First, it allowed the Labour leader to fold his earlier calls together to produce an upbeat pre-election message that the Conservatives' "global race" can also be a race to the top not the bottom.
Luckily it wasn't ready to lie down in the road just yet, and our week with the vehicle produced a few upbeat revelations.
The excellent Sisy Ey, a local sisters who produce a sort of upbeat 90s-ish diva house not unfamiliar to fans of Azari & III, pack out the biggest hall early on the first night, only to see it empty when Thugfucker – really not as fun as they sound – follow it with a too-cool set of dry tech-house.
In 1975 Frazier made his Motown recording debut with First Round Knockout, written and produced by Van McCoy, an upbeat number in which he joyously remembered "One minute they were standing so tall/ The next second they began to fall... .. Music was Frazier's passion, and while his band The Knockouts never scored a No1 hit, they did perform regularly on the Vegas strip.
All he can do is try to produce goals and provide an upbeat example, especially for the younger Islanders, while coping with the sharp pain of a losing season and questions about his future.
Confident and infectious, it's typical of Rose's ability to produce oddly upbeat songs around sombre subjects.
Perhaps the most celebrated Republican effort, the so-called Tuesday Team that produced the upbeat "Morning in America" ad for Ronald Reagan in 1984, received $4 million, mostly in flat fees, said Douglas Watts, the campaign's media director.
"I have friends who are producers who've been trying to get me to do a very produced, upbeat kind of 'Karen-O-goes-solo-dance-revolution-record'," she says, depositing a pool of ketchup next to a giant stack of sweet potato fries.
Print and broadcast reporters produce upbeat, often frothy stories like "A Laugh a Day Keeps the Doctor Away".
There are some rewardingly airtight ballads involving Ne-Yo ("I'm You") and the Norwegian production team Stargate ("Angel"), and an upbeat anthem partly produced by Dallas Austin ("Whatever It Takes").
