Artist · chart history
Happyland
Band Australia Formed 1998
Happyland formed in 1998 in Australia. Happyland has 2 chart appearances on 1 radio countdown from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1998. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Don't You Know Who I Am”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #28. The station that charted Happyland most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1998.
Happyland was a Brisbane side project with a pedigree: Janet English of Spiderbait on bass and lead vocals, and her then-boyfriend Quan Yeomans of Regurgitator on lead guitar and vocals. They started out as the Shampoodles before settling on Happyland, and they played it like a punk rock duo on a sugar rush, all fuzz, bounce and cheek.
Their one and only album, Welcome to Happyland, came out on August 25, 1998, through Polydor Australia and reached No. 18 on the ARIA albums chart. The single "Don't You Know Who I Am?" had arrived first, in July, a bratty, tongue-in-cheek blast that went to No. 24 on the singles chart, and "Hello" gave the record another shot of scrappy fun. Happyland never made another, which leaves it a one-album wonder.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Happyland on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't You Know Who I Am | 1 | #28 | – | 1998 | |
| 2 | Hello | 1 | #71 | – | 1998 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 28 | Don't You Know Who I Am | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998 |
| 1998 | 71 | Hello | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998 |
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