XTC - Stupidly Happy

[@bonnie43uk]

Growing up in Penhill Swindon, Andy Partridge used to live a few doors down from us, we'd see him walking up Allington Rd on his way to guitar practice as we were all playing football, thinking, "Ha, .. what a waste of time". We all ended up in crap jobs while he went on to make good in the pop world. Very uplifting song :-)

[@truthtea5143]

Love this

[@twelver9593]

Headlands or the other School? I lived in Cricklade Rd..XTC Best thing to ever come out of Swindon!!

[@janineinvietnam]

Everytime I listen to this song on here, I see this comment, and click like, only to discover I've un-liked my previous like from a few days ago.

[@bonnie43uk]

@@twelver9593 Andy went to Penhill junior's I have a pic of him in the scouts, I think he would have gone to Headlands afterwards.

[@therussiandragon616]

@@twelver9593 besides the M4 Motorway, right?

[@richclearpc]

The most unappreciated band in UK music history!

[@cosmicdrifter287]

Word up!

[@stevenswift7263]

The bass on this is just insane

[@glennspencer]

It’s stupidly good

[@hsbrockman]

Hilarious! Reminds me of that Brazilian song, Samba numa nota so.

[@MrMeadfoot]

Snare and hi-hat for me.

[@DoctorOcculator]

So many brilliant elements to this song. I'll mention just one. Colin's bass guitar; doesn't enter the song until 1:25, great restraint, then some undeniably McCartney inspired slides and bumps which transcend anything Paul ever did and some high register riffs that are just sublime. Colin Moulding is one of the classiest bass players on record!

[@simonknott224]

+DoctorOcculator totally agree with you . As usual XTC were masters with the off beat. I will always love them...Partridge and Moulding

[@jamiewesson6606]

check out stackridge same sort of beatles twang and clever word play prob agreat xtc influence

[@chrisbaker3900]

Yes, the bass on this is just gorgeous (CM was/is a far better bassist than he was/is songwriter imho), but it's a shame that it doesn't really come across on computer speakers. Headphones recommended!

[@tinfoilhatter]

@@chrisbaker3900 no way, man! colin's songs could only have been wrote by him, and there's so many classics!

[@chrisbaker3900]

@@tinfoilhatter Yep, he was a good song-writer, but a great bassist! And he was competing with Partridge in the song-writing stakes - the bar was set very high.

[@Lambieschmoo]

We need more XTC in our lives

[@cathysteinhilb6554]

most unappreciated band in music history AND the BEST band than practically never was.....SOME DAY the rest will get XTC......all I can say is THANK YOU XTC

[@davidstobie2751]

cheers I canna hope that they remain our secret tho

[@osider51]

how could you not like XTC?. I'm and old guy who loved Hendrix. I think these guys embody that frolicking knowledge. How to take a riff and ride it like a roller coaster. that is what rock is. Have loved them since the 80's.

[@creativeamerican8811]

osider51 Well said! I was just trying to describe the music, in my head, analogise... But you did it sir :) XTC are very much like a Theme park!

[@Fretless99]

'How to take a riff and...'brilliant comment

[@jelt110]

osider51 andy partridge is peer to poet laureate with his lyrics, and every bit as musically adept as the Beatles combined. He should be a national treasure. He is Great Britain

[@Noticccashonly]

I'm 20 and I think this song is great lol

[@bravo2038]

osider51 benny hill was the best

[@richybatty234]

"All the lights of the cars in the town form the strings of a big guitar " ... Fantastic line !!

[@jordanperry8015]

this is different from anything else I've ever heard. I had no idea this kind of music existed. WTF? I listened to this 10 times and i am still not tired of it.

[@steelyman08]

I'm with you even though I did know about it. It's completely addictive.

[@jasoncavitt2043]

The bass. The BASS! Colin's the man.

[@tinfoilhatter]

yes! less is more, in this case! it might actually be andy, he wrote the mayor of simpleton bass part, by the way, he told me!

[@jelt110]

Partridge is pure perfection: penultimate penmanship plus pop personification.

