Happy (Leona Lewis song)

"Happy"
A black and white portrait of a woman. She has a long wavy hair and she is smiling, also she has her hands on her waist. She wears a cocktail dress and many bracelets on her right wrist. In front of her image the words "Leona" and "Happy" are written in black capital letters and inside a purple box, while "Lewis" is in white capital letters appearing in a silver box.
Single by Leona Lewis
from the album Echo
B-side"Let It Rain"
Released15 September 2009 (2009-09-15)
Recorded2009
Genre
Length4:01
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tedder
Leona Lewis singles chronology
"I Will Be"
(2009) 		"Happy"
(2009) 		"I Got You"
(2009)
Music video
"Leona Lewis - Happy" on YouTube

"Happy" is a song performed by British singer Leona Lewis for her second studio album Echo (2009). It was written by Lewis, Ryan Tedder, Evan Bogart, and produced by Tedder, and it premiered on UK radio on 6 September 2009, and was officially released on 15 September 2009, by digital download in the U.S., serving as the album's lead single. Lyrically, it talks about a protagonist, that wants to be happy and seize the day.

It received generally positive reviews from music critics, praising the production and, some of them, calling it a "number one song". The single was promoted in the television programmes America's Got Talent, The X Factor, among others, and on the VH1 Divas concert in 2009. The music video was filmed in Cuba, and describes a woman who is in love with her friend. The song debuted at number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100 selling nearly 52,000 copies in the U.S., while in the UK, it debuted and peaked at number two, being blocked from the top spot by the song "Meet Me Halfway" by The Black Eyed Peas. Moreover, the single reached the top ten in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Japan and Switzerland.