I Just Can't Be Happy Today
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{{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]]
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