I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
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| "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" | ||
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| Single by Sting | ||
| from the album 'Mercury Falling (Sting) Dream Walkin’ (Toby) |
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| Released | 1996 (Sting) 1997 (Toby/Sting) |
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| Recorded | 1996 (Sting) 1997 (Toby/Sting) |
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| Genre | Country music, rock music | |
| Length | 4:00 (Sting) 4:03 (Toby/Sting) |
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| Label | A&M Records (Sting) Mercury Nashville (Toby/Sting) |
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| Writer(s) | Sting | |
| Chart positions | ||
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US Hot 100 - #84 (Sting) |
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| Sting singles chronology | ||
| "I Was Brought To My Senses" (1996) |
"I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" (1996) |
"On Silent Wings" (w/ Tina Turner) (1997) |
| Toby Keith chronology | ||
| "We Were In Love" (1997) |
"I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" (1998) |
"Dream Walkin'" (1998) |
"I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" is a Sting song from his 1996 album Mercury Falling. The song was also released as a single, and reached #84 and #54 on the U.S. and UK singles charts, respectively. Sting also recorded the song as a duet with Toby Keith on Toby's 1997 Dream Walkin’ album; the duet version reached #2 on the US Hot Country Songs charts.
Sting started composing the song as a rock song, but the lyrical content pushed the song in a country direction, and it evolved into a country-rock shuffle. The song lyrics concern a father whose wife has left him for another man and taken their two children. After a cynical beginning, he has a revelation about the connectedness of life and the universe, and finishes the song truly "so happy he can't stop crying."
During the Mercury Falling tour, Sting would often invite audience members up onto stage to sing the song along with him.
The video for the song was directed by Lol Creme and featured flying pickup trucks, spaceships, and line dancing aliens.
