I Just Can't Be Happy Today 3185646 212798596 2008-05-16T09:11:31Z Durova 521374 stub {{Infobox Single | Name = I Just Can't Be Happy Today | Cover = | Artist = [[The Damned]] | from Album = [[Machine Gun Etiquette]] | B-side = "Ballroom Blitz" <br/> "Turkey Song" | Released = November [[1979]] | Format = [[Gramophone record|7"]] | Recorded = [[1979]] | Genre = [[Punk music|Punk]]/[[Rock music|Rock]] | Length = 3:34 | Label = [[Chiswick Records|Chiswick]] <br/> <small>CHIS 120</small> | Producer = [[Roger Armstrong]], [[The Damned]] | Chart position = * #46 ([[U.K.]]) | Last single = "[[Smash It Up]]" <br/> (1979) | This single = "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" <br/> (1979) | Next single = "[[White Rabbit (Damned)|White Rabbit]]" <br/> (1980) }} '''I Just Can't Be Happy Today''' was a single by [[The Damned]]. The song was heavily edited for radio airplay, removing the spoken word monologue, though the version on the record is unaltered. The first track of the B-side was recorded live at the band's first reformation gigs when billed as The Doomed, with [[Lemmy]] of [[Motörhead]] fame on bass guitar. "Turkey Song" wasn't credited on the sleeve. ==Track listing== # "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" ([[Giovanni Dadamo|Dadamo]], Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 2:53 # "Ballroom Blitz" ([[Mike Chapman|Chapman]], [[Nicky Chinn|Chinn]]) - 3:30 # "Turkey Song" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 1:32 ==Production credits== * '''[[Record producer|Producer]]s''': ** [[Roger Armstrong]] ** [[The Damned]] * '''[[Musician]]s''': ** [[Dave Vanian]]: [[Singer|Vocals]] ** [[Captain Sensible]]: [[Guitar]], [[Singer|Vocals]] on "Turkey Song" ** [[Rat Scabies]]: [[Drum]]s ** [[Algy Ward]]: [[Bass guitar|Bass]] ** [[Lemmy]]: [[Bass guitar|Bass]] on "Ballroom Blitz" [[Category:1979 singles]] [[Category:The Damned songs]] {{1970s-single-stub}}