That's Where the Happy People Go

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"That's Where the Happy People Go"
Song by the Trammps
ReleasedDecember 1975
Studio Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"That's Where the Happy People Go" is a crossover single by Philadelphia-based disco group the Trammps. Released in December 1975, the single hit number one on the disco chart for two weeks in May 1976. [1] "That's Where the Happy People Go" also reached number twelve on the soul chart and number twenty-seven on the Hot 100. [2] Outside the US, "That's Where the Happy People Go" went to number thirty-five in the UK. [3]

Chart positions

Chart (1976)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 27
U.S. Billboard Disco File Top 20 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles 12

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 263.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 587.
  3. "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021.