| "Happy Jack" |
| Songwriters: | Pete Townshend |
| Performers: | The Who: Roger Daltry (lead vocal), Pete Townshend (guitar & backing vocal), John Entwistle (bass & backing vocal), & Keith Moon (drums) |
| Production: | Kit Lambert with Chris Stamp (executive producer) and different engineers |
| Recorded: | Regent Sound Studios (Tottenham Court Road): backing track, 8 November 1966 CBS Studios, London: vocal tracks & mixing, 10 November 1966 |
| UK release: | Reaction 591010, 3 December 1966. Charts 15 December 1966: RR #3. [2:14] |
| US release: | Decca 32114, March 1967: BB #24 (June 1967). |
| Notes & Quotes |
| Section | Time | Meas. | Description | Text | |
| Ritornel | 0:00 | 4 | guitar, bass, and drums play theme in unison | — | |
| A | Verse | 0: | 30 | Verse gains characteristic limp from asymmetrical measures of five plus eight beats. Double-tracked vocal without chorus. | a |
| Ritornel | : | 4 | theme | — | |
| A | Verse | : | 42 | As
in verse above with sustaining chorus. Add extending measures to build tension. |
b |
| B | Chorus | : | 24 | Two-part harmony. | c |
| A | Verse | : | 22 | As in verses above. | d |
| Flourish | : | 36 | Drums as lead instrument. | — | |
| A | Verse | : | 22 | As in verses above. | d |
| Flourish | : | 44 | As in flourish above, add vocal accompaniment. | — | |
| B | Chorus | : | 24 | As in bridge above. | c |
| A | Verse | 22 | Two-part harmony without chorus. | d | |
| Ritornel | 5 | As above. | — |
| Text | |
| Happy Jack wasn't old but he was a man; He lived in the sand at the Isle of Man. | a |
| The kids would all sing, he would sing in wrong key; So they rode on ahead on their furry donkey. | b |
| The kids couldn't hurt Jack, they tried, tried, tried. They dropped things on his back, they lied, lied, lied, lied. | c |
| But they couldn't stop Jack or the waters lapping. And they couldn't prevent Jack from being happy. | d |
| e |
| Outline | ||
| 20-May-2018 | ||