If It Makes You Happy

"If It Makes You Happy"
Single by Sheryl Crow
from the album Sheryl Crow
A-side If It Makes You Happy
B-side Keep On Growing
Released September 20, 1996
Format Airplay
Maxi Single
Genre Alternative rock, country rock, post-grunge
Length 5:23 (Album Version)
4:30 (Edit)
Label A&M
Writer(s) Sheryl Crow
Jeff Trott
Producer Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow singles chronology
"What I Can Do for You"
(1995)		 "If It Makes You Happy"
(1996)		 "Everyday Is a Winding Road"
(1996)
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"If It Makes You Happy" is the lead single from Sheryl Crow's 1996 eponymous album. The song peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in the US. The track won Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 1997 Grammy Awards. The song ties with her hit, "My Favorite Mistake", as her third highest-charting single in the UK, reaching number nine on the UK Singles Chart.

In the 2009 VH1 Divas show, Sheryl Crow and Miley Cyrus performed this song together.

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Music video

Two music videos for the song were made, both were directed by Keir McFarlane. The first, shot entirely in black and white, begins with Crow in her apartment, donning a heavy black raincoat. She then goes outside and walks down the city street. As the second verse begins she is shown riding on a subway. During the second chorus she gets off the subway and walks back above ground. During the bridge Crow is showing standing on the boardwalk staring down into the water. As the song finishes, Crow is shown buying coffee at a mall and returning home to her apartment. The second video used a lot of bright colors. It features Crow in a variety of sexy outfits caged in the Endangered Species-section of a museum.

Track listing

US CD single
  1. "If It Makes You Happy" - LP version
  2. "Keep On Growing"
  3. "I'm Going to Be a Wheel Someday"
  4. "No One Said It Would Be Easy" - Live in Nashville
EU CD single #1
  1. "If It Makes You Happy" - Edit
  2. "Keep On Growing"
  3. "On the Outside"
  4. "The Book" - LP version
EU CD single #2 (Cat. No. 581 903-2)
(ltd. edition incl. 4 exclusive postcards)
  1. "If It Makes You Happy" - Edit
  2. "All I Wanna Do"
  3. "Run Baby Run"
  4. "Leaving Las Vegas"

Crow performed the song on her live album Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park alongside Chrissie Hynde.

Chart performance

Peak positions

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[1] 20
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[2] 1
Canadian RPM Alternative 30[3] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 10
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[5] 6
US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)[6] 37
US Pop Songs (Billboard)[7] 4
US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard)[8] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 75
Chart (1997) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 55

See also

References

  1. ^ http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sheryl+Crow&titel=If+It+Makes+You+Happy&cat=s
  2. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 64, No. 13, November 11 1996". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9865&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
  3. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 64, No. 7, September 30 1996". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9925&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=c1q4gj2dnd4leu6d7gg7rpv304. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
  4. ^ "Sheryl Crow Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Sheryl Crow. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  5. ^ "Sheryl Crow Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Alternative Songs for Sheryl Crow. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  6. ^ "Sheryl Crow Billboard chart history". allmusic. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p26313. Retrieved October 11, 2010. 
  7. ^ "Sheryl Crow Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Pop Songs for Sheryl Crow. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  8. ^ "Sheryl Crow Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Sheryl Crow. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  9. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996. Retrieved 2010-08-27. 
  10. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1997". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1997. Retrieved 2010-08-28. 
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