"Happy Without You" is a pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 song performed by Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 singer Annie. It was written and produced by Annie and Timo Kaukolampi for her debut album Anniemal

Anniemal

Anniemal is the debut album of Norwegian electropop singer Annie. It was first released by 679 Recordings in September 2004. Annie began recording music in 1999 with her boyfriend, Tore Kroknes, who died in 2001...

(2004). The song was released as a single

Single (music)

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 in 2005 by Sixsevenine.

Critical reception

"Happy Without You" received mixed reviews from pop music critics. In a review for Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

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, Sal Cinquemani praised the song for its "mix of live drums and...synth-guitar solo". William B. Swygart of Stylus Magazine

Stylus Magazine

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 wrote that the song was not "particularly hooky or catchy".

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of "Happy Without You".

CD single

(ANNIEMIX #01CD; Released 2005)

1. "Happy Without You" (Riton vocal mix) – 4:44
2. "Happy Without You" (SebastiAn remix) – 5:10
3. "Happy Without You" (Riton instrumental) – 4:42

12-inch single

(ANNIEMIX #001; Released 2005)

1. "Happy Without You" (Riton vocal mix) – 4:44
2. "Happy Without You" (SebastiAn remix) – 5:10
3. "Happy Without You" (Riton instrumental) – 4:42

Digital download

(Released )

1. "Happy Without You" (Riton vocal mix) – 4:44
2. "Happy Without You" (SebastiAn remix) – 5:10
3. "Happy Without You" (Riton instrumental) – 4:42

Personnel

The following people contributed to "Happy Without You":

• Annie – lead vocals, production
  Record producer
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• Timo Kaukolampi – production
• Yngve Sætre – mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
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• Abdissa Assefa – percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...