If It Makes You Happy

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"If It Makes You Happy"
Sheryl Crow, If It Makes You Happy.png
Single by Sheryl Crow
from the album Sheryl Crow
B-side "I'm Going to Be a Wheel Someday"
ReleasedSeptember 3, 1996 (1996-09-03)
Studio
Genre Rock
Length
  • 5:23 (album version)
  • 4:30 (radio edit)
Label A&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow singles chronology
"Can't Cry Anymore"
(1995)		"If It Makes You Happy"
(1996)		"Everyday Is a Winding Road"
(1996)
Audio sample

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes and the Sheryl Crow album booklet. [35] [40]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [63] Platinum70,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [23] Silver200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [64] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United StatesAugust 27, 1996 Contemporary hit radio A&M [65]
September 3, 1996
  • CD
  • cassette
 [66] [67]
United KingdomSeptember 9, 1996 [68]
United KingdomSeptember 23, 1996CD [69]

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