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  • Happy Hour
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  • eng
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  • Songs about alcohol
  • 1986 singles
  • 1986 songs
  • The Housemartins songs
  • Go! Discs singles
  • Songs written by Paul Heaton
  • Songs written by Stan Cullimore
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  • %22Happy Hour%22 is a 1986 single by British Indie rock band The Housemartins. It was the third single from the album London 0 Hull 4 and reached number three in the UK Singles Chart. It was written on Wednesday 22 January 1986 - the same day Me and the Farmer was penned. The band's first big hit, it stayed on the singles chart for 13 weeks, peaking in the week of 28 June 1986. The song also enjoyed exposure on United States college radio.Rolling Stone noted that despite %22irrepressibly giddy music hooks%22, the song's %22sobering%22 lyrics %22hammer away at the hypocrisy and sexism of young British business types on the move.%22On their 1992 album, Gordon, the Barenaked Ladies paid tribute to this song by breaking into it at the end of the song %22Hello City%22.Comedian Phill Jupitus makes an appearance in the music video reading a newspaper.
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  • Paul Heaton
  • Stan Cullimore
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  • d921e56b-787f-4be6-a491-2f16332389ea
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  • 5714dee825ac0d8aee542876
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