Happy Days Are Here Again

Happy Days Are Here Again je američka zabavna pjesma koju je 1929. godine komponirao Milton Ager, a tekst za nju napisao Jack Yellen. Originalno je zamišljena za filmski mjuzikl Chasing Rainbows, odnosno scenu u kojoj američki vojnici proslavljaju završetak prvog svjetskog rata, a u novembru 1929. ju je prvi snimio i izdao Leo Reisman. Njen izlazak je, pak, koincidirao sa krahom njujorške burze i početkom Velike ekonomske krize; smatra se kako je njen vedri i optimistični ton bio u potpunom neskladu sa teškim okolnostima u kojima su živjeli tadašnji slušatelji. Godine 1932. je demokratski predsjednički kandidat Franklin Delano Roosevelt prepoznao njen propagandni potencijal (uključujući naslov koji doslovno znači "Sretni dani su ponovno ovdje") te je iskoristio kao tematsku pjesmu svoje kampanje. Otada pa do danas Happy Days Are Here Again služi kao neslužbena demokratska himna koja se izvodi na njenim izbornim konvencijama.

Godine 1930. je u Njemačkoj službeno registrirano autorsko pravo na pjesmu Wochenend und Sonnenschein koja ima istovjetnu melodiju i koja je bila veliki hit tadašnje vokalne grupe Comedian Harmonists.

Filmovi u kojima se može čuti

• Chasing Rainbows (1930)
• The Divorcee (1930)
• The Lady of Scandal (1930)
• Rain or Shine (1930)
• Paid (1930)
• Blonde Crazy (1931)
• City Streets (1931)
• Politics (1931)
• George White's Flying High (1931)
• The Christmas Party (1931)
• A Great Big Bunch of You (1932)
• The Musical Doctor (1932)
• Panama Flo (1932)
• Night Court (1932)
• When a Fellow Needs a Friend (1932)
• What Price Hollywood? (1932)
• Three on a Match (1932)
• Prosperity (1932)
• 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
• Grand Slam (1933)
• Inflation (1933)
• Going Hollywood (1933)
• The Show-Off (1934)
• Twentieth Century (1934)
• Here Comes the Band (1935)
• Thanks a Million (1935)
• Petticoat Fever (1936)
• Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
• Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
• The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (1937)
• Git Along Little Dogies (1937)
• Hit Parade of 1937 (1937)
• Married Before Breakfast (1937)
• Captain's Pup, The (1938)
• Hold That Co-ed (1938)
• The Wrong Way Out (1938)
• The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
• Bachelor Mother (1939)
• Another Thin Man (1939)
• Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940)
• Unexpected Uncle (1941)
• The Feminine Touch (1941)
• Mokey (1942)
• Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
• One Ham's Family (1943)
• The Lonesome Mouse (1943)
• Happy-Go-Nutty (1944)
• The Million Dollar Cat (1944)
• The Return of Mr. Hook (1945)
• Tokyo Woes (1945)
• Uncle Tom's Cabaña (1947)
• The Truce Hurts (1948)
• Hoaxters, The (1952)
• Heir Bear (1953)
• 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955)
• 90 Day Wondering (1956)
• Beau James (1957)
• The Night of the Iguana (1964)
• How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
• Arturo UI (1972)
• Dillinger (1973)
• Slither (1973)
• The Great Gatsby (1974)
• Heb medelij, Jet! (1975)
• Goliath Awaits (1981)
• Vultures (1983)
• Otto - Der Neue Film (1987)
• Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
• The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
• For Love or Money (1993)
• Dolores Claiborne (1995)
• Nixon (1995)
• Primary Colors (1998)
• Mother (1999)
• 28 Days (2000)
• Cats & Dogs (2001)
• Idlewild (2006)
• Zwartboek (2006)