Happy People (The Temptations song)

"Happy People"
French release picture sleeve
Single by The Temptations
from the album A Song for You
Released	1974 (1974)
Recorded	1974
Genre	Disco [1]
Length	3:38
Label	Gordy Records
Songwriter(s)	Donald Baldwin, Jeffrey Bowen, Lionel Richie
Producer(s)	Jeffrey Bowen
The Temptations singles chronology
"You've Got My Soul on Fire" (1974) "Happy People" (1974) "Shakey Ground" (1975)

"Happy People" is a 1974 single by The Temptations, co-written by Lionel Richie. It was the first single from the album A Song For You . In the United States, the single went to #1 on the R&B chart and #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. ^[2] "Happy People" also peaked at #11 on the disco/dance chart. ^[3] The single was the first Temptations release without the guidance of Norman Whitfield since 1966. ^[4]

Personnel

• Lead vocals by Dennis Edwards
• Background vocals by Richard Street, Damon Harris, Melvin Franklin and Otis Williams
• Instrumentation by the Commodores

References

1. Echols, Alice (March 29, 2010). "I Hear a Symphony: Black Masculinity and the Disco Turn". Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 32. ISBN   978-0-393-06675-3.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 572.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 256.
4. White, Adam; Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. p. 155.