{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Use British English|date=February 2013}} {{Infobox album | name = Don't Be Happy... Just Worry | type = ep | artist = the Wildhearts | cover = WildiesDontBeHappy.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1992|11|23|df=yes}} | recorded = 1992 | venue = | studio = Rockfield (Rockfield, Wales) | genre = {{hlist|Hard rock|heavy metal|pop rock}} | length = 36:54 | label = {{hlist|East West|Bronze}} | producer = {{hlist|The Wildhearts|Dan Priest|Robert Musso}} | prev_title = Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = Earth vs. the Wildhearts | next_year = 1993 }} '''''Don't Be Happy... Just Worry''''' is the second extended play (EP) by British rock band the Wildhearts. It was released on 23 November 1992 by East West and Bronze Records, it consists of remixed versions of all four tracks from the band's first EP ''Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go'' alongside four new tracks recorded at Rockfield Studios in Rockfield, Wales with producer Robert Musso. The EP was the band's first release to chart, reaching number 91 on the UK Albums Chart.

==Background== After touring in promotion of their debut EP ''Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go'', the Wildhearts recorded four new tracks at Rockfield Studios in Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales in the summer of 1992.<ref name="history2">{{cite web |url=http://www.thewildhearts.com/history/history2.shtml |title=History 1990–1993 |publisher=The Wildhearts |accessdate=8 March 2024 }}</ref> For the sessions, the band worked with American producer Robert Musso and mixing engineer Terry Date.<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes |title=Don't Be Happy... Just Worry |others=The Wildhearts |publisher=East West Records/Bronze Records |year=1992 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1650269-The-Wildhearts-Dont-Be-Happy-Just-Worry |access-date=8 March 2024 }}</ref> In addition to the new songs, ''Don't Be Happy... Just Worry'' also features all four tracks from ''Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go'', newly remixed by Date and dubbed the "Anti-Dance Mixes".<ref name="history2"/> The EP was released on 23 November 1992 by East West and Bronze Records, on double CD and double 12" vinyl.<ref name="discography">{{cite web |url=https://www.thewildhearts.com/discography/ |title=Discography |publisher=The Wildhearts |accessdate=8 March 2024 }}</ref> A single-disc mini album version was issued on 25 April 1994.<ref name="musicweek94">{{cite magazine |last=Martin |first=Andy |title=The Wildhearts: Don't Be Happy... Just Worry (East West 45099 60672) |magazine=Music Week |publication-date=30 April 1994 |page=13 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-04-30.pdf |access-date=8 March 2024 }}</ref>

==Reception== ===Commercial=== ''Don't Be Happy... Just Worry'' was the Wildhearts' first release to chart, registering at number 91 on the UK Albums Chart.<ref name="UK">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29403/wildhearts/ |title=Wildhearts songs and albums: full Official Chart history |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=8 March 2024 }}</ref>

===Critical=== {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-be-happyjust-worry-mw0000713264#review |title=Don't Be Happy... Just Worry – The Wildhearts: AllMusic Review |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |work=AllMusic |accessdate=8 March 2024 }}</ref> | rev2 = ''Music Week'' | rev2Score = 3/5<ref name="musicweek94"/> }} ''Don't Be Happy... Just Worry'' received mixed reviews from critics. In a brief feature for ''Music Week'' around the time of its initial release, Andy Martin gave the EP a rating of two out of five.<ref name="musicweek92">{{cite magazine |last=Martin |first=Andy |title=The Wildhearts: Don't Be Happy... Just Worry (Bronze/East West 45099-1202-1/-2) |magazine=Music Week |publication-date=7 November 1992 |page=22 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-11-07.pdf |access-date=8 March 2024 }}</ref> Martin later reviewed the EP for ''Music Week'' upon its 1994 reissue, this time awarding it three out of five and hailing it as being "brimful of topping pop rock songs".<ref name="musicweek94"/> In a retrospective review for the website AllMusic, Eduardo Rivadavia gave the EP two and a half out of five stars, describing it as a "much-improved second effort" by the band.<ref name="allmusic"/> Rivadavia praised the release for "prov[ing] just how far the Wildhearts had come in those six months", highlighting "Splattermania", "Dreaming in A" and "Something Weird (Going on in My Head)".<ref name="allmusic"/> ''Music & Media'' praised "Turning American" and "Crying Over Nothing" as "the right pacemakers for rock radio".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Wildhearts: Don't Be Happy... Just Worry (East West) |magazine=Music & Media |publication-date=12 December 1992 |page=8 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-12-12.pdf |access-date=8 March 2024 }}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go (Anti-Dance Mix) | all_writing = Ginger Wildheart

| title1 = Turning American | length1 = 6:21

| title2 = Crying Over Nothing | length2 = 3:48

| title3 = Nothing Ever Changes But the Shoes | length3 = 5:38

| title4 = Liberty Cap | length4 = 4:16 }} {{Track listing | headline = Don't Be Happy... Just Worry

| title5 = Splattermania | length5 = 4:06

| title6 = Something Weird (Going on in My Head) | length6 = 4:50

| title7 = Weekend (Five Long Days) | length7 = 4:26

| title8 = Dreaming in A | length8 = 3:29

| total_length = 36:54 }}

==Personnel== '''The Wildhearts''' *Ginger Wildheart – lead vocals, guitar, production *CJ Wildheart – guitar, backing vocals, production *Danny McCormack – bass, production *Bam Ross – drums, production '''Additional personnel''' *Dan Priest – production and engineering on tracks 1–4 *Doug Cook – engineering on tracks 1–4 *Robert Musso – production on tracks 5–8 *Paul Cobbold – engineering on tracks 5–8 *Terry Date – mixing on tracks 5–8, remix on tracks 1–4

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Don't Be Happy... Just Worry'' !scope="col"|Chart (1992) !scope="col"|Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)<ref name="UK"/> | 91 |}

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==External links== *{{discogs master|26673}}

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Category:1992 EPs Category:The Wildhearts EPs Category:East West Records EPs Category:Bronze Records EPs