I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
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| Single by Sting from the album Mercury Falling |
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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 | ||||
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"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 country music artist Toby Keith on Toby's 1997 Dream Walkin' album; the duet version reached #2 on the US Hot Country Songs charts and #12 on the U.S. Bubbling Under Hot 100 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.[1] 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.
[edit] References
- ^ Garbarini, Vic (July 1996), “Interview with Sting”, Guitar World Magazine
[edit] External links
- Video of Sting performing I'm So Happy with audience member, Ross Viner in Vancouver, British Columbia, 1996
- I'm So Happy music video on YouTube
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