Dear Happy

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Dear Happy
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Released17 January 2020 (2020-01-17)
Label
Producer
Gabrielle Aplin chronology
December
(2018)
Dear Happy
(2020)
Gabrielle Aplin studio album chronology
Light Up the Dark
(2015)
Dear Happy
(2020)
Phosphorescent
(2023)
Dear Happy track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Until the Sun Comes Up"
Lostboy3:10
2."Invisible"
  • Aplin
  • Nicholas Atkinson
  • Edd Holloway
  • Atkinson
  • Holloway
3:55
3."One of Those Days"
  • Aplin
  • Atkinson
  • Holloway
  • Atkinson
  • Holloway
4:03
4."Kintsugi"
  • Hope
  • Solstrand
2:56
5."Strange"
  • Aplin
  • Rycroft
Lostboy2:43
6."My Mistake"
  • Howes
  • Daunt
4:25
7."Like You Say You Do"
Lostboy3:07
8."Losing Me" (with JP Cooper)
  • Lostboy
  • Spencer
3:01
9."So Far So Good"
  • Aplin
  • Liz Horsman
  • Rycroft
Lostboy3:18
10."Nothing Really Matters"
  • Lostboy
  • Baxter
2:44
11."Magic"
  • Aplin
  • Atkinson
  • Holloway
  • Atkinson
  • Holloway
4:05
12."Love Back"
Dixon2:46
13."Miss You"
  • Aplin
  • Horsman
  • Horsman
  • Spencer
3:17
14."Dear Happy"
  • Atkinson
  • Holloway
  • Hartman
  • Spencer
3:21
Dear Happy – Japan edition [8]
No.TitleLength
15."Miss You 2" (with Nina Nesbitt)3:16
16."My Mistake" (Piano Version)4:54
17."Nothing Really Matters" (Piano Version)3:14
18."Losing Me" (with JP Cooper) (Piano Version)3:11
Total length:1:01:44

Charts

Dear Happy sales chart performance
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [9] 18
Scottish Albums (OCC) [10] 15
UK Albums (OCC) [11] 24

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