Happy Gun

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“Happy Gun”
“Happy Gun” cover
Single by Stellar*
Released July 2, 1996
Format CD Single
Genre Grunge Rock
Length 2:30
Label Papa Pacific Records
Writer(s) Boh Runga, Andrew Maclaren, Kurt Shanks
Stellar* singles chronology
-- Happy Gun
(1996)
What You Do (Bastard)
(1998)

"Happy Gun" is New Zealand band Stellar*'s first single, and their indies release. Interestingly, though Chris Van de Geer was not a part of the band at this point he mixed the title track (and even gets a thank-you mention in the single's linear notes). This indies release sees the band in a completely different genre than what their standard releases are like, featuring a heavy grunge rock arrangement for the first two tracks and an acoustic rock sound for the third. The B-side Ride apprears in a short film called Headlong by Simon Raby.

[edit] Track listing

# Title Writer(s) Duration
1. "Happy Gun" Runga, Maclaren, Shanks 2:30
2. "Ride" Runga, Maclaren, Haines 3:04
3. "Reprise" Runga, Maclaren, Haines 3:05