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A Little Happiness (song)

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"A Little Happiness"
Single by Hebe Tien
from the album Our Times OST
ReleasedJuly 10, 2015 (2015-07-10)
GenreMandopop
Length4:26
LabelHIM International Music
Composer(s)JerryC
Lyricist(s)

"A Little Happiness" (Chinese: 小幸運) is a song performed by Taiwanese singer Hebe Tien, released on July 10, 2015. Its lyrics were written by Jennifer Hsu and Wu Huei Fu, whilst production was handled by JerryC. It serves as the theme song for the movie Our Times (2015) and is included as part of the Our Times OST. The song was shortlisted for the Best Song of the Year Award and Best Composer Award at the 27th Golden Melody Awards.

Background

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"A Little Happiness" is co-written by Jennifer Hsu and Huei-Fu Wu, composed and arranged by JerryC, with demo sung by Janice Yan and later by Hebe Tien. The song was written by JerryC after reading the script of the movie Our Times twice.[1][2]

Since the director of the movie Our Times, Yushan Chen, believes that Hebe Tien has a special attribute of being able to straddle the generations of 5th and 6th graders and 18 year olds, he invited Hebe Tien to sing "A Little Happiness",[3] which is the second time for Hebe Tien to collaborate with a movie to sing the theme song after "LOVE![4]

Reception

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The official YouTube music video for "A Little Happiness" has received more than 100 million views, and the song has won the 2015 Hit FM Top 100 Singles of the Year award on Hit FM Network.[5] On May 13, 2016, the song was shortlisted for the Best Song of the Year and Best Composer awards at the 27th Golden Melody Awards,[6] and has been on the KKBOX daily charts for 249 days,[7] and has been on the KKBOX charts for more than 70 weeks so far in 2017.[8]

In October 2015, the song was shortlisted for the Best Original Movie Song at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards,[9] and won the No. 1 spot in the "2015 Hit FM Top 100 Singles" on December 31 of the same year,[10] and was shortlisted for the Best Song of the Year Award at the 27th Golden Melody Awards on May 13, 2016, and JerryC was shortlisted for the Best Songwriter Award with the song.[11][12]

Accolades

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List of awards and nominations
Award Year Category Result Ref.
Golden Melody Awards 2015 Best Song of the Year Nominated
Best Composer Nominated
Golden Horse Awards Best Original Movie Song Nominated
Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards 2016 Outstanding Mandarin Pop Song Award Won
Global Pop Music Gold List Top 20 Golden Songs of the Year Won
Best Movie Theme Song of the Year Won
MTV Global Chinese Music Awards Best Ten Golden Songs Won
Miguhui Awards Top 10 Gold Songs of the Year Won

References

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  1. ^ 社團法人中華音樂著作權協會, MÜST (March 20, 2017). "〈小幸運〉作曲人JerryC：寫這首歌沒別的意思，就是要讓你哭". The News Lens 關鍵評論網 (in Chinese). Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  2. ^ "創作〈小幸運〉的金牌編曲家JerryC｜MyMusic". MyMusic. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  3. ^ "田馥甄演唱電影主題曲「小幸運」". www.him.com.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  4. ^ "LOVE 電影原聲帶 (LOVE (CD+DVD)) / 眾家藝人 / Various artists". www.hitoradio.com. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  5. ^ "田馥甄《小幸運》無敵 奪年度單曲冠軍". Hit FM (in Chinese). December 31, 2015. Archived from the original on December 26, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "第27屆金曲獎入圍完整名單". Facebook. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  7. ^ "被預測是金曲年度單曲 《小幸運》蟬聯冠軍249天". May 14, 2016. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  8. ^ "Hebe上圍二度發育 比過Selina的「滿滿大平台」". Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  9. ^ "第52屆金馬獎". 维基百科，自由的百科全书 (in Chinese). May 28, 2023.
  10. ^ "2015年度百首單曲出爐 小幸運奪冠". Yahoo News (in Chinese). December 31, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  11. ^ "創作〈小幸運〉的金牌編曲家JerryC｜MyMusic". MyMusic. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  12. ^ TVBS. "金曲爭鋒／《小幸運》作曲人摟白衣短裙辣妹進場│TVBS新聞網". TVBS (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved October 21, 2023.
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