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Happiness (Pointer Sisters song)

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"Happiness"
Single by The Pointer Sisters
from the album Energy
B-side"Lay It on the Line"
ReleasedMarch 1979
GenrePop
LabelPlanet
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.

"Happiness" became a top 40 hit in the U.S., Canada and New Zealand. It also reached No. 11 in The Netherlands and No. 8 in Belgium.

Chart history

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Belgium 8
Canada RPM Top Singles 34
Netherlands [1] 11
New Zealand 33
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 30
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles 20
U.S. Billboard Dance/Disco 18
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [3] 28

References

  1. ^ "Google Translate". Translate.google.com.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  3. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 5/05/79". Tropicalglen.com.