Scared to Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980–1989

Scared to Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980–1989 is a five-disc compilation album that features 134 songs from indie pop artists from the 1980s. It was released in June 2013 by Cherry Red Records.

Scared to Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980–1989
Compilation album by Various
Released	June 24, 2013
Genre	Indie pop
Length	395:31
Label	Cherry Red

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Guardian	[2]

Cherry Red Records explained the album is inspired by Lenny Kaye's album Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968.

Track listing

Disc One

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Revolutionary Spirit"	The Wild Swans	4:24
2.	"Getting Nowhere Fast"	Girls at Our Best!	2:02
3.	"Showing Off to Impress the Girls"	Art Objects	2:44
4.	"(There's Always) Something on My Mind"	Pale Fountains	2:41
5.	"The Missionary"	Josef K	3:47
6.	"The Jet Set Junta"	The Monochrome Set	2:03
7.	"Dumb Magician"	The Blue Orchids	2:55
8.	"Don't Come Back"	Marine Girls	2:03
9.	"Candy Skin"	The Fire Engines	2:54
10.	"Ambition"	TV21	3:59
11.	"Everything and More"	Dolly Mixture	2:56
12.	"Paraffin Brain"	The Nightingales	3:02
13.	"All About You"	Scars	4:02
14.	"It's a Fine Day"	Jane	2:46
15.	"I Think I Need Help"	The Farmer's Boys	2:17
16.	"Things Have Learnt to Walk That Ought to Crawl"	The Room	3:37
17.	"Summerdays"	Weekend	2:52
18.	"Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone)"	Prefab Sprout	2:36
19.	"Nerve Pylon"	The Lines	3:46
20.	"Feeling Dizzy"	Everything but the Girl	4:16
21.	"The Lost and the Lonely"	The Higsons	3:01
22.	"Human Features"	Black	3:06
23.	"Roll On Summertime"	The Daintees	3:18
24.	"Happy Birthday"	The Bluebells	2:57
25.	"Norman and Narcissus"	Trixie's Big Red Motorbike	2:31
26.	"A Picture of Dorian Gray"	Television Personalities	2:43

Disc Two

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"The Sun Shines Here"	Hurrah!	2:27
2.	"If She Doesn't Smile (It'll Rain)"	Fantastic Something	3:13
3.	"Everybody's Problem"	Pulp	3:15
4.	"Dark 7"	Strawberry Switchblade	3:03
5.	"Stop the Rain"	Suede Crocodiles	3:24
6.	"I'm Used Now"	Grab Grab the Haddock	2:24
7.	"Sense Sickness"	Del Amitri	2:51
8.	"Honey at the Core"	Friends Again	3:55
9.	"Oblivious"	Aztec Camera	3:11
10.	"Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?"	Lloyd Cole and the Commotions	2:09
11.	"Kardomah Cafe"	The Cherry Boys	3:15
12.	"This Brilliant Evening"	In Embrace	2:48
13.	"Dolly"	Microdisney	3:20
14.	"Plenty"	The Woodentops	3:17
15.	"Southern Mark Smith"	The Jazz Butcher	3:32
16.	"Where the Traffic Goes"	The Jasmine Minks	2:32
17.	"Forever"	The Hit Parade	2:56
18.	"Every Conversation"	June Brides	3:07
19.	"In the Afternoon"	Revolving Paint Dream	3:25
20.	"Hymn from a Village"	James	2:52
21.	"Just Like Honey"	The Jesus and Mary Chain	2:56
22.	"The Chocolate Elephant Man"	Biff Bang Pow!	3:08
23.	"Temple of Convenience"	Yeah Yeah Noh	2:46
24.	"God Bless"	The Bodines	2:18
25.	"Debra"	Big Flame	2:09
26.	"Up the Hill and Down the Slope"	The Loft	4:16

