| "Happy Hour" | ||||
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| Single by The Housemartins | ||||
| from the album London 0 Hull 4 | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 2:20 | |||
| Label | Go! Discs | |||
| Writer(s) | Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore | |||
| The Housemartins singles chronology | ||||
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"Happy Hour" is a 1986 single by The Housemartins.[1] It was the third single from the album London 0 Hull 4 and reached number three in the UK Singles Chart.[2][3]
The band's first big hit, it stayed on the singles chart for 13 weeks, peaking in the week of June 28, 1986.[4] The song also enjoyed exposure on United States college radio.[5]
Rolling Stone noted that despite "irrepressibly giddy music hooks", the song's "sobering" lyrics "hammer away at the hypocrisy and sexism of young British business types on the move."[6]
On their 1992 album, Gordon, the Barenaked Ladies paid tribute to this song by breaking into it at the end of the song "Hello City".[7]
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Dutch Top 40 | 25 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 3 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 38 |
| UK Singles Chart | 3 |
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