Leona Lewis: Happy (Single Review)

by Bradley Stern
filed under: Leona Lewis, Ryan Tedder, Single Review

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First the bad news: You cannot convince me that “Happy” isn’t more than just the third incarnation of “Halo”/”Already Gone.” Congratulations, Ryan Tedder–you’re still a one-trick schmuck.

And now for the mostly good: The song is very good–like, very, very good, seven plays in a row and counting good–and will (and should) undoubtedly garner the same international fanfare as “Bleeding Love”–it’s just been done two or three times before. Generally, I’m loving it.

Similarly, the cover art is completely A-M-A-Z-I-N-G (see above). Gorgeous! One of the best single covers of the year, hands down.

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  • Anonymous

    Good cover art, but I don’t like the song. It’s kind of catchy,but I am SO over this sound. All these girls sound the same, sing the same songs, etc. Which is why I am thankful for someone like Florence or even LaRoux, who is bucking the current radio sound.

  • http://xolondon.blogspot.com xolondon

    oops that post above was from me!

  • http://www.muumuse.com Bradley Stern

    True. I should clarify that by ‘loving it,’ I mean that I loved this song the first time we heard it with “Bleeding Love.”

    I think I will make a mash-up song tonight with all these samey sounding songs put together.

  • vicente

    oh that mashup would be so cool… if you do it please post it…

  • Andrei

    OMG. I’ve heard a mashup of Halo and Already Gone. Adding Happy to that would be a-m-a-z-i-n-g.

    I also would like to find a mashup of Stargate songs that sound the same Jordin’s “Tattoo”, Beyonce’s “Irreplacable”, Chris Brown’s “With You’, etc…