[@boontje9724]

Please bring this wonderfull song on spotify! ❤

[@andyhiggs6932]

What a wonderful collection of positive images, thank you so much. One of my fave XTC songs too.

[@lekid5332]

At 2:20 when he sings ”guitar” and you hear a great bassline and then two chords, first left and then right speaker. That’s pure genuis

[@fractuss]

One amazing song.

[@stefanbranden4898]

The riff that the Stones and Agnus Young missed!!!!!!

[@marcusmetternich6626]

Professor Dr. Andrew John Partridge. He knows how to create an incredible pop song. Of course well supported by his fabulous band.

[@peterparkingmeter4764]

Finally found it,what a tune. XTC just nail it all the time

[@chrisnowhere]

Cette chanson est un tube évidemment !!! Quelle bonne chanson.

[@md770]

XTC is so underrated and underappreciated, they certainly don't get the due they deserve as a band. XTC knew how to craft the perfect pop song and Andy Partridge writes the best lyrics .

[@jamesbelljr7987]

Underrated no...under appreciated...yes

[@robertoriva8150]

Sempre un passo avanti a tutti gli altri, questi mattacchioni di Swindon! 🖤🔝 Greetings from Italy 🇮🇹

[@oli1764]

I discovered this via skins but damn quality tune

[@georgieeloise2121]

Yesss

[@jelt110]

So many brilliant elements to this song... so well said. The additive layering in one song is the same as Talking Heads' first five song in _Stop Making Sense_. Partridge is seriously genius.

[@jeremypykeallen5602]

XTC Drums & Wires Tour,... sat with Todd Rundgren, Brian Eno and David Byrne as the fab four went nuts playing both Drums and Wires AND Black Sea sets. At Wolfgangs in S.F. We were all Stupidly Happy for sure!

[@tinfoilhatter]

what? heck, man! what else, what else! c'mon! somethin' else happened, surely! do tell! but do y'know andy? tell him the ladies miss him on the tweeter-thingy!

[@xtstevie]

The greatest single that never was ?? Awesome track & would have been HUGE ??

[@neilcarlson661]

Yes, really is perplexing how something so pop & sublime could not chart around our folly filled planet.

[@leebedola9364]

Wonderfully layered song.

[@steelyman08]

Exactly. Perfection!

[@granttully6807]

Great track from one of the best bands everyone should have heard of.......what a world we live in when XTC arent followed as much as some of todays empty headed drivel.....

[@simonknott224]

Still brilliant !! Still gorgeous. Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding , you are both geniuses!!!

[@TheFourpegs]

Long live XTC! One of the best bands (and songwriters) ever!

[@asxtc]

Layered and coated in brilliant toe-tapping brilliance.

[@simonknott224]

+asxtc yes I agree. superb group, so talented ..they always the best !! Come back Andy!! Come back Colin !!

[@orb3222]

hell yes

[@annettelouise6781]

Best love song eva

[@glennspencer]

Good innit

[@sugarandspice4815]

Wow, what an awesome beat! This song makes me think of driving on a warm, sunny, summer day with the top down, seeing nothing but beautiful scenery.

[@steelyman08]

Great slideshow for this excellent track! I play this when all else fails (which is quite frequently)🤔

[@SteveConteNYC]

Happily, Andy Partridge has been writing songs again! We have recently written 1/2 of my new album together, The Concrete Jangle on Wicked Cool Records. Here's one of the songs: "Fourth Of July" by Steve Conte & Andy Partridge - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWezc2N_as-egsksi=zaH_607ATTOd3eiG

[@MrJunkieBrewster]

Andy Partridge is such a musical badass that he only needs one key to blow other songwriters and performers away with his brilliance.

[@jeanettehodkinson9808]

i feel better now......., this song always cheers me up..., xtc are the best.. :-)

[@Kristi314159]

yes, best pop band ever, EVER. Andy is not a genius, he is simply the very soul of pop music. I hope he's even at least 1% as happy as he makes us- i want him to come ans sing at my birthday- i'll pay big time for it.

