Peak
2
Weeks
52
Score
11,337
Chart Year
2019
A shy, sensitive girl's birthday party is held, and she is very nervous until she gets her birthday present: a dog, a Golden Retriever puppy, on which she fits a bow. As she becomes a teenager, and the dog grows along with her, she joins a soccer team, and one of the captains pick her last. In the next scene is the team photo, and the girl was in the front; but the captains steal her place and she joins the back. When she smiles, her braces are seen, and she is made fun of for them. She then quits the team and plays with her dog at home, only to find her dog is ill. Months pass, as she treats the dog's illness with medicine, yet the dog's illness has gotten worse. The dog is taken to the vet; the vet has a private conversation with the girl's dad, to whom he reveals the dog's illness to be terminal. The girl's dad explains to his distraught daughter what will happen, then the dog is taken and is put down. Years pass, the girl grows up to have a daughter, who gets happy when her grandfather gifts her a similar Golden Retriever puppy for her birthday, much to her mother's tears.
"It sort of builds to this big Marshmello drop that happens, and you're like, 'I don't know, should I be crying, or dancing?'" Dan Smith told ABC Radio. Report this ad Speaking to Billboard, Marshmello said that he "spent the most time on making the 'drop' the lead melody." He made about 15 different attempts before eventually landing on one he was happy with. "Everything else in the song fit perfectly," he added, "and it was my job to complement it." "Happier" leapt to its highest Hot 100 chart position of #2 after Marshmello performed an in-game concert inside Epic Games' video game Fortnite on February 2, 2019. Dan Smith originally wrote "Happier" for Justin Bieber. However, his team loved the tune and they persuaded him to keep it for Bastille. Producer Artem "Arty" Stoliarov sued Marshmello and Bastille for plagiarism in May 2019 claiming "Happier" "deliberately copied" his 2014 remix of the OneRepublic song "I Lived." US District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez rejected the lawsuit. He ruled on April 8, 2021 that Arty had given up ownership of the remix composition in his contract, so he had no grounds to sue. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the decision on March 18, 2022. The Ninth Circuit ruled when Arty signed a deal with Interscope that stated he would own no copyright to the remix, he signed away any rights to his song. So what does OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder think of the copyright case? He told the BBC: "If you listen to both of the [songs], I think anybody with a decent measure of musicality will draw their own conclusion. I'll leave it at that." Steve Mac and Dan Smith shared three awards for "Happier" at the virtual ASCAP London Music Awards 2020. The single was named song of the year, top EDM song, and top streaming song. American performance rights organization ASCAP's London Music Awards recognize the previous year's most-performed music in the US created by UK songwriters and composers. "Happier" spent a record 69 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Songs chart. It smashed the previous best of Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey's "The Middle," which stayed 33 weeks on top of the tally.
Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier, I want you to be happier When the morning comes When we see what we've become In the cold light of day we're a flame in the wind Not the fire that we've begun Every argument, every word we can't take back 'Cause with the all that has happened I think that we both know the way that this story ends Then only for a minute I want to change my mind 'Cause this just don't feel right to me I wanna raise your spirits I want to see you smile but Know that means I'll have to leave Know that means I'll have to leave Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier, I want you to be happier When the evening falls And I'm left there with my thoughts And the image of you being with someone else Well, it's eating me up inside But we ran our course, we pretended we're okay Now if we jump together at least we can swim Far away from the wreck we made Then only for a minute I want to change my mind 'Cause this just don't feel right to me I wanna raise your spirits I want to see you smile but Know that means I'll have to leave Know that means I'll have to leave Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier, I want you to be happier So I'll go, I'll go I will go, go, go So I'll go, I'll go I will go, go, go Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier, I want you to be happier Even though I might not like this I think that you'll be happier, I want you to be happier Then only for a minute (only for a minute) I want to change my mind 'Cause this just don't feel right to me I wanna raise your spirits (wanna raise your spirits) I want to see you smile but Know that means I'll have to leave Know that means I'll have to leave Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier, I want you to be happier So I'll go, I'll go I will go, go, go
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 1, 2018 | 63 | 63 |
| 2 | Sep 8, 2018 | 59 | 67 |
| 3 | Sep 15, 2018 | 46 | 80 |
| 4 | Sep 22, 2018 | 35 | 91 |
| 5 | Sep 29, 2018 | 31 | 95 |
| 6 | Oct 6, 2018 | 15 | 111 |
| 7 | Oct 13, 2018 | 13 | 113 |
| 8 | Oct 20, 2018 | 8 | 118 |
| 9 | Oct 27, 2018 | 6 | 120 |
| 10 | Nov 3, 2018 | 4 | 122 |
| 11 | Nov 10, 2018 | 3 | 123 |
| 12 | Nov 17, 2018 | 4 | 122 |
| 13 | Nov 24, 2018 | 3 | 123 |
| 14 | Dec 1, 2018 | 3 | 123 |
| 15 | Dec 8, 2018 | 3 | 123 |
| 16 | Dec 15, 2018 | 4 | 122 |
| 17 | Dec 22, 2018 | 4 | 122 |
| 18 | Dec 29, 2018 | 5 | 121 |
| 19 | Jan 5, 2019 | 7 | 119 |
| 20 | Jan 12, 2019 | 6 | 120 |