Changes: Is This Happiness (song)

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Lana Del Rey

Writer(s)

Lana Del Rey
Rick Nowels

Producer(s)

Rick Nowels

Recorded

November 2013

Length

3:44
(See official versions)

From

Single(s)

"West Coast"
"Ultraviolence"
"Black Beauty"

Promotional single(s)

"Shades of Cool"
"Ultraviolence"
"Brooklyn Baby"

*Ultraviolence* track listing
"Florida Kilos"	"Flipside"

"Is This Happiness" is a song by Lana Del Rey written with Rick Nowels. It was released on her second major-label studio album Ultraviolence, serving as a bonus track only available for purchase on the iTunes deluxe edition of the album.

Background

The song was recorded during November 2013, in the same sessions as "Shades of Cool", "Sad Girl", "Fine China", "I Can Fly", "Yes to Heaven" and "Your Girl".

Composition and critical reception

"Is This Happiness" is a stripped-back piano ballad with soft vocals and production. Kevin Rutherford of Radio.com referred to it as the "lightest and perhaps prettiest" song from Ultraviolence. Lyrically, the song is about weighing the good and bad that comes from a relationship.

Cross-references

Hollywood is often mentioned in many of Del Rey's songs including "Hit & Run", "Hollywood's Dead", "Lust for Life", "Terrence Loves You" and the song of the same name.
"Got your gun" is a phrase that also appears in "Cruel World" ("got your bible, got your gun") and "The Blackest Day" ("got my new car and my gun").
Del Rey references her dad in "Cola" and "Ride".

Official versions

Album version — 3:44
Clean version — 3:44

Lyrics

Up in the Hollywood hills takin' violet pills
Writin' all of my songs about my cheap thrills
You're a hard man to love and I'm
A hard woman to keep track of

You like to rage, don't do that
You want your way, you make me so mad
Got your gun, I've got my dad
Mmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm

Is this happiness?
Is this happiness?
Is this happiness?
Is this happiness?

Up in the Hollywood hills crushin' violet pills
You've been tryin' to write a novel 'bout your cheap thrills

You think you're Hunter S. Thompson
I think you're fuckin' crazy as the day's long

Man to man, heart to heart
I love you but you drive me so far
Wish you were on that star
Mmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm

Is this happiness?
Is this happiness?
Is this happiness?
Is this happiness?

Witch hazel, witch hazel
Betrayal, betrayal
One gun on the table
Headshot if you're able

Is this happiness?
Is this happiness?
Is this happiness?
Is this happiness?

Singles | Tour | Music videos | Photoshoots | Producers

"Cruel World"
"Ultraviolence"
"Shades of Cool"
"Brooklyn Baby"
"West Coast"
"Sad Girl"

"Pretty When You Cry"
"Money Power Glory"
"Fucked My Way Up to the Top"
"Old Money"
"The Other Woman"

Bonus tracks:
"Black Beauty"
"Guns and Roses"
"Florida Kilos"
"Is This Happiness"
"Flipside"

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-"'''Is This Happiness'''" by [[Lana Del Rey]]. It was written by Del Rey and [[Rick Nowels]]. It will be released on Del Rey's second major-label studio album ''[[Ultraviolence_(album)|Ultraviolence]]''. It is a bonus track only available on the iTunes deluxe edition release of the album.
+"'''Is This Happiness'''" is a song by [[Lana Del Rey]] written with [[Rick Nowels|Rick Nowels.]] It was released on her second major-label studio album ''[[Ultraviolence_(album)|Ultraviolence]]'', serving as a bonus track only available for purchase on the iTunes deluxe edition of the album.
+==Background==
+The song was recorded during November 2013, in the same sessions as "[[Shades of Cool (song)|Shades of Cool]]", "[[Sad Girl (song)|Sad Girl]]", "[[Fine China (song)|Fine China]]", "[[I Can Fly (song)|I Can Fly]]", "[[Yes to Heaven (song)|Yes to Heaven]]" and "[[Your Girl (song)|Your Girl]]".
+==Composition and critical reception==
+"Is This Happiness" is a stripped-back piano ballad with soft vocals and production. Kevin Rutherford of ''Radio.com ''referred to it as the "lightest and perhaps prettiest" song from ''Ultraviolence''. Lyrically, the song is about weighing the good and bad that comes from a relationship.
+== Cross-references ==
+* Hollywood is often mentioned in many of Del Rey's songs including "[[Hit & Run (song)|Hit & Run]]", "[[Hollywood's Dead (song)|Hollywood's Dead]]", "[[Lust for Life (song)|Lust for Life]]", "[[Terrence Loves You (song)|Terrence Loves You]]" and the [[Hollywood (song)|song of the same name]].
+* "Got your gun" is a phrase that also appears in "[[Cruel World (song)|Cruel World]]" ("got your bible, got your gun") and "[[The Blackest Day (song)|The Blackest Day]]" ("got my new car and my gun").
+* Del Rey references her dad in "[[Cola (song)|Cola]]" and "[[Ride (song)|Ride]]".
+==Official versions==
+* Album version — 3:44
+* Clean version — 3:44
+==Lyrics==
+{{scroll box
+|content=<poem>
+Up in the Hollywood hills takin' violet pills
+Writin' all of my songs about my cheap thrills
+You're a hard man to love and I'm
+A hard woman to keep track of
+You like to rage, don't do that
+You want your way, you make me so mad
+Got your gun, I've got my dad
+Mmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
+Is this happiness?
+Is this happiness?
+Is this happiness?
+Is this happiness?
+Up in the Hollywood hills crushin' violet pills
+You've been tryin' to write a novel 'bout your cheap thrills
+You think you're Hunter S. Thompson
+I think you're fuckin' crazy as the day's long
+Man to man, heart to heart
+I love you but you drive me so far
+Wish you were on that star
+Mmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
+Is this happiness?
+Is this happiness?
+Is this happiness?
+Is this happiness?
+Witch hazel, witch hazel
+Betrayal, betrayal
+One gun on the table
+Headshot if you're able
+Is this happiness?
+Is this happiness?
+Is this happiness?
+Is this happiness?
+</poem>}}
+{{Navbox album ultra}}
 [[Category:Songs]]
 [[Category:Ultraviolence songs]]
+[[Category:Ultraviolence bonus tracks]]
+[[Category:Released songs]]
+[[Category:Bonus tracks]]