"I Just Can't Be Happy Today" is a song by English punk rock band the Damned from their 1979 album, Machine Gun Etiquette. Released as a single in November on Chiswick Records, it peaked at No. 46 in the UK Singles Chart. Production The single was heavily edited for radio airplay, removing the spoken word monologue, though the version on the record is unaltered. The first track on the B-side, a cover of Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz", was recorded with Lemmy of Motörhead fame on bass guitar. "Turkey Song" was not credited on the sleeve. Live performances The Damned performed "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" alongside "Smash It Up" on the BBC2 television show The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1979, where they infamously trashed the stage towards the end of the song. Track listing "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" (Dadomo, Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 2:53 "Ballroom Blitz" (Chapman, Chinn) - 3:30 "Turkey Song" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 1:32 Production credits Producers Roger Armstrong The Damned Musicians Dave Vanian − vocals Captain Sensible − guitar, keyboards, vocals and Mandolin on "Turkey Song" Rat Scabies − drums Algy Ward − bass Lemmy − bass on "Ballroom Blitz" References External links 1979 singles The Damned (band) songs Songs written by Rat Scabies Songs written by Captain Sensible Songs written by David Vanian Songs written by Algy Ward Post-punk songs Chiswick Records singles Motown singles 1979 songs