The Happy Elf (song)

"The Happy Elf" is a holiday song with music and lyrics by Harry Connick Jr.

It was first released on Connick's album Harry for the Holidays, which became the best selling Christmas album of 2003. When asked about the songs on the album, Connick described "The Happy Elf" as a "kids’ song", about "how cool it would be to work in Santa’s shop". It was also recorded for the Harry For The Holidays television special/DVD.

The song became the origin of an animated Christmas TV special, also named The Happy Elf, which aired on NBC in 2005, and was released on DVD the same year. An animated music video of the song became available on the film's official website in 2005.

"The Happy Elf" reached #35 on the singles charts (adult contemporary) in 2005.

Harry Connick, Jr.
Vocal albums
  • 20 (1988)
  • We Are in Love (1990)
  • Blue Light, Red Light (1991)
  • 25 (1992)
  • When My Heart Finds Christmas (1993)
  • She (1994)
  • Star Turtle (1996)
  • To See You (1997)
  • Come by Me (1999)
  • 30 (2001)
  • Songs I Heard (2001)
  • Harry for the Holidays (2003)
  • Only You (2004)
  • Oh, My NOLA (2007)
  • What a Night! (2008)
  • Your Songs (2009)
Instrumental albums
  • Dixieland Plus (1977)
  • Eleven (1979)
  • Harry Connick Jr. (1987)
  • Lofty's Roach Souffle (1990)
  • Other Hours (2003)
  • Occasion (2005)
  • Chanson du Vieux Carré (2007)
Soundtrack albums
  • When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
  • The Godfather Part III (1990)
  • Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
  • The Mask (1994)
  • One Fine Day (1996)
  • Kissing a Fool (1998)
  • South Pacific (2001)
  • The Happy Elf (2005)
Compilation albums
  • Forever for Now
  • It Had to Be You
Cast recordings
  • Thou Shalt Not (2002)
  • Harry on Broadway, Act I (2006)
Home media
  • Singin' & Swingin' (1990)
  • Swinging Out Live (1991)
  • The New York Big Band Concert (1993)
  • The Christmas Special (1994)
  • Harry for the Holidays (2003)
  • Only You: In Concert (2004)
  • A Duo Occasion (2005)
Broadway
  • Thou Shalt Not (2001)
  • The Pajama Game (2006)
  • Nice Work If You Can Get It (TBA)
Related articles
  • Discography
  • Songs
  • Musicians' Village
  • Krewe of Orpheus
  • Jill Goodacre
  • Harry Connick, Sr.


Famous quotes containing the word happy:

    “When you realize how hard it is to know the truth about yourself, you understand that even the most exhaustive and well-meaning autobiography, determined to tell the truth, represents, at best, a guess. There have been times in my life when I felt incredibly happy. Life was full. I seemed productive. Then I thought,”Am I really happy or am I merely masking a deep depression with frantic activity?” If I don’t know such basic things about myself, who does?”
    —Phyllis Rose (b. 1942)