[@marshalllancaster2314]

My power pop heroes. Heard “Mayor of Simpleton” circa ‘89, and my life was changed forever.

[@sophielittler5496]

I was born in 89, raised on these guys and I'm now introducing them to my 10 year old son. I don't want to imagine a world of music without XTC :)

[@marshalllancaster2314]

@@sophielittler5496 From Oranges and Lemons I went to Skylarking, Drums and Wires, and Black Sea. Favorite is Nonsuch, at least today.

[@alexfrenguelli9537]

This group are incredible ............ Am recently discover thanks a dvd collection of gray wistle test ..........

[@algale6123]

I really like XTC, not all of their stuff, but i did buy Apple Venus & Oranges and Lemons....this song is beyond brilliant....love We're all Light also....great global video.

[@keithachrist]

A timeless gem loves me some XTC🤩

[@JamesD3399]

I love the slideshow of different people, but Benny Hill seems so perfect for this song.

[@robin_holden]

Andy stole his glasses!

[@stenwald]

A superb video. No matter how crap things are I can put this on and smile. Spike Milligan is a legend!

[@gt253836]

Im a big Beatles fan but a big XTC fan too, (born in Swindon too) I think they're Oranges & Lemons :) XTC are truly a great band, Andy is amazing & Colin don't get enough credit for Making Plans for Nigel and Generals & Majors. The Beatles broke so much ground which paved the way for most modern pop bands including XTC. Had Andy been around in the 60's I expect he would have been able to be revolutionary too but by the late 70's punk and synth pop were new, XTC embraced it, but didn't invent it.

[@alanlegge696]

The strings on the BIG guitar !!!..super duper

[@sickaffair]

I wish this was on Spotify😢😢

[@martinjohncameron]

This is a brilliant love song. I always feel great when hearing this. Would love to see XTC live again.

[@Kristi314159]

pete's 'a little is enough' is a god genius production- at this level, it becomes impossible to compare- they are just too good.

[@simonknott224]

Beautiful record by a beautiful soul. Andy and XTC, you are brilliant

[@NigelFortune]

A simple, and simply brilliant song!

[@MaxPlanets99]

Brilliant! And a great anthology of Brit comedy icons to accompany this really clever tune.

[@simonknott224]

Still stupidly brilliant! What a genius Partridge . Complete pop record..

[@davidguilfoyle]

This is such a clever song. Who but Andy Partridge could take the most simple riff imaginable and make such a great arrangement. A masterpiece.

[@Freakyshygirl1]

What a gorgeous song with images of lovely funny people from the past x

[@Lol_Pig]

This song is perfection!

[@MrToddy31]

jonesfeld, you have picked me up no end.....thanks and happy new 2019.

[@jonesfeld]

Pleased you like it. All the best to you too Davy. Another year full of sounds ahead of us.

[@MrToddy31]

@@jonesfeld You to chum

[@roba111111]

Another musical gem - you're absolutely right. One of many!

[@jimmoffatt6435]

Great tune

[@kpaasial]

Andy described the guitar riff as the "ultimo Keef riff that he (Keith Richards) never found".

[@tauruschorus]

I am so jazzed up to come across this video today.

