I can't say this is a "forgotten" version, but I was surprised when I heard it how much I liked it.

Little known fact: After 'Fidelity is the Enemy' but before I was signed to Bluhammock, I had started work on a second album on my own. It was tentatively going to be called 'Side A/Magical Thinking' and I was a few tunes into it when I got signed. 'Slowly' from 'Safe in Sound' is 98% from those sessions, and a large part of 'Show My Face Around' (all the sound effects and a lot of the keyboards) as well. This version of 'Made Me So Happy' was recorded for the album, but producer Julian Coryell had the very good idea of appropriating the intro to 'I Realized This Afternoon While Driving to Connecticut' and grafting it onto MMSH, so we re-cut it, though we did take the scream from the outro (which strangely, is placed a couple beats off).

Honestly, I forgot how much energy this version has, particularly the great drumming by Roger Cox.

I think sadly in both this version AND the home demo I gave better vocal performances than what wound up on the 'Safe in Sound' version. A product of rushing to meet an arbitrary deadline to finish the album. Finding myself in month 16 of making the new record (I SWEAR it's almost done), I think it's safe to say I won't be making that mistake again (I've got plenty of others).

Not really a finished track, but close. I'm sure I would have gotten rid of the final goofy vocal exclamation points, but now they make me laugh.