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This song was written for a scene in the 1970 movie Robert Altman dark comedy movie M*A*S*H. Altman tried to write lyrics, but got stuck. So he handed the task to his son Mike Altman, who was 14 at the time. He told Mike he required two things. It had to be titled "Suicide is Painless" and it had to be "the stupidest song ever written". Mike reportedly wrote the lyrics in 5 minutes, which yielded him over a million dollars in royalties, considerably more than his dad earned for directing the movie. 

Johnny Mandel  wrote the music. Altman liked it so much he also used it at the beginning of the movie. And it became a hit song, an instrumental version of which was also used for the M*A*S*H TV show.

Celtic Harp, Guitar, Finger Cymbals, Bass

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