{"id":55877,"date":"2019-09-24T15:54:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T14:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=55877"},"modified":"2019-09-24T15:54:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T14:54:06","slug":"get-happy-with-new-single-by-renee-zellweger-and-sam-smith-from-new-film-judy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/09\/get-happy-with-new-single-by-renee-zellweger-and-sam-smith-from-new-film-judy\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Happy With New Single By Ren\u00e9e Zellweger And Sam Smith From New Film &#8216;JUDY&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Today, Decca Records reveals the brand-new single taken from &#8216;JUDY&#8217; The Original Soundtrack \u2013 \u2018Get Happy\u2019, featuring original vocals by Ren\u00e9e Zellweger and Sam Smith.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following a world exclusive premiere on Radio 2 this morning, Ren\u00e9e and Sam join forces for a totally unique and vibrant version of one of Garland&#8217;s best-loved numbers, &#8216;Get Happy&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The duo\u2019s utterly distinctive vocals soar effortlessly over the big band accompaniment, breathing new life into this timeless classic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sam Smith, a long-time Judy Garland fan said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhen I was 17 years old I did a project on Judy Garland for my Film Studies A-Level. I was immediately immersed into the magic of Judy and her incredibly brave and triumphant story. She has remained as one of the icons of my life. She was one of the bravest humans out there and her vulnerability and honesty in her art still gives me goose bumps like it did the first time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was truly an honour to sing with Ren\u00e9e. Nobody could have played Judy as well as Ren\u00e9e, and it is a career highlight for me to be singing with her, and in some small way, with Judy. I hope everyone loves the film as much as I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The track coincides with the release of the highly-anticipated feature film in which Ren\u00e9e stars as Judy Garland, set for UK release on 2nd October.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018JUDY\u2019 the album features Zellweger\u2019s breath-taking recordings of Judy Garland\u2019s award-winning and most popular numbers, which have become some of the most iconic songs in film and theatre history, including \u200e\u2018For Once in My Life\u2019, \u2018Come Rain or Come Shine\u2019 and \u2018Over the Rainbow\u2019, all perfectly capturing the moving intensity of Garland\u2019s electrifying performances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Set for global release on 27th September 2019, \u2018JUDY\u2019 the album marks 50 years since Judy Garland\u2019s premature death in 1969, and 80 years since she shot to teenage stardom in The Wizard of Oz in 1939, and will be released on the singer\u2019s original record label, Decca.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The release of this special duet is particularly poignant, as some of the greatest entertainers of today come together to pay homage to one of the greatest entertainers of all time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">JUDY is a Path\u00e9, BBC Films, and Ingenious Media Presentation of a Calamity Films Production and is set for a UK nationwide theatrical release on 2nd October 2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018JUDY\u2019 THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK, INCLUDING BOTH DUETS, IS RELEASED GLOBALLY ON 27TH SEPTEMBER ON DECCA RECORDS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">LEAD SINGLE \u2018OVER THE RAINBOW\u2019 WAS RELEASED ON 30TH AUGUST ON DECCA RECORDS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Decca Records reveals the brand-new single taken from &#8216;JUDY&#8217; The Original Soundtrack \u2013 \u2018Get Happy\u2019, featuring original vocals by Ren\u00e9e Zellweger and Sam Smith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5200,7,21455,15853,9,21453],"tags":[11337,792,22830,22828,5439,77,370,22257,22829,472,1781],"class_list":["post-55877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-films","category-music","category-new-albums","category-new-releases-films","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","tag-decca","tag-film","tag-judy","tag-judy-garland","tag-new-film","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-over-the-rainbow","tag-renee-zellweger","tag-sam-smith","tag-soundtrack"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-exf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60044,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/02\/hans-zimmer-releases-first-ever-bond-score-on-her-majestys-deccaservice\/","url_meta":{"origin":55877,"position":0},"title":"HANS ZIMMER RELEASES FIRST EVER BOND SCORE (ON HER MAJESTY&#8217;S DECCASERVICE)","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"19\/02\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Following last night\u2019s captivating performance by Grammy-winners Billie Eilish and Hans Zimmer at the BRIT Awards, Decca Records announces the release of Zimmer\u2019s first ever Bond score: the official soundtrack to the latest film in the James Bond saga, No Time To Die (2020). 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