Bliss Explained

Bliss may refer to:

People

• Bliss (name), list of people with the name
• Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor

Culture

Literature

• Bliss (novel) (1981), by Peter Carey
• Bliss, a 2005 novel by Fiona Zedde
• Bliss, a 2005 novel by Danyel Smith
• Bliss (short story) (1920), by Katherine Mansfield; republished in:
  • Bliss (short story collection): and Other Stories (1920) by Katherine Mansfield

Fictional entities

• Bliss (Marvel Comics), member of the Marvel Comics mutant group The Morlocks
• Bliss (Starman), incubus who appeared in the DC Comics series Starman
• Bliss (The Powerpuff Girls), a character from the 2016 series The Powerpuff Girls
• Dee Bliss, fictional character on the Australian soap Neighbours
• Bliss Colby, fictional character of the American prime time soap opera The Colbys
• The Bliss, a telepathic ability in the 2009 series V
• Blissenobiarella, also known as Bliss, a character in Asimov's Foundation series
• Bliss, a fictional hallucinogenic drug in the 2018 video game Far Cry 5

Film

• Bliss (1917 film), starring Harold Lloyd
• Bliss (1985 film), directed by Ray Lawrence, adapted from the Peter Carey novel
• Bliss (1997 film), starring Terence Stamp, Sheryl Lee and Craig Sheffer
• Bliss (2006 film), aka Fu Sheng, Chinese film produced by Fruit Chan
• Bliss (2007 film), aka Mutluluk, directed by Abdullah Oguz, adapted from the Zülfü Livaneli novel
• Bliss (2011 film), a biographical film about the early years of New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield
• Bliss (2017 film), a Philippine thriller film
• Bliss (2019 film), a horror film written and directed by Joe Begos
• Bliss (2021 film), a science fiction film written and directed by Mike Cahill

Television

• Bliss (TV channel), a British music television channel playing classic hits
• Bliss, a 1995 British television film written and directed by Les Blair
• Bliss (1995 TV series), British ITV series
• Bliss (2018 TV series), a 2018 British-American produced television series
• Bliss (Canadian TV series), a 2002 Canadian produced dramatic television series that ran from 2002 to 2004
• "Bliss" (Star Trek: Voyager), episode from the fifth season
• Bliss (The Penguin)

Music

Bands

• Bliss (British band), an English pop group
• Bliss (Danish band), a Danish music band
• Jonathan Notley, aka MC Bliss, part of the Australian hip hop group Bliss n Eso

Albums

• Bliss (12 Rods album) (1993), by indie rock band 12 Rods
• Bliss (Birdbrain album) (1995), the debut album by post-grunge band Birdbrain
• Bliss (Vanessa Paradis album) (2000), by French pop singer Vanessa Paradis
• Bliss (Nikki Webster album) (2002), the second studio album by Nikki Webster
• Bliss (Tone Damli album) (2005), Norwegian singer Tone Damli's first studio album
• Bliss (Tech N9ne album) (2023), by American rapper Tech N9ne
• The Bliss Album...? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence) (1993), an album by P.M. Dawn
• Bliss! (1973), by Chick Corea, originally called Turkish Women at the Bath

EPs

• Bliss, a 2019 EP by Australian musician Kian

Songs

• "Bliss" (Th' Dudes song), a 1980 song by New Zealand rock band Th' Dudes
• "Bliss" (Tori Amos song), a 1999 song by Tori Amos
• "Bliss" (Muse song), a 2001 song by the English rock band Muse
• "Bliss", a song by Mariah Carey, from the album Rainbow
• "Bliss", song on trio Blaque's Blaque Out album
• "Bliss (I Don't Wanna Know)", a song on Hinder's Extreme Behavior album
• "Bliss", a Paul Gilbert song from his Burning Organ album
• "Bliss", a song by Delirious? from their album Mezzamorphis
• "Bliss", a song by Still Remains, from the album Of Love and Lunacy
• "Bliss", a song by Phish, from the album Billy Breathes
• "Bliss", a song by Alice Peacock
• "Bliss", a song by Nelly Furtado on the vinyl version of The Ride

Other uses in culture

• Bliss (magazine), a UK teen magazine
• Bliss (opera), a 2010 opera based on Peter Carey's novel of the same name
• Bliss (video game), a 2005 adult computer game
• Bliss, a newspaper comic by Harry Bliss

Brands and companies

• Bliss (charity), a special care baby charity
• Bliss (spa), a spa and retail product company
• Bliss, bite-sized chocolates manufactured by The Hershey Company
• Bliss, a type of synthetic cannabis

Technology

• BLISS, system programming language developed at Carnegie Mellon University
• Bliss (photograph), computer wallpaper included with Microsoft Windows XP
• Bliss (virus), computer virus that infects Linux systems
• BLISS signature scheme, a post-quantum digital signature scheme

Places

United States

• Bliss, Kentucky
• Bliss, Idaho
• Bliss, Missouri
• Bliss, New York
• Bliss, Oklahoma
• Bliss Corner, Massachusetts
• Bliss Township, Michigan
• Fort Bliss, Texas

Elsewhere

• Bliss (crater), small lunar impact crater that is located just to the west of the dark-floored crater Plato
• Bliss Bay, Greenland
• Bliss Street, Beirut, Lebanon

Transportation

• Bliss (yacht), a superyacht built by Palmer Johnson in 2014
• Bliss (automobile), from the early 1900s
• Norwegian Bliss, a cruise ship

Other uses

• Bliss (typeface), a font family
• Chicago Bliss, a team in the Lingerie Football League
• Blissymbols, an ideographic writing system
• Bliss bibliographic classification

See also

• Ignorance is bliss (disambiguation)
• BLIS (disambiguation)