Makin' Happy

"Makin' Happy"
Single by Crystal Waters
from the album Surprise
Released1991
GenreHouse
Length
  • 5:33 (album version)
  • 6:21 (Hurley's Happy House Mix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Neal Conway
  • Mark Harris
  • Crystal Waters
Producer(s)The Basement Boys
Crystal Waters singles chronology
"Gypsy Woman"
(1991)
"Makin' Happy"
(1991)
"100% Pure Love"
(1994)
Music video
"Makin' Happy" on YouTube

"Makin' Happy" is a song by American singer-songwriter Crystal Waters, released in 1991 by Mercury and A&M as the second single from her debut studio album, Surprise (1991). It was the follow-up to Waters' hugely successful song "Gypsy Woman" and achieved moderate success in European countries. Waters co-wrote it with Neal Conway and Mark Harris, and it was produced by house music production team The Basement Boys. In the US, the song spent one week at number-one on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart and it also reached the top of the Canadian RPM Dance/Urban chart. In the UK, the single peaked at number 18 on the UK Singles Chart.