Simple Pleasures (Bobby McFerrin album)

Simple Pleasures
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 23, 1988
Recorded1987–88
Studio
Genre
Length33:50
LabelManhattan
ProducerLinda Goldstein, Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin chronology
Elephant's Child
(1987)
Simple Pleasures
(1988)
Don't Worry, Be Happy
(1988)
Singles from Simple Pleasures
  1. "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
    Released: July 24, 1988
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Simple Pleasures is the fourth studio album by American singer and musician Bobby McFerrin, released in 1988 by Manhattan Records.

The album was McFerrin's commercial breakthrough and contained the hit single "Don't Worry, Be Happy". The song was featured in the film Cocktail and peaked at No. 1 for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. "Don't Worry, Be Happy" won the 1988 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

Simple Pleasures spent 55 weeks on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., peaking at No. 5. On September 26, 1988, the album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

The album features unaccompanied a cappella singing, with all parts performed exclusively by McFerrin via overdubbing.