Critical reception My Happiness (Powderfinger song)

happiness critical success. cameron adams of herald sun wrote happiness did not disappoint in trend of excellent first singles powderfinger, citing pick , day come examples. praised song s structure, stating verses crash chorus . adams expressed surprise kind of scene released b-side. newcastle herald s chad watson described mixture of acoustic , electric guitar , restrained yet warmly infectious chorus . despite praising big rock anthem , richard jinman of sydney morning herald complained happiness not hummable past singles passenger or these days . devon powers of popmatters described it, , waiting sun , sounding bored. evening mail agreed; argued rock-lite song, while sounding lush, failed make sit , take notice .

in highly negative review of odyssey number five, allmusic s dean carlson labelled 1 of best songs, riff powderfinger executed better bands of stature . adams enjoyed song s wobbly guitar , , sain s christie eliszer approved of acoustic strumalong , advertiser s michael duffy said song familiar piece of yearning guitar indie polished pedestrian ; reserved praise kind of scene , described akin best of internationalist. darren bunting wrote in hull daily mail happiness best song on odyssey number five, praising soaring vocals, heartfelt lyrics , chiming guitar . entertainment weekly s marc weingarten said on happiness , fanning s heavy heart tattered scratching , clawing guitars .