I Could Be Happy


"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 7 in December 1981, and remained on the chart for twelve weeks. It also made the Top 40 charts in Ireland, New Zealand and Australia, and was their first and only single to chart in the U.S., on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart at number 45 in April 1982.

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.

Charts