If It Makes You Happy

"If It Makes You Happy"
Single by Sheryl Crow
from the album Sheryl Crow
B-side"I'm Going to Be a Wheel Someday"
ReleasedSeptember 3, 1996 (1996-09-03)
Studio
GenreRock
Length
  • 5:23 (album version)
  • 4:30 (radio edit)
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow singles chronology
"Can't Cry Anymore"
(1995)
"If It Makes You Happy"
(1996)
"Everyday Is a Winding Road"
(1996)
Audio sample
Music video
"If It Makes You Happy" on YouTube

"If It Makes You Happy" is a song by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, released as the lead single from her 1996 eponymous album in September 1996. The song peaked at number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Crow's final top-10 solo hit in the United States, and at number nine on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached number one in Canada and won Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 1997 Grammy Awards. In 2003, Q Magazine ranked "If It Makes You Happy" at number 663 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever".