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Die Happy
Die Happy
	The band performing in 2018
Background information
Origin	Ulm, Germany
Genres	Alternative rock; alternative metal;
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Gun Records/Sony BMG
Members	Marta Jandová; Thorsten Mewes; Ralph Rieker; Jürgen Stiehle;
Past members	Frede Ferber; Holger Fiesel; Marcus Heinzmann; Julian Rosenthal;
Website	diehappy.de

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Die Happy is a German alternative rock band from Ulm. The group was founded in 1993 by Czech singer Marta Jandová and Thorsten Mewes. Even though the band is based in Germany, their songs are written and performed almost exclusively in English.

Band members[edit]

Marta Jandová (vocals)
Thorsten Mewes (guitar)
Ralph Rieker (bass)
Jürgen Stiehle (drums)

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Year	Album	Chart positions
Year	Album	GER ^[1]	AUT ^[2]	SWI ^[3]	CZ ^[4]
1994	Better Than Nothing Released: Label: Format:	—	—	—	—
1996	Dirty Flowers Released: Label: Format:	—	—	—	—
1997	Promotion Released: Label: Format:	—	—	—	—
2001	Supersonic Speed Released: 3 February 2001 Label: Ariola Format: CD, CS	43	—	—	—
2002	Beautiful Morning Released: 1 April 2002 Label: BMG Format: CD	15	51	—	—
2003	The Weight of the Circumstances Released: 8 August 2003 Label: Firestarter Format: CD, LP	6	16	53	—
2005	Bitter to Better Released: Label: GUN Format: CD, LP	9	40	51	—
2005	Four and More (Unplugged) Released: 11 November 2005 Label: GUN Format: CD	—	—	—	—
2006	No Nuts No Glory Released: 20 October 2006 Label: BMG Format:	28	—	88	—
2008	VI Released: 22 April 2008 Label: GUN Format:	13	74	—	—
2009	Most Wanted (Best Of) Released: 21 July 2009 Label: Columbia Format:	51	—	—	35
2010	Red Box Released: 28 September 2010 Label: F.A.M.E. Format: CD	30	—	—	—
2014	Ever Love Released: 28 February 2014 Label: F.A.M.E. Format: CD	35	—	—	—
2020	Guess What Released: 10 April 2020 Label: Bullet Records Format: CD, DD	39	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles[edit]

Year	Title	Chart positions	Album
Year	Title	GER	Album
2000	"Supersonic SpeedJam"	—	Supersonic Speed
2001	"One Million Times"	—
2001	"Like a Flower"	—
2002	"Not That Kind of Girl"	99	Beautiful Morning
	"Goodbye"	63
	"Cry for More"	—
2003	"Everyday's a Weekend"	96	Weight of the Circumstances
2003	"Big Boy"	63
2004	"Slow Day"	—
2005	"I Am"	75	Bitter to Better
	"Big Big Trouble"	41
	"Blood Cell Traffic"	—
2006	"The Ordinary Song"	—	No Nuts No Glory
2006	"Wanna Be Your Girl"	80	No Nuts No Glory
2008	"Still Love You"	—	VI
2008	"Peaches"	—	VI
2010	"Dance for You Tonight"	—	Red Box
2011	"Anytime"	—	Red Box
2014	"I Could Die Happy"	—	Ever Love
2019	"Love Suicide"	—	Guess What
2020	"Guess What"	—
2020	"Here I Am"	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

DVDs

The Weight of the Circumstances (2003)
10 – Live and Alive (2004)

References[edit]

^ "Discographie von Die Happy". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ AUT chart positions
^ SWI chart positions
^ "ÈNS IFPI". ifpicr.cz.

External links[edit]

Official website (in German and English)
Official German fan club
Die Happy Russian club

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[1] "Discographie von Die Happy". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[2] AUT chart positions

[3] SWI chart positions

[4] "ÈNS IFPI". ifpicr.cz.

