"Make It Happen" is a dance/

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song written and performed by the

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/ Johnny Marr band

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. Produced by Electronic with Arthur Baker, it is the first track on their third album ''

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''. Sumner and Marr both contribute

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and

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, while

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from

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provides bass and Jed Lynch plays drums and

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. Merv de Peyer is credited with programming and keyboards plus

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. Arthur Baker with

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. Intended as the first single from the album (an honour which went to "

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"), "Make It Happen" was eventually issued as a promotional 10" single on clear vinyl, like the previous promo " Prodigal Son". This featured an Ice-T sample that was cut from the album version due to a clearance problem. Around eleven seconds longer, it had been released on promo versions of the album but the legal issues had prevented its inclusion on the commercial edition. The version with the sample did appear on Electronic's last single " Late at Night", however. Copies of the album with the Ice T sample were reviewed in the music press. Pat Gilbert in ''

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'' magazine wrote: "The opener, 'Make It Happen', lurches in with a grinding, fucked-up, hip hop beat, and the portentous promise that, 'This is not a pop album'". Andrew Collins described its production as "so old-fashioned it’s instantly refreshing".'' Q'', May 1999

Track listing

# "Make It Happen (Original Mix)" (7:48) # "Make It Happen (Darren Price Mix)" (5:58) # "Prodigal Son (Cevin Fisher Mix)" (8:20)

References

External links

feel every beat (unofficial website)

{{authority control Electronic (band) songs 1999 singles Songs written by Johnny Marr Songs written by Bernard Sumner 1999 songs Parlophone singles Song recordings produced by Arthur Baker (musician)