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Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy


Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Simple Pleasures
Released: 1988

Don't Worry Be Happy Lyrics


Here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry you make it double
Don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy now

Don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy

Ain't got no place to lay your head
Somebody came and took your bed
Don't worry, be happy
The landlord say your rent is late
He may have to litigate
Don't worry, be happy

Don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy

(Look at me, I'm happy, don't worry, be happy
Here I give you my phone number, when you worry, call me,
I make you happy, don't worry, be happy)
Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style
Ain't got no gal to make you smile
Don't worry, be happy
'Cause when you worry your face will frown
And that will bring everybody down
Don't worry, be happy

Don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy

(Don't worry, don't worry, don't do it
Be happy, put a smile on your face
Don't bring everybody down
Don't worry, it will soon pass, whatever it is
Don't worry, be happy
I'm not worried, I'm happy)

Writer/s: ROBERT MCFERRIN JR.
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Don't Worry Be Happy
  • This song reached #1 on the US pop charts, which is astounding for a song sung a cappella (without instruments). McFerrin recorded it using only his body to make all the sounds.
  • There were rumors that McFerrin attempted suicide after doing this song, and they are not true. However the rumors became so strong that even to this day people think Bobby is dead. This is untrue, he is alive and well.
  • The phrase "Don't Worry Be Happy" came from the Indian guru Meher Baba. In an interview with USA Weekend magazine, McFerrin explained that he saw a poster of Meher Baba with the phrase and thought it was "a pretty neat philosophy in four words." See the poster in Song Images.
  • This was featured in the films Cocktail (1988) and Casper - A Spirited Beginning (1997).
  • This won 1988 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance and Song Of The Year.
  • George H. W. Bush used this in his 1988 US presidential campaign but stopped doing so after McFerrin objected.
  • The phrase "Don't Worry Be Happy" was used in some cases to criticize people with a rosy outlook on the world, as if they were oblivious to problems. The most notable use of the phrase in this context came from the rap group Public Enemy in their song "Fight The Power" when vocalist Chuck D declared: "Don't Worry Be Happy was a number one jam. Damn, if I say it you can slap me right here." Chuck later explained that he had no animosity toward McFerrin or this song, but was using the phrase as a call to action.
  • Robin Williams appears in the video, as does the lesser-known comedian Bill Irwin.