Disc Three

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Velocity Girl"	Primal Scream	1:24
2.	"Go Out and Get 'Em, Boy!"	The Wedding Present	4:11
3.	"Thru the Flowers"	The Primitives	2:27
4.	"Sad?"	BMX Bandits	3:00
5.	"All Day Long"	Shop Assistants	1:50
6.	"Something Happens"	The Mighty Lemon Drops	3:40
7.	"X X Sex (demo)"	We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It	1:59
8.	"Is There Anyone Out There?"	Mighty Mighty	3:41
9.	"Quite Content"	The Soup Dragons	2:36
10.	"Red Sleeping Beauty"	McCarthy	3:40
11.	"Motorcity"	Age of Chance	3:32
12.	"Completely & Utterly"	The Chesterfields	2:05
13.	"Cut the Cake"	The Wolfhounds	3:24
14.	"Loggerheads"	The Servants	3:09
15.	"Don't Worry (Demo)"	Close Lobsters	2:48
16.	"Sick Little Girl"	Pop Will Eat Itself	2:31
17.	"Big Pink Cake"	Razorcuts	3:25
18.	"It's a Good Thing"	That Petrol Emotion	2:34
19.	"Almost Prayed"	The Weather Prophets	2:39
20.	"Vote for Love"	Jamie Wednesday	3:29
21.	"Beatnik Boy"	Talulah Gosh	1:51
22.	"She Dazzled Me with Basil"	The Dentists	2:46
23.	"A Gentle Sound"	Railway Children	3:16
24.	"Baby Blue Marine (Alternative Version)"	The Groove Farm	1:47
25.	"The Rain Fell Down"	Jesse Garon and the Desperadoes	3:16
26.	"(Whatever Happened to) Alice?"	Rosemary's Children	3:33
27.	"Balloon Song"	14 Iced Bears	2:31
28.	"A Wonderful Day"	The Wonder Stuff	1:55

Disc Four

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Shine On"	The House of Love	3:20
2.	"Something About You"	The Shamen	2:58
3.	"The Albums of Jack"	The Bachelor Pad	2:26
4.	"Albert Parker"	Gol Gappas	4:09
5.	"Love Is Blue"	Hangman's Beautiful Daughters	3:36
6.	"Heaven Forbid"	Whirl	3:07
7.	"Delilah Sands"	Brilliant Corners	3:08
8.	"Shimmer"	The Flatmates	3:40
9.	"Gruesome Castle"	The Wake	3:18
10.	"Engine Failure"	This Poison!	1:36
11.	"If I Said"	The Darling Buds	2:57
12.	"Tidalwave"	Boy Hairdressers	1:47
13.	"She Looks Right Through Me"	The Waltones	3:30
14.	"Room in Your Heart"	The Rosehips	2:15
15.	"Love Resistance"	Apple Boutique	3:59
16.	"Take Your Time Yeah!"	Laugh	2:45
17.	"She's a Nurse but She's Alright"	The Raw Herbs	3:53
18.	"Toy"	The Heart Throbs	3:36
19.	"Tranquil"	The Clouds	2:59
20.	"You Make My Head Explode"	The Groovy Little Numbers	2:22
21.	"My Favourite Wet Wednesday Afternoon"	The Siddeleys	3:31
22.	"Tug-Boat Line"	Rumblefish	3:30
23.	"The World Is"	The Hepburns	2:04
24.	"One of Those Things"	Bubblegum Splash	2:04
25.	"Be Small Again"	The Corn Dollies	2:45
26.	"Lee Remick"	The King of Luxembourg	2:22
27.	"Son of a Gun (demo)"	The La's	1:56

Disc Five

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"The Hardest Thing in the World"	The Stone Roses	2:43
2.	"Keep the Circle Around"	Inspiral Carpets	3:48
3.	"Indiepop Ain't Noise Pollution"	The Pooh Sticks	2:13
4.	"Solace"	The Sea Urchins	3:50
5.	"Only (A Prawn in Whitby)"	Cud	3:07
6.	"Landslide"	The Popguns	2:55
7.	"All Aboard the Love-Mobile"	One Thousand Violins	2:28
8.	"I'm in Love with a Girl Who Doesn't Know I Exist"	Another Sunny Day	1:39
9.	"Strawberry Window"	East Village	2:36
10.	"Choirboys Gas (Hack the Cassock)"	Bad Dream Fancy Dress	2:16
11.	"Circle Line"	Rodney Allen	3:24
12.	"I've Got a Habit"	The Orchids	2:33
13.	"Skin Storm"	Bradford	3:13
14.	"Are You Happy Now?"	The Charlottes	1:51
15.	"Picking Up the Bitter Little Pieces"	The Claim	3:13
16.	"Dreamabout"	The Poppyheads	4:16
17.	"Adam's Song"	The Sun & The Moon	2:40
18.	"Jesse Man Rae"	The McTells	3:05
19.	"Cecil Beaton's Scrapbook"	Would-Be-Goods	2:54
20.	"Speak to Me Rochelle"	The Desert Wolves	2:27
21.	"Dry the Rain"	The Rain	2:35
22.	"Forever Holiday"	Blow-Up	4:08
23.	"Suburban Love Songs"	The Fanatics	2:23
24.	"Roses"	Milltown Brothers	3:05
25.	"Sun Is in the Sky"	The Seers	3:11
26.	"Perfect Needle"	The Telescopes	3:28
27.	"Catweazle"	The Boo Radleys	3:22

References

1. Sendra, Tim. Scared to Get Happy – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
2. Petridis, Alexis (30 June 2013). "Various: Scared to Get Happy – review". The Guardian.