Happy Nation (song)

"Happy Nation"
Single by Ace of Base
from the album Happy Nation /The Sign
B-side Remix
Released 1993 (Europe)
Format CD single, CD maxi, 7" single
Recorded 1993
Genre Techno, dance, pop
Length Single Version 3:32
Album Version 4:16
Label Mega Records
Writer(s) Jonas Berggren, Ulf Ekberg
Producer Jonas Berggren, Ulf Ekberg
Certification Gold (Germany), Silver (France)
Ace of Base singles chronology
"All That She Wants"
(1993)		 "Happy Nation"
(1993)		 "Waiting for Magic"
(1993)

"Happy Nation" is a song taken from the homonymous 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.[1] "Happy Nation" was remade by Ace of Base for a remix kit; the second in the relationship between Koblo and A.C.E 3.0.

Contents

Track listings

CD single - UK
  1. "Happy Nation" (radio edit) — 3:32
  2. "Happy Nation" (12 inch version) — 6:39
  3. "Happy Nation" (album version) — 4:11
CD maxi
  1. "Happy Nation" (gold zone club mix)
  2. "Happy Nation" (gold zone 7" edit)
  3. "Happy Nation" (gold dub edit)
  4. "Happy Nation" (moody gold mix)
7" single
  1. "Happy Nation" (radio edit) — 3:32
  2. "Happy Nation" (album version) — 4:11

Personnel

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 80
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 6
Dutch Top 40[3] 5
French SNEP Singles Chart[2] 1
German Singles Chart[4] 7
Norwegian Singles Chart[2] 6
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[2] 22
Swedish Singles Chart[2] 4
Swiss Singles Chart[2] 23
UK Airplay Chart 43
UK Singles Chart[1] 40

Year-end charts

Chart (1994) Position
Dutch Top 40[3] 63
French Singles Chart[5] 16

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
France (SNEP)[6] Silver 125,000*
Germany (BVMI)[7] Gold 250,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Chart successions

Preceded by
"Please Forgive Me" by Bryan Adams		 French SNEP number-one single (first run)
February 5, 1994 (1 week)		 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 (3 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Je danse le Mia" by IAM

References

  1. ^ a b UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Happy Nation", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  3. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1993" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201993.pdf. Retrieved 15 April 2010. 
  4. ^ "Ace of Base singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Ace+of+Base/single. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  5. ^ 1994 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved January 30, 2009)
  6. ^ "French single certifications – Ace of Base – Happy Nation" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.html?year=1994&type=6. 
  7. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Ace of Base; 'Happy Nation')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Happy+Nation&strInterpret=Ace+of+Base&strTtArt=single&strAwards=checked. 
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