"Happy People" | ||||
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![]() French release picture sleeve | ||||
Single by The Temptations | ||||
from the album A Song for You | ||||
Released | 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 | ||||
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"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]