Happiness (Pointer Sisters song)

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"Happiness"
Happiness - The Pointer Sisters.jpg
Single by The Pointer Sisters
from the album Energy
B-side "Lay It on the Line"
ReleasedMarch 1979
Genre Pop
Length3:17 (Promo Version) 3:59 (Single Version) 4:19 (Album Version)
Label Planet
Songwriter(s) Allen Toussaint
Producer(s) Richard Perry
The Pointer Sisters singles chronology
"Fire"
(1978)		"Happiness"
(1979)		"He's So Shy"
(1980)

"Happiness" is a song by The Pointer Sisters, written by Allen Toussaint, which was released in early 1979 as the second single from their 1978 LP, Energy . [1]

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"Happiness" was a top 40 hit in the U.S., Canada and New Zealand. It also reached No. 6 in The Netherlands in the Dutch Top 40 and No. 8 in Belgium.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [2] 11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [3] 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [4] 11
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [5] 33
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 30
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 18
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 20
US Cash Box Top 100 [9] 28

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [10] 51
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [11] 67

References

  1. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Pointer Sisters – Happiness" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 23, 1979" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Pointer Sisters – Happiness" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Pointer Sisters – Happiness". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  6. ↑ "The Pointer Sisters Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  7. ↑ "The Pointer Sisters Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  8. ↑ "The Pointer Sisters Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 5/05/79". Tropicalglen.com.
  10. ↑ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1979". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1979". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved February 3, 2022.


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