"Happy Nation" is a song

Song

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 taken from the homonym

Homonym

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ous first album

Happy Nation

Happy Nation is the debut album of Ace of Base, a pop music group based in Sweden. It was released in early 1993 in Europe, Africa and Latin America on Festival Records. The album is the third highest-selling debut album by a group after Guns N' Roses and Linkin Park...

 by Ace of Base

Ace of Base

Ace of Base is a pop band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its original lineup consisted of Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg, and three siblings, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren...

. It was released twice in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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; in October 1993 when it peaked at number 42, and then again twelve months later it reached number 40. "Happy Nation" was remade by Ace of Base for a remix kit; the second in the relationship between Koblo and A.C.E 3.0.

Track listings

CD single - UK

1. "Happy Nation" (radio edit) — 3:32
2. "Happy Nation" (12 inch version) — 6:39
3. "Happy Nation" (album version) — 4:11

CD maxi

1. "Happy Nation" (gold zone club mix)
2. "Happy Nation" (gold zone 7" edit)
3. "Happy Nation" (gold dub edit)
4. "Happy Nation" (moody gold mix)

7" single

1. "Happy Nation" (radio edit) — 3:32
2. "Happy Nation" (album version) — 4:11

Personnel

• Vocals by Linn Berggren, Jonas Berggren and Ulf Ekberg
• Latin Choir by Jonas Berggren
• Backing Vocals by John Ballard
• Written by Jonas Berggren and Ulf Ekberg
• Produced by Jonas Berggren and Ulf Ekberg
• Recorded at Tuff Studios

Peak positions

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	80
Austrian Singles Chart	6
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	5
French SNEP Singles Chart	1
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	7
Norwegian Singles Chart	6
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	22
Swedish Singles Chart	4
Swiss Singles Chart	23
UK Airplay Chart	43
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	40

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Dutch Top 40	63
French Singles Chart	16

Certifications

Chart successions