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“Junk of the Heart (Happy)” by The Kooks

From the album Junk of the Heart (2011)

“Junk of the Heart (Happy)” by The Kooks appears on 22 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 2011 and 2014. It was first released in 2011 on the album Junk of the Heart. Its best result is #14 on the WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #58 alternative song of 2011, #3,700 alternative song of all time and #248 of the '10s.

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"Junk of the Heart (Happy)" opens the Kooks' 2011 album Junk of the Heart and went out as its second single, and it's a breezy, jangling bit of sunshine: AllMusic heard shades of Dodgy in it. Luke Pritchard wrote it with Tony Hoffer, who also produced and engineered, and Michael Brauer mixed it, keeping the guitars bright and the bounce light.

It got a promo CD single and a digital EP, reached 20 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart in the US, and did even better abroad, cracking the top ten in Australia and Flanders. Japan, Italy and Wallonia took to it as well, and it later landed on the 2017 hits set The Best of... So Far.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2011 82 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2011 91
2011 14 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011 101
2011 33 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011 102
2011 67 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2011 103
2011 63 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2011 90
2011 21 KFOG San Francisco Bay Area, CA KFOG Foghead Favorites of 2011 50
2011 77 KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2011 92
2011 58 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2011 98
2011 61 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2011 103
2011 58 89.9 WLCA St. Louis, MO WLCA Top 89 of 2011 89
2011 36 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 Slugtracks of 2011 94
2011 42 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2011 51
2011 54 Rock 93.5 Columbia, SC Rock 93.5 WARQ Top 93 of 2011 92
2011 48 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2011 104
2011 82 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2011 111
2011 70 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2011 107
2011 88 WFUV New York, NY WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011 90
2011 45 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 100
2011 75 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011 96

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2011 1744 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 797 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 803 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Junk of the Heart; Junk Of The Heart; Junk Of The Heart (Happy); Junk Of the Heart; Junk of The Heart (Happy).

Charting alongside it in 2011

Best songs of 2011 →
  1. 1Pumped up KicksFoster The People
  2. 2RopeFoo Fighters
  3. 3The Adventures of Rain Dance MaggieRed Hot Chili Peppers
  4. 4WalkFoo Fighters
  5. 5You are a TouristDeath Cab for Cutie
  6. 6Rolling in the DeepAdele

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