So Happy

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For the Theory of a Deadman single, see So Happy (song).
So Happy
Studio album by Eddie Murphy
Released March 29, 1989
Recorded 1988-1989
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 48:26
Label Columbia Records
Producer Walter Afanasieff, David Allen Jones, Carmen Rizzo, Eddie Murphy, Nile Rodgers, Narada Michael Walden
Eddie Murphy chronology

How Could It Be
(1985)		 So Happy
(1989)		 Love's Alright
(1993)

So Happy is the second music album and fourth album overall by comedian/singer, Eddie Murphy. The album was released in March 1989 for Columbia Records and was produced by Murphy, Nile Rodgers and Larry Blackmon. It was not a critical or commercial success, but still managed to reach #70 on the Billboard 200 and #22 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Two singles were released: "Put Your Mouth on Me", which made it to #2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, and "Till the Money's Gone", which only made it to #75 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks.

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Track listing

  1. "Put Your Mouth On Me" (J. Cohen, Eddie Murphy, Narada Michael Walden) - 4:06
  2. "Till The Money's Gone" (Skyler Jett, Murphy, Walden) - 5:16
  3. "I Got It" (Nile Rodgers) - 4:09
  4. "So Happy" (David Allen Jones, Murphy) - 4:28
  5. "Bubble Hill" (Jones, Murphy) - 6:18
  6. "With All I Know" (T. Gumbs, Murphy) - 4:06
  7. "Pretty Please" (Murphy) - 3:43
  8. "Love Moans" (Jones, Murphy) - 5:15
  9. "Let's Get With It" (Larry Blackmon, Murphy, Merv De Peyer) - 5:07
  10. "Tonight" (David Dukes) - 5:36

Production

  • Produced by Walter Afanasieff, David Allen Jones, Carmen Rizzo, Eddie Murphy, Nile Rodgers and Narada Michael Walden
  • Engineers: John Barnes, Knut Bohn, Dana Jon Chapelle, David Frazer, Daniel Lazerus, Jay Mark, Barney Perkins, Carmen Rizzo, Brad Sundberg, Ralph Sutton
  • Assistant and Second Engineers: Paul Angelli, Ed Brooks, Dana Jon Chapelle, Mark Herman, Mike Strick
  • Mixing: John Barnes, David Frazer, Barney Perkins, David Rideau

Personnel

  • Drums: Walter Afanasieff, David Allen Jones, Carmen Rizzo, Narada Michael Walden
  • Percussion: Greg "Gigi" Gonaway, Bob Smith
  • Bass: Lanar Brantley, Randy Jackson
  • Synthesized Bass: Walter Afanasieff
  • Keyboards: Walter Afanasieff, John Barnes, Eric Daniels, Merv De Peyer, David Allen Jones, Kevin Kendricks, Eddie Murphy, Aaron Zigman
  • Guitars: Vernon "Ice" Black, Johnny Gill, Paul Pesco, Charlie Singleton, Marty Walsh
  • Saxophone: Chip McNeill
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