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+{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
 {{About||the American Christian metal band|Die Happy (band)}}
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 | name            = Die Happy
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+| image_upright   = 1.2
-| origin          = [[Ulm]], Baden-Württemberg, Germany
-| genre           = {{ubl|[[Alternative rock]]|[[Alternative metal]]}}
+| caption         = The band performing in 2018
+| origin          = [[Ulm]], Germany
+| genre           = {{ubl|[[Alternative rock]]|[[alternative metal]]}}
 | years_active    = 1993–present
 | label           = [[Gun records|Gun Records]]/[[Sony BMG Music Entertainment|Sony BMG]]
-| website         = {{URL|http://www.diehappy.de}}
+| website         = {{URL|diehappy.de}}
 | current_members = {{plainlist|
 * [[Marta Jandová]]
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-'''Die Happy''' is a [[Germany|German]] [[alternative rock]] band from [[Ulm]].
+'''Die Happy''' is a German [[alternative rock]] band from [[Ulm]]. The group was founded in 1993 by Czech singer [[Marta Jandová]] and Thorsten Mewes. Even though the band is based in Germany, their songs are written and performed almost exclusively in English.
-==History==
+== Band members ==
+* [[Marta Jandová]] (vocals)
-The group was founded in 1993 by [[Czech Republic|Czech]] singer [[Marta Jandová]] and Thorsten Mewes. Even though the band is based in Germany, their songs are written and performed almost exclusively in [[English language|English]].
+* Thorsten Mewes (guitar)
+* Ralph Rieker (bass)
-==Band members==
+* Jürgen Stiehle (drums)
-* [[Marta Jandová]] ([[Singing|vocals]])
-* Thorsten Mewes ([[Guitar]])
-* Ralph Rieker ([[Bass guitar|Bass]])
-* Jürgen Stiehle ([[Drum kit|drums]])
 == Discography ==
-===Albums===
+=== Albums ===
 {| class="wikitable"
 ! rowspan="2"|Year
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 !style="width:3em;font-size:80%"| [[Switzerland|SWI]]<br /><ref>[http://swisscharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Die+Happy SWI chart positions]</ref>
 !style="width:3em;font-size:80%"| [[Czech Republic|CZ]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=14&titul=147577&sec=0360e78979b09293d2484e172e5c305a|title=ÈNS IFPI|work=ifpicr.cz}}</ref>
 |-
 |1994
 |''Better Than Nothing''
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 |2001
 |''Supersonic Speed''
-*Released: February 3, 2001
+*Released: 3 February 2001
 *Label: [[Ariola Records|Ariola]]
 *Format: [[Compact Disc|CD]], [[Cassette single|CS]]
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 |2002
 |''Beautiful Morning''
-*Released: April 1, 2002
+*Released: 1 April 2002
 *Label: [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]]
 *Format: CD
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 |2003
 |''The Weight of the Circumstances''
-*Released: August 8, 2003
+*Released: 8 August 2003
 *Label: Firestarter
 *Format: CD, [[LP record|LP]]
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 |-
 | rowspan="2" | 2005
-|''Bitter To Better''
+|''Bitter to Better''
 *Released:
 *Label: [[GUN Records|GUN]]
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 |align="center"| —
 |-
-|''Four And More (Unplugged)''
+|''Four and More (Unplugged)''
-*Released: November 11, 2005
+*Released: 11 November 2005
 *Label: GUN
 *Format: CD
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 |2006
 |''No Nuts No Glory''
-*Released: October 20, 2006
+*Released: 20 October 2006
 *Label: BMG
 *Format:
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 |2008
 |''VI''
-*Released: April 22, 2008
+*Released: 22 April 2008
 *Label: GUN
 *Format:
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 |2009
 |''Most Wanted (Best Of)''
-*Released: July 21, 2009
+*Released: 21 July 2009
 *Label: [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
 *Format:
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 |2010
 |''Red Box''
-*Released: September 28, 2010
+*Released: 28 September 2010
 *Label: F.A.M.E.
 *Format: CD
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 |2014
 |''Ever Love''
-*Released: February 28, 2014
+*Released: 28 February 2014
 *Label: F.A.M.E.
 *Format: CD
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 |2020
 |''Guess What''
-*Released: April 10, 2020
+*Released: 10 April 2020
 *Label: Bullet Records
 *Format: CD, DD
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 |}
-===Singles===
+=== Singles ===
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
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 | align="center" | —
 |-
-| "Like A Flower"
+| "Like a Flower"
 | align="center" | —
 |-
 |  rowspan="3"| 2002
-| "Not That Kind Of Girl"
+| "Not That Kind of Girl"
 | align="center" | 99
 |  rowspan="3"| ''Beautiful Morning''
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 | align="center" | 63
 |-
-| "Cry For More"
+| "Cry for More"
 | align="center" | —
 |-
 | rowspan="2"| 2003
-| "Everyday's A Weekend"
+| "Everyday's a Weekend"
 | align="center" | 96
 | rowspan="3"| ''Weight of the Circumstances''
 |-
 | "Big Boy"
 | align="center" | 63
 |-
 | 2004
 | "Slow Day"
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 | "I Am"
 | align="center" | 75
-| rowspan="3"| ''Bitter To Better''
+| rowspan="3"| ''Bitter to Better''
 |-
 | "Big Big Trouble"
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 | align="center" | 80
 |-
 | rowspan="2"| 2008
 | "Still Love You"
 | align="center" | —
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 |-
 | 2010
-| "Dance For You Tonight"
+| "Dance for You Tonight"
 | align="center" | —
 | rowspan="2"| ''Red Box''
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 |}
-'''DVDs:'''
+'''DVDs'''
 * ''The Weight of the Circumstances'' (2003)
-* ''10 - Live and Alive'' (2004)
+* ''10 – Live and Alive'' (2004)
-==References==
+== References ==
 {{reflist}}
-==External links==
+== External links ==
-{{Commons category|Die Happy}}
+{{Commons category}}
 * {{Official website|http://www.diehappy.de}} {{in lang|de|en}}
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090120062648/http://www.diehappyfanclub.de/ Official German Fanclub]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090120062648/http://www.diehappyfanclub.de/ Official German fan club]
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111004075216/http://www.diehappy.ru/ Die Happy Russian club]
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 [[Category:German alternative rock groups]]
-[[Category:Alternative metal musical groups]]
+[[Category:German alternative metal musical groups]]
 [[Category:Musical groups established in 1993]]
 [[Category:Participants in the Bundesvision Song Contest]]
 [[Category:1993 establishments in Germany]]
-[[Category:English-language singers from Germany]]
+[[Category:English-language musical groups from Germany]]
 [[Category:GUN Records artists]]
 {{Germany-band-stub}}

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