Happy (Michael Jackson song)

"Happy"
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Music & Me
B-side
ReleasedJuly 10, 1973 (original release)
1983 (re-release)
Genre
Length3:22
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Hal Davis
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"With a Child's Heart"
(1973)
"Happy"
(1973)
"Music and Me"
(1973)

"Happy" is a song written by Michel Legrand and Smokey Robinson and first recorded by Bobby Darin.[1] The song was first released as a single by Bobby Darin on November 23, 1972, peaking #67 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] it was his last single to hit the chart.[3] The song was included on his posthumous Motown LP Darin: 1936–1973.

A version of the song by Michael Jackson was featured on Jackson's 1973 album Music & Me. Robinson also recorded a version of the song, included on Robinson's 1975 album A Quiet Storm.

  1. ^ "www.45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 217.
  3. ^ "Cover versions of Happy (Love Theme from "Lady Sings the Blues") written by Smokey Robinson | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2017-12-24.