Don't Worry, Be Happy Don't Worry, Be Happy "Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a popular worldwide hit song by musician Bobby McFerrin. Released in September 1988, it became the first "a cappella" song to reach number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, a position it held for two weeks. The Indian mystic and sage Meher Baba (1894–1969) often used the expression "Don't worry, be happy" when cabling his followers in the West. In the 1960s, the expression was printed up on inspirational cards and posters of the era. In 1988, McFerrin noticed a similar poster in the apartment of the jazz duo Tuck
Don't Be Cruel (Bobby Brown song) to finally peak at number eight the week of October 15, 1988. In October 2004, "Don't Be Cruel" appeared in popular video game "", playing on fictional new jack swing radio station . The music video was filmed in Boston in May 1988. It is similar to Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel", in which a man eagerly pursues the love of a lady on a blue-lit city street. Don't Be Cruel (Bobby Brown song) "Don't Be Cruel" is a song by American singer Bobby Brown. Taken from his second and most successful album as its title track,