The Happiest Song

[BLY]

Well, made me think of the most uplifting songs…Again, I will do my 1975-1987 pick.

Say You Love Me
Don’t Stop
Think About Me
Hold Me
Everywhere

Well, Christine gets the award for the most uplifting songs on those 5 albums.

[BrownEyedGirl26]

Originally Posted by BLY

Well, made me think of the most uplifting songs…Again, I will do my 1975-1987 pick.

Say You Love Me
Don’t Stop
Think About Me
Hold Me
Everywhere

Well, Christine gets the award for the most uplifting songs on those 5 albums.

Blue Letter (Even though it's not written by a band member)
That's Alright
Dreams
Blue Lamp
Just to name a few, because there are too many to remember right now!

[aleuzzi]

Monday Morning

Say You Love Me

Don’t Stop

Love In Store

You and I Part II

[Villavic]

I was thinking in Dreams, but I'd say it's more optimistic than happy.

Love in Store

[jbrownsjr]

Say You Love Me
You and I
You Make Lovin Fun
Don't Stop

[FuzzyPlum]

Lots already mentioned…but for me the ultimate is Love Shines. It feels so happy, maybe in part abetted by the video. They seemed happy despite being in a very uncertain place at that time.

[FuzzyPlum]

…..and Heroes Are Hard to Find….just because the horns really lift up the tone.

[DownOnRodeo]

Don't Stop, You Make Loving Fun, Say You Love Me... Chris takes the cake hands down. (Mixed metaphor?)

Lindsey songs that smell happy at first whiff usually end up tasting miserable or bitter when you properly chew on them, and Stevie's attempt to write a happy feel-good song in Angel ended up veering into her foggy cosmos of disjointed visions. I want to give her Say You Will, but the lead vocal delivery is so strident and joyless, despite the upbeat music and giddy lyrics.

Although it's not Rumours lineup, I second the vote for Love Shines.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo

Stevie's attempt to write a happy feel-good song in Angel ended up veering into her foggy cosmos of disjointed visions.

Well it could still be happy. I mean I always become happy while singing Picture yourself in a boat on a river With tangerine trees and marmalade skies...

[bwboy]

I’m surprised no one mentioned I Don’t Want to Know- the music is joyous, to me, and the lyrics are pretty upbeat.

I Know I’m Not Wrong is also very joyous. It totally makes me happy when I listen to it.

[Villavic]

Re reading this thread I checked the meaning of uplifting: inspiring happiness, optimism, or hope.

There may be several songs, but Don't Stop was the first that came to my mind.

[bwboy]

Until this thread, I’d never realized how somber or serious FM songs tend to be. Except for Don’t Stop and You Make Loving Fun, and my choices I Don’t Want to Know and I Know I’m Not Wrong, I don’t find any other songs that fit my definition of happy or joyous.

Even solo, the only song I can think of would be Holiday Road, outside of FM proper.

[Macfan4life]

Love In Store
Skies The Limit

[Storms123]

I think Christine wins the award for happiest songs.
Think About Me
Say You Love Me
Everywhere
Don't Stop

Lindsey is runner up, (Big Love, Monday Morning, and maybe more so solo than Mac) and I need a decoder ring for Stevie's songs. They are shrouded in mystery and innuendo. After a few drinks, I usually get the jist, but at first listen, I usually can't follow. While it's probably my favorite song of hers, I am still trying to figure out what a shining autumn ocean crashing is.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by Storms123

I think Christine wins the award for happiest songs.
Think About Me
Say You Love Me
Everywhere
Don't Stop

Lindsey is runner up, (Big Love, Monday Morning, and maybe more so solo than Mac) and I need a decoder ring for Stevie's songs. They are shrouded in mystery and innuendo. After a few drinks, I usually get the jist, but at first listen, I usually can't follow. While it's probably my favorite song of hers, I am still trying to figure out what a shining autumn ocean crashing is.

Big Love is interesting. The literal interpretation is definitely a positive thing. But Lindsey describes it as meaning a more sarcastic "looking out for love" meaning almost dodging or hiding from love. There are more than a few interviews of Lindsey describing the song and what was going on in his life when he wrote it. Is this what they call "tongue and cheek'?