| "Love (Can Make You Happy)" | ||||
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| Single by Mercy | ||||
| from the album Love (Can Make You Happy) (Sundi) Love Can Make You Happy (Warner Bros.) | ||||
| B-side | "Fire Ball" | |||
| Released | March 1969 | |||
| Genre | Sunshine pop[1] | |||
| Length | 3:11 | |||
| Label | Sundi 6811 (Original) Warner Bros. 7291 (Re-recording) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jack Sigler, Jr. | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Apsey, Ron Resler (Sundi) Brad Shapiro, Steve Alaimo (Warner Bros.) | |||
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"Love (Can Make You Happy)" is a song written by Jack Sigler, Jr. and performed by Mercy. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, where "Get Back" by The Beatles kept it from the #1 spot.[2]
On other US charts, the song also peaked at #2 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart in 1969.[3][4] Outside the US, the song also reached #2 on Canada's RPM 100,[5] and #1 on RPM's Adult Contemporary chart.[6]
The song was ranked #42 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1969.[7]
- ^ Deming, Mark. Various Artists - Chartbusters USA: Sunshine Pop (2009) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
- ^ Mercy - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed June 9, 2016
- ^ Mercy - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed June 9, 2016.
- ^ "RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 11, No. 13. p. 19. May 26, 1969. Accessed June 9, 2016.
- ^ "Young Adult", RPM Weekly, Volume 11, No. 15. June 9, 1969. Accessed June 9, 2016.
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1969". Archived from the original on May 3, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.