Happy Hour

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"Happy Hour" is a 1986 indie pop song by British band The Housemartins, known for its upbeat melody and satirical lyrics about social drinking culture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Happy Hour canonical 5
Happy Hour (live) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist The Housemartins ⓘ
chartedIn UK Singles Chart ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 3 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes corporate workplace hypocrisy ⓘ
sexist attitudes in social drinking settings ⓘ
describes after-work pub culture in the UK ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
genre indie pop ⓘ
jangle pop ⓘ
hasBside Step Outside ⓘ
The Mighty Ship ⓘ
hasChorus signature sing-along hook ⓘ
hasCoverArt Happy Hour single cover ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Happy Hour (music video) ⓘ
linked to: Happy Hour
hasNotableLyricDevice irony ⓘ
wordplay ⓘ
includedInAlbum London 0 Hull 4 ⓘ
isFollowedBy Caravan of Love ⓘ
isPrecededBy Flag Day ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 2:21 ⓘ
lyricStyle satirical ⓘ
melodicStyle upbeat ⓘ
notableFor contrast between cheerful sound and critical lyrics ⓘ
partOf The Housemartins discography ⓘ
linked to: The Housemartins
performer The Housemartins ⓘ
performerGenre indie pop band ⓘ
performerNationality British ⓘ
performerType band ⓘ
producer John Williams ⓘ
recordedIn 1985 ⓘ
recordLabel Go! Discs ⓘ
releaseDate 1986-06-02 ⓘ
releaseYear 1986 ⓘ
tempo up-tempo ⓘ
theme social drinking culture ⓘ
workplace culture ⓘ
usesInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
writer Paul Heaton ⓘ
Stan Cullimore ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Housemartins → notableWork → Happy Hour ⓘ
The Housemartins → single → Happy Hour ⓘ
Paul Heaton → notableWork → Happy Hour ⓘ
Now That's What I Call Quite Good → hasPart → Happy Hour (live) ⓘ
linked to: Happy Hour
Stan Cullimore → notableWork → Happy Hour ⓘ