[@tinfoilhatter]

~~~jazzhands, man~~~

[@xander55577]

love this song...wish they had it on Itunes. thanks for putting it up!

[@cornishangeluk]

Just seen this on an ad on the tv and loved it...had to look on KZbin for it,..its got a great beat to it and great dance beat too....thanks guys...

[@TheFabstan]

LOVE THIS, AND THE ALBUM, AND XTC, ALL THROUGHOUT; THEY GOT BETTER, AND BETTER. , LOVE THEIR PASTORAL PSYCH ; BRILL ANDY SONG

[@stefanode7402]

Very nice slideshow, so british. Ciao from Roma

[@stephenfuller1395]

Superb song from a superb band 👍.

[@carlossander6576]

Popmeister!!!!!!!!!!

[@simonknott224]

Stupidly brilliant!! XTC ... the dogs bollocks !! ... wonderful...

[@simonknott224]

Brilliant.... Absolutely brilliant !!

[@prunesinjuice]

yeah the DFS ad brought me here too, I didn't realise this was XTC, great stuff! :D

[@gt253836]

A band that experiments and evolves their sound are usually the great bands with longevity. The Beatles 1st and last albums are about as different as you could get. XTC are great because they experiment too and sound great each time just like the Beatles but the Beatles had more opportunity to break the mould as music was so much more a formula in the 50's and 60's than the late 70's.

[@xyaqua]

I love your devotion to JPG&R, and i will not argue. Both are god genius artists- and I know they would never compare themselves to each other...

[@towelmanfilms]

Poor Andy Patridge, He had a good band before he broke. Some of the best to hit the 80s

[@tinfoilhatter]

he took his-lucky-break, and broke-it-in-two, did he? haha... hey, i slightly doubt it, mate~

[@glennspencer]

Lovely last three words

[@weathereye8164]

Wasp Star is a magnificent album

[@BeatlesBowieKrimson]

Yes ... yes, it is.

[@terencep44]

the greatest love song ever written

[@xyaqua]

dude- you rock my world- telliing me i am wrong for not going far enough. you made my month This is what i try to get my students to do: exceed. you have chosen wisely. again, thanks, tonight i'll sleep with a smile all night long.

[@chuckpuskas33]

i totally agree!!love it, n my 11 year granddaughter loves it!!!!

[@anthonycrook1987]

remember that muffed gtr tone, and waiting for the bass line to drop! cool starting on the & of four.

[@glennspencer]

Amazing way that they kick in

[@67sugargirl]

Wow! I only found out who this was by using Shazam on my phone for the first time! I didn't know they were still going after all these years! I remember recording Senses Working Overtime off the radio in my youth! This song is definitely making me want to pogo on my sofa!

[@perfectwonder]

loved this on the dfs advert - such a good song!!!

[@olragblues]

Great song!..keep smiling no matter what!

[@AtomicGeo]

Should've bee listening when this came out....It's great!

[@carlosnapoleonescobar]

Its allther pure JOY.!!!!

[@ianasdfg]

Wow - this is terrific music!

[@xyaqua]

I concede- this is the best thing we could ever do1 Well freaking put....

[@StevenKilmer-r2t]

So ahead of thier'" Short lived ' evolution of modern music; True💯🙏☯️ SONIC ' , Bliss of melody and chorus, 👌🍸 Cheers mate's 🍺😎

[@muzikkification]

Yeah, it doesn't sound like an early 00's song. They used it in Skins season 2 (2008) and I assumed it was a new song (also didn't realise at first it was XTC, so that was a cool surprise).

[@misterswanson]

how can it be that only 148,087 people like this. It's brilliant.

[@helenbussell3762]

Haven't heard this XTC song before and I really like it!

[@vickisteel4415]

Love that song.. I am stupidly happy most of the time....

[@simonknott224]

Vicki Steel Lucky you Vicki . But so am I !!!!!

[@littyasasmitty279]

Be happy all the time Vicki! You got people that love you! Hope you’re doing well

[@Kaela1227]

Fav single ever

[@jimtypes]

XTC , when they hit that zone, make one think, smile, tap your toes, dance.

[@madonmod3733]

it is the song I will play at my funeral Lala

[@louboozer6058]

Damn Legends

[@sergiomng]

I love that 2nd guitar at 2:20, what a great band

[@supercamberwell]

well done roger hit the spot with this one

[@nelly712002]

Love the vid. Lots of faces that have made me stupidly happy over the years and given me an idiot grin.

[@jagsandhu1954]

Love it, love it, love it!!!

[@Neilgal12]

SO much pleasure to be had from the way the elements are woven together & the layers added. It doesn’t miss his trademark middle 8 for me, it’s close to perfect. For truly top marks though, an ending would’ve been impressive … not a fade.

[@f.haikel919]

I thoug everyone needs to be stupdly happy. Kisses from brazil

[@danvineyard6485]

Love how the backing vocals are layered in a a "round " on the outro