Returning from America after the Columbus incident, Costello and the Attractions made an album, "Get Happy!!," in a style inspired by the Stax records and American soul: that is, black music.
The first track, Bud, couldn't be more C86-indie if it shuffled in wearing an anorak with a copy of Are You Scared to Get Happy? in one hand and a Pastels 7-inch in the other.
When Ms. Reynolds and Ms. Collins sing "Get Happy" in a disco, you can only hope they mean it to be campy, though that would be at odds with the rest of this straight-faced film.
This happened especially in an energized dismantling of Harold Arlen's "Get Happy," in which he used the insistent, hammering nature of the theme to his advantage and improvised a long, tense, behind-the-beat solo that was almost all windup before a brief, heavily chorded detonation.
"There are some new challenges to re-balance the car and figure my way out to get happy in the car.
You can try to get happy in the face of it all.
"There have been so many festivals this year and lots of rain and mud, but everyone still enjoyed themselves, so I'm gonna say lets get happy in the rain".
She captures the glee of Garland in Get Happy, the boom of Bassey in Goldfinger, and the rolling consonants of Piaf.
Despite household budgets coming under pressure from inflation and a government struggling with Brexit negotiations, people who live in England are getting happier year in, year out, according to official figures.
Stroud: Will the song be part of your upcoming release, Get Happy, coming out in the spring?
