| Happy Ever After | |
| Cover: | Julia_Fordham_Happy_Ever_After_single_cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Julia Fordham |
| Album: | Julia Fordham |
| B-Side: | My Lover's Keeper |
| Released: | 1988 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Prev Title: | The Comfort of Strangers |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Woman of the 80's |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
Happy Ever After is a song by English singer-songwriter Julia Fordham, included on her self-titled debut album. Released as a single in 1988, it reached #27 in the UK Singles Chart[1] and number 1 in the Japan Singles Chart.[2] "Happy Ever After" was inspired by Nelson Mandela's struggle through apartheid in South Africa and his imprisonment.[3] The song was re-recorded for Fordham's 1998 compilation album, The Julia Fordham Collection, and given the subtitle "Rain Forest Mix '98".
Singer Jaki Graham recorded a cover version of "Happy Ever After" for her 1998 album My Life.