The Happiest Days of Our Lives

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"The Happiest Days of Our Lives" is a short, transitional Pink Floyd song from their rock opera *The Wall*, leading directly into the iconic track "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
album The Wall NERFINISHED
artist Pink Floyd NERFINISHED
associatedTour The Wall Tour NERFINISHED
belongsToCatalog Pink Floyd studio recordings NERFINISHED
composer Roger Waters NERFINISHED
connectedTrack Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
discNumber 1
featuresSoundEffect children
helicopter
schoolmaster shouting
followedBy Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) NERFINISHED
follows Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1) NERFINISHED
genre progressive rock
rock
hasBassist Roger Waters NERFINISHED
hasDrummer Nick Mason NERFINISHED
hasGuitarist David Gilmour NERFINISHED
hasKeyboardist Richard Wright NERFINISHED
hasKeyRelationship often played live as a medley with Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
hasLiveVersion Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81 NERFINISHED
hasNarrativeCharacter Pink NERFINISHED
schoolteacher
hasNarrativeRole transition between school scenes and student rebellion
hasNotableFeature crossfades seamlessly into Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
serves as a prelude to Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
short duration
hasVocalist Roger Waters NERFINISHED
includedIn The Wall film soundtrack NERFINISHED
isPartOfRockOpera The Wall NERFINISHED
language English
lyricist Roger Waters NERFINISHED
originalMedium vinyl LP
partOf The Wall NERFINISHED
performer Pink Floyd NERFINISHED
positionInAlbum 4
producer Bob Ezrin NERFINISHED
David Gilmour NERFINISHED
James Guthrie NERFINISHED
Roger Waters NERFINISHED
recordLabel Columbia Records
Harvest Records NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1979
seguesDirectlyInto Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) NERFINISHED
side Side 1 of The Wall
theme abusive education
authoritarianism
childhood trauma
writer Roger Waters NERFINISHED

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Is There Anybody Out There? includesTrack The Happiest Days of Our Lives
Wil Wheaton notableWork The Happiest Days of Our Lives