Happier

Album

Single

Label

Astralwerks

Genre

Trap [EDM]

Composer(s)

Christopher Comstock;Dan Smith;Steve Mac

Entered Chart

Sep 1, 2018

Peak Date

Feb 16, 2019

Released

August 16, 2018

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Joytime Collective/Astralwerks

"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