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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
Length3:17 (Promo Version) 3:59 (Single Version) 4:19 (Album Version)
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.[1]

"Happiness" was a top 40 hit in the U.S., Canada and New Zealand. It also reached No. 6 in The Netherlands in the Dutch Top 40 and No. 8 in Belgium.

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1979) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] 11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[3] 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] 11
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] 33
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 30
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[7] 18
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8] 20
US Cash Box Top 100 [9] 28

Year-end charts

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Chart (1979) Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 51
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 67

References

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  1. ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "Pointer Sisters – Happiness" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  3. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 23, 1979" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  4. ^ "Pointer Sisters – Happiness" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  5. ^ "Pointer Sisters – Happiness". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  6. ^ "The Pointer Sisters Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  7. ^ "The Pointer Sisters Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  8. ^ "The Pointer Sisters Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  9. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 5/05/79". Tropicalglen.com.
  10. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1979". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  11. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1979". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
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