Would You Be Happier?

Music & Media magazine named "Would You Be Happier?" their "Pick of the Week" on the 22 September 2001 issue, with Swedish music director Robert Jonsson saying of the track, "Quite often when you do a compilation with an extra song, the song is not that good, but this is."[2] Billboard magazine reviewer Chuck Taylor described the song as a "meaty pop anthem" and preferred the studio version over the Mitchell Froom-produced radio version, which he believed was "fuller".[1]

In the band's native Ireland, the song first appeared at number 26 on the Irish Singles Chart on 25 October 2001, which would become its peak.[3][4] On the UK Singles Chart, the song debuted and peaked at number 14 on 4 November and spent six weeks in the top 100.[5] Across mainland Europe, it peaked at number 20 in the Netherlands and reached the top 40 in the Italy, Romania, and Switzerland.[6][7][8][9] On Australia's ARIA Singles Chart, it spent a single week in the top 50, at number 47, on 28 October 2001.[10] In neighbouring New Zealand, the track became the Corrs' fifth consecutive top-20 hit, as well as their last, when it attained a peak of number 10. It was additionally their third consecutive single to spend exactly 16 weeks on the New Zealand Singles Chart.[11] A live release of the track charted in the United States instead, making it to number 30 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in May 2002.[12]

A bit like "All the Love in the World", but rather more extreme, this video lets the Corrs play with their roles. The basic concept of the video is that some ill-advised record company managers want the band to change their image. So they can be seen as some kind of girl group clone, in a KISS-like glam rock outfit and finally as some scary trash punks. All three concepts go horribly wrong, and the Corrs themselves are seen laughing at the results being played to them on the TV. Finally, the Corrs then do an acoustic run-through of the song as themselves, with all the crew members applauding them after they have finished.

The inspiration for the concept came from a conversation Andrea had with director Dani Jacobs about disguising the girls as stereotypical roadies i.e.: "fat blokes". Though it never came to that, the idea of dressing up is still very much felt in the video.

During the shot, which took place in Sydney, Australia in September 2001, director Jacobs had two camera crews which filmed the Corrs during make-up and wardrobe rehearsals. Some but not all of this material ended up in the video. Jacobs said: "The Corrs had the most fun I have ever seen them having on a video shoot."

Credits are adapted from the European CD single liner notes.[13]

• Andrea Corr – lead vocals, tin whistle
• Caroline Corr – drums, bodhrán, vocals
• Sharon Corr – violin, vocals
• Jim Corr – guitar, keyboard, vocals
• Keith Duffy – bass

On 25 January 2002, "Would You Be Happier?" was recorded by the Corrs for their album VH1 Presents: The Corrs, Live In Dublin in 2002. This version was released as a single in United States.

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
• Places You Have To Visit Before You Die! on Reews.com