Sheryl Crow "If It Makes You Happy"

Not every DJ can love every song that the station plays. And that’s alright.

Not every server in a restaurant loves every dish that gets ordered, right?

You realize that playing the song (serving the meal) isn’t about YOU the DJ, it’s about the person who wants to hear (or eat) it.

But every once and a while, you do go a bit crazy.

I’m going to leave the DJ in this story unnamed, and will only tell you that this story takes place many years ago, and the DJ stopped working for mvyradio not long after.

Not every DJ loves Sheryl Crow. I mean, she’s enormously popular (especially so, when this story takes place), but she does rub some people the wrong way, including this DJ.

The DJ would dutifully play “If It Makes You Happy” as part of mvyradio’s regular rotation, but at some point, comment could not be withheld.

Reserving this prank for times when the DJ was sure that the bosses weren’t listening, 2 things would get cued up.

One was “If It Makes You Happy.” The other was a sound effects CD.

When Sheryl would get to the chorus, and start reaching for that slightly screechy note, the DJ would bring up the sound effects disc, very low in the mix.

If you were listening to mvyradio at the time, you might have asked yourself:

“Is there a cat in that song?”

Yes, just under the surface of the song, faintly, but noticeably, would be the sound effect of a cat, mewling.

It’s a little shocking, how appropriate it sounds.

“IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPPYYYYYYYYY!”
“mmmmrrrreeeeeoooowwwwwwwwwwwww!”

You can try it yourself.

Start the Sheryl Crow video, and when it gets to the 1:08 mark, start the cat video.

And enjoy being a rebel DJ.



See the video on Youtube.


See the video on Youtube.