While classic rock might be known for some somber songs, there are plenty of happy hits from the genre. For instance, Far Out published a list of the "40 happiest classic rock songs of all time," which included fun classics like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's "Our House" from 1970, "Sunday Morning" by The Velvet Underground, "Don’t Stop Believin’" by Journey, Joni Mitchell's "California," and Eagles' 1972 hit "Take It Easy."
The ranking's top five songs featured "Happy Together" by The Turtles, The Beatles' "Hey Jude" from 1968, John Lennon's 1971 hit "Imagine," and The Police's "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" from 1981.
Electric Light Orchestra's 1977 hit "Mr. Blue Sky" took home the title of the happiest rock song ever released.
Jeff Lynne Revealed How He Wrote 'Mr. Blue Sky' in 2017
Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra shared how he came up with "Mr. Blue Sky," which is off the 1977 record, Out of the Blue, in a 2017 interview with Top 2000 a gogo. He shared that he wrote the song after he was "on a mountain" in Switzerland.
"I'd been there like about a week. And it'd been cloudy and misty all the time," recalled the British musician, now 78.
He said when the sun finally appeared, he was surrounded by "blue sky."
"I could see for it forever you know and it was just beautiful and it made me write Mr. Blue Sky," said Lynne in the 2017 interview.
Lynne also noted that he decided to rerecord the song, as well as several of Electric Light Orchestra's other hits, in 2012. He explained that he "had 30 years more experience as a producer" and wanted "to have another go at" past songs.
"I don't think I did them justice the first time around, some of them, and I started off with 'Mr. Blue Sky,'" said Lynne.
He said that his manager preferred the newer version of the song.
"He said, 'Wow that sounds so much better than the old one.' And everybody else seemed to be very pleased with it too, so we said 'Make an album,'" said Lynne, in reference to the 2012 record, Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra.
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