Happy Nation (song)

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“Happy Nation”
“Happy Nation” cover
Single by Ace of Base
from the album Happy Nation /The Sign
Released 1993 (Europe)
Format CD single
Recorded 1993
Genre Techno / Dance / Pop
Length 03:32 (Radio Edit)
Label Mega Records
Writer(s) Jonas Berggren, Ulf Ekberg
Producer Denniz Pop
Certification Gold (Germany), Silver (France)
Ace of Base singles chronology
"All That She Wants"
(1992)
"Happy Nation"
(1993)
"Waiting for Magic"
(1993)

"Happy Nation" is a song taken from the first album by Ace of Base. It was released twice in the United Kingdom; in October 1993 when it peaked at number 42, and then again twelve months later it reached number 40.

Contents

[edit] Track listings

  • UK CD Single:
  1. Radio Edit
  2. 12 Inch Version
  3. Album Version
  • CD Maxi Single
  1. Gold Zone Club Mix
  2. Gold Zone 7" Edit
  3. Gold Dub Edit
  4. Moody Gold Mix

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification Date
France[1] Silver March 29, 1994
Germany[2] Gold 1994

[edit] Charts

Chart (1994)[3] [4] [5] Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 80
Austrian Singles Chart 6
Dutch Singles Chart 6
French Singles Chart 1
German Singles Chart 7
MTV European Top 20 2
Norwegian Singles Chart 6
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 22
Swedish Singles Chart 4
Swiss Singles Chart 23
UK Airplay Chart 43
UK Singles Chart 40
End of the year chart (1994) Position
French Singles Chart[6] 16
Preceded by
"Please Forgive Me" by Bryan Adams
French (SNEP) number one single (first run)
February 5, 1994
Succeeded by
"Foule sentimentale" by Alain Souchon
Preceded by
"Foule sentimentale" by Alain Souchon
French (SNEP) number one single (second run)
February 19, 1994 - March 5, 1994
Succeeded by
"Je danse le mia" by IAM

[edit] References

  1. ^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 19, 2008)
  2. ^ German certifications musikindustrie.de (Retrieved April 19, 2008)
  3. ^ "Happy Nation", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  4. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  5. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  6. ^ 1994 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)