We Are Happy People

"We Are Happy People"
Single by Slam Creepers
A-side"We Are Happy People"
B-side"I Just Couldn't Get You Out of My Mind"
Released1968
Genrepop
LabelBill Records Bill BT 128 (Sweden)
Songwriter(s)Eric Allandale
Slam Creepers singles chronology
"Mr Personality Man"
(1968) 		"We Are Happy People"
(1968) 		"Ha Ha Ha"
(1968)

"We Are Happy People" was a top 5 hit in Scandinavia for Swedish group Slam Creepers’[1] also known as The Slams[2][3] It was written by trombonist Eric Allandale and made its first appearance as the B-side of The Foundations third single, the minor hit and Tony Macaulay and John Macleod composition "Any Old Time You're Lonely Or Sad". It was re-recorded by the Foundations in 1968, this time with Colin Young on vocals and appeared on their 1968 LP released on Marble Arch MALS 1157.[4] By April 1969 it had been recorded by nine different artists.

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  3. ^ "THE SLAM CREEPERS". www.beautiful-records.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  4. ^ The Foundations – The Foundations (1969, Vinyl), archived from the original on 2021-10-18, retrieved 2021-10-18