Finally Made Me Happy
{{Infobox song
| name = Finally Made Me Happy
| cover = Macy Gray Featuring Natalie Cole - Finally Made Me Happy.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Macy Gray featuring Natalie Cole
| album = Big
| released = February 20, 2007 (US)
April 16, 2007 (UK)
| recorded = 2006
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 3:09 (radio edit)
4:02 (album version)
| label = Geffen
| writer = Macy Gray, Teedra Moses, Cassandra O'Neil, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Victor Indrizzo
| producer = Macy Gray, will.i.am, Ron Fair
| chronology = Macy Gray
| prev_title = Love Is Gonna Get You
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Shoo Be Doo
| next_year = 2007
}}
"Finally Made Me Happy" is the lead single from Macy Gray's fourth studio album, Big (2007). It features additional vocals from Natalie Cole. It was made available on iTunes for the week of March 18–24, 2007 and sold over 7,000 downloads. Gray performed the song on the Late Show with David Letterman on March 27, 2007 and on The View on March 28, 2007.
The single was released on April 15, 2007 in the United Kingdom. Soon after, the video became the number-one most played video on television channel The Box{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicweek.co.uk/ |title=UK The Box TV airplay chart position |access-date=2007-04-12 |archive-date=2008-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720180904/http://www.musicweek.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }} and was added to the Capital FM and BBC Radio 2 radio playlists (it was playlisted on the C-list of the latter).[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/playlist/ BBC Radio 2 playlist source] "Finally Made Me Happy" failed to make the charts, but nevertheless reached the top twenty of the UK club chart, peaking at number eighteen.
Music video
The music video, directed by Meiert Avis, primarily features Gray performing the song with her band, which features will.i.am on the piano. Towards the end of the song, Cole enters the video ad-libbing and singing joyfully with Gray.{{Cite web |title=RPubs - Document |url=https://rpubs.com/BushraT/1075426 |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=rpubs.com}}
The video is similar to that for Prince's 1984 "When Doves Cry". Gray recreates the scenes with the bathtub and singing with the band. Cole comes down the spiral staircases in the same way Prince did in the "When Doves Cry" video.{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdIOJ8fIIlQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311223902/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdIOJ8fIIlQ |archive-date=2008-03-11 |url-status=dead|title="Finally Made Me Happy Video" on YouTube}}{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Prince+When+Doves+Cry&search=Search&session=mEdXAKtvSZorCsax0zwfDwhlAfISCdwF7QS-0GZhpnl_FHj_dHs3-kjbD3wOQ-p9h9pjR-wEBoWfff4jUWTRmX0uVm5uttv3-LeWYzJsk8UWrgvZI7I6ujXwzPpDueYfYocvEKKZ02-17NFPiR888oqcnvpiqmXhI-k8zU8-oQxsrPYGMasxLvKUx7UDvTM3Rszz_kAiFRM=|title=Prince, "When Doves Cry" video on YouTube}}
Track listing
CD single[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000OMD24U Amazon - "Finally Made Me Happy" track listing confirmation]
- "Finally Made Me Happy" (featuring Natalie Cole)
- "Me with You"
References
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Category:Geffen Records singles
Category:Music videos directed by Meiert Avis
Category:Song recordings produced by Ron Fair
Category:Songs written by Macy Gray
Category:Songs written by Victor Indrizzo
Category:Songs written by Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Category:Songs written by Teedra Moses
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