what's this song ?

[timmo]

Hi,

I'm a new member, this is a a great site !

I heard an audio clip of a beautiful track with amazing harmonies that can only be The Carpenters !

All I have to go on lyric wise is .......

" Happiness waiting for me "

it's quite an up tempo and happy sounding track,

Can anyone help ?

Thanks,

Tim

[Rick Henry]

Hi Timmo, welcome to our forum. I have moved this topic over to the main board, maybe someone there can answer this one. For some reason I can't figure it out, but it sure sounds familiar.

[Rick Henry]

Just seconds after moving this topic I figured it out. It's the classic "Top Of The World", which is currently featured in the Aquafina Water TV commercials.

This is the part of the lyric you're thinking of:

"Something in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me"

[karen69roland]

Hi again, timmo...

The song you're looking for is *Any Day Now*.

I have this one on a live medley..., it's a Burt Bacharach/Hal David composition.

Available as an 4 CDs box set import called *Anthology*.


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[tim]

Thanks both,
I'm sure it's the Bacharach number, it's very jazzy....very....well Bacharach meets Carpenters,
Bliss !
And I got a feelin it's from a live show, because I heard it by a Detroit Hip hop producer called Jay Dee ( not Jay Z) Jay Dee he's very cool , but the sample is obscured and phazed and producers sometimes do this because the sample is not clean i. e on its own without a very loud drum track or the source is not too clear, perhaps a live recording from a VHS tape or the like,
Cool, I hope it's what I'm looking for, gotta get to the true source of the beauty !

[Federico Cruz]

No, Karen69Roland, you are wrong.
Maybe Rick has the reason about Top of The World, or maybe it's And When He Smiles with the line "Happiness run in the family..".
Any Day Now's lyrics are:
Any day now
I will hear you say
Goodbye my love
You'll be on your way
In the wild, beautiful bird
You will have flown, yeah
Any day now, i'll be all alone
(and you won't be around)
Any day now
When your restless eyes
Meet someone new
Too my sad surprise
And the blue shadows will fall
All over town, yeah
Any day now
You won't be around
(and love will let me down)
I shouldn't want to keep
If you don’t want to stay
Until you're gone forever
I'll be holding out
For dear life, holding out
Holding you this way
(and begging you to stay)
Any day now
When the clock strikes go
You'll go away
Then my tears will fall
And the blue shadows will fall
All over town, yeah
Any day now
You won't be around
(and love will let me down)

[karen69roland]

Yeah, my mistake..., but, I still got it.

It's *Knowing When To Leave*.

*Somehow I feel there is happiness waiting for me...*




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[JIM]

Hey Roland!! I have Any Day Now
on a cassette from Readers Digest
and even though its part of the
Bacharach medely, Richard introduces the song as written by
lyricist Ron Hillard. I hope I got
the name and the spelling write. I
will have to find my tape and double check.
JIM

[karen69roland]

You're right Jim.

It is still a Burt Bacharach composition, but, not with Hal David, this time.


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[Federico Cruz]

Karen69Roland said:

Yeah, my mistake..., but, I still got it.
It's *Knowing When To Leave*.
*Somehow I feel there is happiness waiting for me...*

Yes!.
This is it!