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Don't Worry, Be Happy

This article is about the song by Bobby McFerrin. For other uses, see Don't Worry, Be Happy (disambiguation).

"Don't Worry, Be Happy"
Single by Bobby McFerrin
from the album Simple Pleasures
A-side"Don't Worry Be Happy"[1]
B-side
    • 12" maxi
    • 7" promo
    • 7" single
    • CD single
ReleasedJuly 24, 1988
Recorded1988
StudioFantasy, Berkeley, California
Genre
Length4:54 (album version)
4:03 (music video)
3:50 (radio edit)
LabelEMI-Manhattan[1]
Songwriter(s)Bobby McFerrin[1]
Producer(s)Linda Goldstein[1]
Music video
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" on YouTube

"Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a 1988 song by Bobby McFerrin, released as the first single from his album Simple Pleasures (1988). It was the first a cappella song to reach number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a position it held for two weeks. Originally released in conjunction with the film Cocktail, the song peaked at number-one on September 24, 1988,[4] displacing "Sweet Child o' Mine" by Guns N' Roses.[5]

The song also peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart[6] and number seven on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.[4] It hit number one in Australia and stayed there for 7 weeks.[7] It was also a hit in the United Kingdom, reaching number two during its fifth week on the UK Singles Chart.[8] In Canada, the song reached number one in its eighth week.[9] One critic noted it as a "formula for facing life's trials".[10]

At the 1989 Grammy Awards, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" won the awards for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

In 2024, the single was selected for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[11]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Bobby McFerrin – Don't Worry Be Happy". Discogs. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  2. ^ "SPIN june 1989" (PDF). Spin. SPIN Media LLC: 66. 1989. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Breihan, Tom (May 26, 2021). "The Number Ones: Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy". Stereogum. Retrieved November 12, 2023. Other than the general novelty of an all-a cappella pop song, I don't hear anything musically redeeming in "Don't Worry, Be Happy" either.
  4. ^ a b "The Hot 100: The Week of September 24, 1988". Billboard.
  5. ^ Holden, Stephen (September 29, 1988). "Don't Worry, Be Happy: Bobby McFerrin Has A No. 1 Hit". New York Times News Service. Retrieved June 9, 2014. McFerrin's hit is earning the superb vocal improviser a mass audience, as his album, Simple Pleasures leaps from No. 20 to No. 12 on the album chart.
  6. ^ "Bobby McFerrin Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  7. ^ https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bobby+McFerrin&titel=Don%27t+Worry,+Be+Happy&cat=s
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  9. ^ "RPM 100 Singles" (PDF). Collectionscanada.gc.ca. October 15, 1988. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  10. ^ Don't Worry, Be Happy. B Happy – Benny to Beyonce, 2012
  11. ^ "The Notorious B.I.G., The Chicks, Green Day & More Selected for National Recording Registry (Full List)". Billboard. April 16, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.

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