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"I Could Be Happy" is a song by Scottish new wave band Altered Images, released as the first single from their second album, Pinky Blue. Their second top-10 hit in the UK, the song peaked at number seven in December 1981, and remained on the chart for 12 weeks. It also reached the top 40 in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand and was their first and only single to chart in the United States, on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart at number 45 in April 1982.

"I Could Be Happy"
Single by Altered Images
from the album Pinky Blue
B-side	"Insects" "Disco Pop Stars" (12-inch only)
Released	1981
Genre	New wave
Length	3:28
Label	Epic (UK) Portrait (US)
Songwriter(s)	Altered Images
Producer(s)	Martin Rushent
Altered Images singles chronology
"Happy Birthday" (1981) "I Could Be Happy" (1981) "See Those Eyes" (1982)
Music video
"I Could Be Happy" on YouTube

Music video

The music video for this song was a brief mainstay on MTV in its early days. The band members are shown holding different pastel pieces and playing them like they were their musical instruments, and singer Clare Grogan is shown singing the "I could be happy, I could be happy" part in scenes where those lyrics are on the screen with a dot weirdly moving around, but hitting each syllable in time. Near the end, the band members put their pieces down to show it draws a very colorful happy face, then the video ends with Grogan riding out the song with the band playing their real instruments. (MTV initially accidentally said the song was from their Happy Birthday album.)

Track listings

7-inch single[1]

A. "I Could Be Happy"

B. "Insects"

12-inch single[2]

A1. "I Could Be Happy"

B1. "Insects"

B2. "Disco Pop Stars"

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[9]	Silver	250,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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