I'll Make You Happy
(Wright/Young)


I, I give, I give you, I give you love.
Give you loving all the time.
Give you feelings just like wine
Does his lips taste sweeter than mine? 

According to US

I remember when we first heard about this song and we found the wav of it and I listened to it, and I thought "uh oh, not even Rick Springfield can make this sound good". Boy was I wrong. I love this song. I love the way it starts out with one word, then repeats and add the second word until the whole sentence gets sung out. After hearing Rick's version several times, I went back today and listened to the Easybeat's version again. I was expecting it to sound really different and really horrible. It actually doesn't sound all that different. Just slower really.
This is a very energetic song and a great song to open up the concert with.
It's one thing to be able to do a cover song justice, it's another to make it sound even better. He certainly does that, it a very big way. But then again, I've never heard him do a bad cover - rlh

I don't care if Rick didn't write this song. I love it! I just want to get up and dance the pony to it. (Am I showing my age here or what?) It is so upbeat and "happy", but I still think he is in denial if he thinks he can "make" someone happy. Either they are or they're not. He can only be himself and if that makes the other person happy then great, but, if it doesn't, then it's the other person's problem not his. But, who wouldn't be happy with him? LOL - Charlotte Poe

I'll never forget this one to be the opening song when I was lucky enough to see Rick 2 nights in a row. This is a really rockin' song (not too many on this Cd aren't) I would never have thought Rick didn't right this one-it is so HIM! I haven't heard the original, but I am sure this version puts it to shame. The I, I, I's had to grow on me, but eventually I got past that. This song is so `catchy' and dance-able and easy to sing along to. I love it. - Amy L.

If that kickin' guitar doesn't grab one's attention�nothing will! I LOVE how he blended the ending of "Perfect" & the beginning of this song. That is perfect in itself! This is another one of those hi-fi/low-fi songs Rick talked about. It starts out with the pedal down, building with a few drum licks & more guitar, flowing into the first�..and then something cool that sounds like a sigh or a tssk of frustration (it's probably the symbol, but it sounds like a vocal sigh). I believe that sound is in there twice! Then a huge build up in the music (keyboards maybe?) & it takes off like a jet plane, into a head banging riff. I love it immediately. The guitars & the blending of the instruments in this one are enough to satisfy any headbanger! 

I went and listened to a sound clip of the Easybeats version of this song, and I can tell you��compared to this one, it stinks. (sorry Rick�.I know he says he has a special & sentimental connection to this song, but I can't help it! I don`t care for the original.) He just MADE this song in my opinion. If I had heard it before hearing this, I KNOW I wouldn't have liked it at all. Rick totally kicked this song into high gear & gave it a new life. He made it ROCK! I think it's great though that he covered a song so very dear to him, and also because they were an Australian band. Supporting his "home boys!" 

When I first got SDAA, I listened several times before I ever read the CD cover (which is unusual for me�.it's usually the opposite). I had no idea this was not a Rick song, through about 10 listens. (since I kept hitting repeat on this song!) I was shocked to learn it was a cover. So apparently this song seemed to me like something Rick would write. Maybe because of the sarcasm in the lyrics and the tongue-in-cheek qualities throughout: "I'll make you happy, just like your mama wants. I'll make you happy, just like your daddy says�.I`ll make you happy, just like your mama wants to be" or maybe I thought it was his song just because of the great way the music is put together. I really don't know why! 

Along with the masterful guitars that make me want to drive like a maniac or dance around with an air guitar, the lyrics in the verses are my favorite part of this tune. I absolutely LOVE how each verse is set up�"I, I give, I give you, I give you love," and "If, if you, if you don't, if you don't think." It leaves the listener hanging on�..if you what? I give what?! And the way Rick sings those verses!!!!!!!! (it literally sends shivers up my spine! How many times have I said that in a review?! Many I'm sure!) WHEW��.Can his voice be any deeper or more sultry than here?! This song ranks in my top 10 of sexy-voiced Rick songs! I about melt every time I hear that 1st "you" in "if you�" (from the second verse), and also the way his voice kind of cracks in the word "don't" during "if you don't think." He has an incredible gift for making the listener feel the raw emotion behind the words! I don't know how the man does it, but it keeps me hooked on him, that's for sure. 

I kind of feel like this song is a mix of denial & anger. The anger seems to flow through the music, and the denial comes from the words themselves. Especially in the 1st verse: "Give you lovin' all the time. Give you feelings just like wine, does his lips taste sweeter than mine? No, NO, NOOO!" Oh & I can't forget the angry emotion in his voice as he says, "Like me, Me, MEEEE!" That is so in-your-face, the way he sings that "me" part! Now I know he didn't write this�.but lyrically I think it fits into the theme of the 4 stages of healing. There may even be a little bit of shock in there too. How could she want someone else to hold her hand in love?! Especially when he can make her happy? 

The 1st several times I heard this, I wasn't too sure about the I, I, I's in the middle of the song. And as I said, I thought RICK had wrote it, and all I could think was "what the hell?" Even though I like Rick's sha na na's & so forth, I thought he was just filling in space! LOL�Kind of weird�.but now, I actually love that part & I know it's part of the original as well. It's very catchy to sing along with. Another cool guitar sound comes in right after this part: when the guitar is going full speed & then sounds as if it's winding down, right before he goes into "If, if you�" What a beautiful sound! That makes me want to play the guitar when I hear it. I really like how they added the "whoo's" in the background towards the end. That pretty much sums up how I feel when I hear this tune: "whooooo!" I will never tire of this song OR the SDAA CD. It truly rocks! - Kelley Pearson