I Just Can't Be Happy Today

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"I Just Can't Be Happy Today"
Single by The Damned
From the album Machine Gun Etiquette
B-side	"Ballroom Blitz" "Turkey Song"
Released	November 1979
Format	7" single
Recorded	1979
Genre	Punk/Rock
Length	3:34
Label	Chiswick CHIS 120
Producer	Roger Armstrong, The Damned
Chart positions	#46 (UK)
The Damned singles chronology
"Smash It Up" 1979	"I Just Can't Be Happy Today" 1979	"White Rabbit" 1980

I Just Can't Be Happy Today was a single by The Damned.

The song was heavily edited for radio airplay, removing the spoken word monologue, though the version on the record is unaltered. The first track of the B-side was recorded live at the band's first reformation gigs when billed as The Doomed, with Lemmy of Motörhead fame on bass guitar. "Turkey Song" wasn't credited on the sleeve.

[edit] Track listing

1. "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" (Dadamo, Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 2:53
2. "Ballroom Blitz" (Chapman, Chinn) - 3:30
3. "Turkey Song" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 1:32

[edit] Production credits

• Producers:
  • Roger Armstrong
  • The Damned

• Musicians:
  • Dave Vanian: Vocals
  • Captain Sensible: Guitar, Vocals on "Turkey Song"
  • Rat Scabies: Drums
  • Algy Ward: Bass

• • Lemmy: Bass on "Ballroom Blitz"