Track 10:

Happy Feet (High Heels Mix)

Performed by Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
Written by Yellen & Ager/EMI Music Publishing
Mix conceived and directed by BLAM, Mixed by Paul Mac
Original version appears on Strictly Ballroom

The original version of this song is heard in Strictly Ballroom during rehearsal's of Fran's beginner's ballroom dancing class at the dance hall. As with Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps, I never really thought I would be interested in this type of music. However, every time I listen to this song, I feel a happy urge to get up and dance! It really is quite entertaining to listen and jive along too. The original recording was way back in 1930, but this remix updates the song just enough to make it appeal to a more modern audience.

Here's what Baz Luhrmann had to say about Happy Feet (High Heels Mix):

"The original version of Happy Feet was something that my stepfather and mother danced to a lot, so it was naturally going to end up in both the film and the play of Strictly Ballroom. Anton Monsted and Paul Mac cooked up this very dancey version. Recently at my birthday party, I have to admit to sighing with relief, for the moment this dance version of Happy Feet was played the ice was broken and people took to the floor in droves."