High on the Happy Side

High on the Happy Side is the third studio album by Scottish quartet Wet Wet Wet. The album was released on 27 January 1992 and reached the top of the UK Albums Chart on 8 February. The release of the album was preceded by the singles "Make It Tonight", "Put the Light On" and "Goodnight Girl", and followed by two further singles, "More than Love" and "Lip Service".^[13]

High on the Happy Side
Studio album by Wet Wet Wet
Released	27 January 1992 (1992-01-27)[1]
Genre	Soft rock[2][3] sophisti-pop[4] blue-eyed soul[5]
Length	45:19
Label	Mercury
Producer	Wet Wet Wet Albhy Galuten (co-producer) Axel Kröll (co-producer)
Wet Wet Wet chronology
Wet Wet Wet: Live (1990) High on the Happy Side (1992) Wet Wet Wet: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1992)
Singles from High on the Happy Side
"Make It Tonight" Released: 2 September 1991[6] "Put the Light On" Released: 21 October 1991[7] "Goodnight Girl" Released: 23 December 1991[8] "More Than Love" Released: 9 March 1992[9] "Lip Service" Released: 29 June 1992[10]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[11]
NME	1/10[12]

High on the Happy Side was released both a single album and as a double album with Cloak & Dagger, a covers album released under the pseudonym Maggie Pie & The Impostors. To accompany the album's release, a video compilation entitled The Story So Far, containing videos for singles from both High on the Happy Side and Holding Back the River, was made available on 24 March 1992.^[14]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"More Than Love"	4:21
2.	"Lip Service"	4:59
3.	"Put the Light On"	3:57
4.	"High on the Happy Side"	4:38
5.	"Maybe Tomorrow"	4:17
6.	"Goodnight Girl"	3:40
7.	"Celebration"	2:50
8.	"Make It Tonight"	4:05
9.	"How Long"	4:15
10.	"Brand New Sunrise"	2:59
11.	"2 Days After Midnite"	5:04

All tracks are written by Clark/Cunningham/Mitchell/Pellow.

High on the Happy Side – B-Sides

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ordinary Love"	2:55
2.	"Big Sister Midnight" (Lip Service - original demo)	5:27
3.	"Make it Tonight" (E.T. Mix)	4:18
4.	"Just Like Any Other Day"	3:33
5.	"Goodnight Girl" (No Strings Attached version)	3:40
6.	"Ambrosia Wykes"	7:28
7.	"Put the Light on" (acoustic)
8.	"More than Love" (E.T. Mix)	4:25
9.	"Goodnight Girl" (Rhythm Mix)	3:39
10.	"Perfect Lie"	3:53
11.	"Lip Service" (Youth Mix)	4:33
12.	"Lip Service" (live, Birmingham NEC, 17/03/92)	5:56
13.	"More Than Love" (live, Wembley Arena, 20/03/92)	4:40
14.	"Celebration" (live, Edinburgh Playhouse, 15/03/92)	3:48
15.	"Put the Light On" (live, Sheffield Arena, 09/03/92)	3:05
16.	"Brand New Sunrise" (live, Plymouth Pavilions, 06/03/92)	3:08
17.	"Hold Back the River" (live, Manchester Apollo, 02/03/92)
18.	"Temptation" (live, Glasgow SECC, 13/03/92)
19.	"Atlantic Avenue" (live, Birmingham NEC, 16/03/92)

High on the Happy Side – The Story So Far (VHS)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sweet Surrender"
2.	"Broke Away"
3.	"Hold Back the River"
4.	"Stay with Me Heartache"
5.	"Make it Tonight"
6.	"Put the Light On"
7.	"Goodnight Girl"
8.	"More than Love"

Cloak & Dagger

Cloak & Dagger
Studio album by Wet Wet Wet
Released	27 January 1992
Genre	Pop, pop rock
Label	Mercury Records
Producer	Wet Wet Wet
Wet Wet Wet chronology
High on the Happy Side (1992) Cloak & Dagger (1992) Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1993)

Cloak & Dagger is a free album of cover versions released with the deluxe edition High on the Happy Side.^[15] Included with the deluxe versions of the CD, Cassette & Vinyl pressings of the album, Cloak & Dagger was recorded and released under the pseudonym Maggie Pie & The Impostors, a fake veteran act from Scotland. Notably, the album cover pictures unofficial band member Graeme Duffin on an album cover for the first time, having only previously appeared in group shots featured in the booklet of the band's second studio album, Holding Back the River.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If You Only Knew"	Mose Allison	2:54
2.	"Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference"	Todd Rundgren	3:50
3.	"Atlantic Avenue"	Steve Ferrone Alan Gorrie White	2:47
4.	"Town Crier"	Elvis Costello	4:27
5.	"Angeline"	John Martyn	3:36
6.	"Get Ready"	William Robinson	3:08
7.	"Share Your Love"	Al "TNT" Braggs Deadric Malone	3:23
8.	"You've Got a Friend"	Carole King	4:33
9.	"Beg Your Pardon, Dear"	Tom Waits	3:25

Personnel

• Marti Pellow – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Graeme Clark – bass, double bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Neil Mitchell – piano, keyboards
• Tommy Cunningham – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Graeme Duffin – electric and acoustic guitar, backing vocals

Charts

Chart performance for High on the Happy Side

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16]	19
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[17]	13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18]	8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19]	18
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20]	48
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21]	40
UK Albums (OCC)[22]	1

Certifications

Certifications for High on the Happy Side

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[23]	Platinum	300,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.