.[1][3] In 2014 it was awarded a double silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association,[4] which indicated sales of at least 40,000 copies throughout Europe.[5]

Track listing

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  1. "Ich dich liebe" (Max Kolpé, Lotar Olias, Karl Vibach), featuring China Forbes
  2. "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" (Osvaldo Farrés), featuring Storm Large
  3. "I'm Waiting for You to Come Back" (Yan Kuan, Chen Ruizhen), featuring Meow Meow
  4. "Omide zendegani" (Anoushiravan Rohani, Touradj Negahban), featuring Storm Large
  5. "Yo te quiero siempre" (Ernesto Lecuona), featuring Ari Shapiro
  6. "Je ne t'aime plus" (Forbes, Katerine), featuring China Forbes and Philippe Katerine
  7. "Zundoko-Bushi", featuring Timothy Nishimoto
  8. "Până când nu te iubeam" (Romanian traditional), featuring Storm Large
  9. "She Was Too Good to Me" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart), featuring Robert Taylor
  10. "Üsküdar'a Gider İken" (Turkish traditional), featuring China Forbes
  11. "Sway" (Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, Norman Gimbel), featuring Storm Large
  12. "Kitty Come Home" (Anna McGarrigle), featuring Rufus Wainwright with the von Trapps
  13. "What'll I Do?" (Irving Berlin), featuring China Forbes
  14. "Get Happy/Happy Days Are Here Again" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler/Milton Ager, Jack Yellen), featuring China Forbes and Rufus Wainwright
  15. "Heliotrope Bouquet" (Scott Joplin, Louis Chauvin) (instrumental)
  16. "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons), featuring Phyllis Diller

Chart performance

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Chart (2013) Peak
position
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[6] 50
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[7] 36

References

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  1. ^ a b White, Ryan (June 19, 2013). "Pink Martini announces Sept. 24 release of 'Get Happy'". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  2. ^ Denselow, Robin (April 30, 2013). "Pink Martini – review: Royal Albert Hall, London". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  3. ^ White, Ryan (August 20, 2012). "Hear Thomas Lauderdale and Phyllis Diller sing Charlie Chaplin's 'Smile'". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  4. ^ "Color". Archived from the original on 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  5. ^ "IMPALA Awards for European Independent Acts Hit Record Levels | Impala". Archived from the original on 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  6. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  7. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Pink Martini – Get Happy". Hung Medien.
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