If It'll Make U Happy is a song recorded on 6 April 1982 at Sunset Sound in… Read Full Bio ↴If It'll Make U Happy is a song recorded on 6 April 1982 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (one day after 3 x 2 = 6). The song was recorded for possible inclusion on 1999, but it is not known if it was included on any configurations of the album.

During Prince: A Celebration in June 2000, computer screens at Paisley Park Studios offered names of a selection of tracks which users could vote on for inclusion on Crystal Ball Volume II, and If It'll Make U Happy was included in the list of 22 tracks, it was not one of the 17 tracks chosen by fans, and the project was ultimately abandoned.

The song was released in 2019 in 2019 as the twelfth track on the Vault Tracks part 1 disc of a Deluxe edition of the 1999 album.

If It'll Make U Happy
Prince Lyrics

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I didn't mean to leave you
But I had to go
Changing my life wouldn't make you happy
Tell me and I'll make it so
Ohh oh-oh

Wanna make you happy
Do whatever you say

If it'll make you happy, girl
I'll come home right away

I'll give you all my money
If that'll make you smile
If you're lonely, I'll come home, baby
All you gotta do is dial
Ohh oh-oh

Really love you baby
No matter what your friends may say
If it'll make you happy, girl
I'll come home right away
Oh

You can stay in my house, baby
You can sleep on my bed
If you want, I'll send you my body
You can sleep on it instead
Ohh oh-oh

Don't dig to leave you
Leave you all alone
What's more, I really don't dig makin' love
Makin' love on the telephone
Ohh oh-oh
Really love you baby
No matter what they say
If it'll make you happy, girl
I'll come home right away
(Play some now, yeah)

No, no, no, yeah
I'll come home right away

I didn't mean to leave you
But I had to go
Changing my life wouldn't make you happy
Tell me and I'll make it so
Oh

Wanna make you happy
Do whatever you say
If it'll make you happy, babe
I'll come home right away
Oh

I really love you baby
No matter what your friends may say
If it'll make you happy, girl
I'll come home right away
Oh

I really love you baby
No matter what your friends may say

I'll come home right away

I really love you baby
No matter what your friends may say
If it'll make you happy, babe
I'll come home right away
Oh

I really love you baby
No matter what your friends may say
If it'll make you happy, babe
I'll come home right away
Ooh

I really love you baby
No matter what your friends may say

I'll come home right away

I really love you baby
No matter what your friends may say
If it'll make you happy, babe
I'll come home right away
Oh

I really love you baby
No matter what your friends may say

If it'll make you happy
I'll come home right away

Overall Meaning

The song If It'll Make U Happy by Prince seems to be a love song with a theme of desperation, where the singer is willing to do anything to make his lover happy, including sacrificing his own happiness. The lyrics repeat the singer's promises to his lover that he'll do anything she wants or needs and he will return to her right away. The chorus emphasizes the willingness of the singer to make his lover happy, even if it means giving up everything he has or changing his life entirely.

Throughout the verses, the singer emphasizes his love and devotion, promising to give her all his money or even let her stay in his house while he sleeps elsewhere. The last verse makes a reference to the fact that the singer does not like making love on the phone which could mean that he does not like being away from her.

If It'll Make U HappyPrince Lyrics

If It'll Make U Happy
Prince Lyrics