Happiness (Pointer Sisters song)

"Happiness"
Single by The Pointer Sisters
from the album Energy
B-side"Lay It on the Line"
ReleasedMarch 1979
GenrePop
Length3:17 (Promo Version) 3:59 (Single Version) 4:19 (Album Version)
LabelPlanet
SongwriterAllen Toussaint
ProducerRichard Perry
The Pointer Sisters singles chronology
"Fire"
(1978)		 "Happiness"
(1979)		 "He's So Shy"
(1980)

"Happiness" is a song by The Pointer Sisters, written by Allen Toussaint, which was released in early 1979 as the second single from their 1978 LP, Energy.[1]

"Happiness" was a top 40 hit in the U.S., Canada and New Zealand. It also reached No. 6 in The Netherlands in the Dutch Top 40 and No. 8 in Belgium.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2]11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[3]6
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4]11
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5]33
US Billboard Hot 100[6]30
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[7]18
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8]20
US Cash Box Top 100 [9] 28

Year-end charts

Chart (1979) Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 51
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 67
  • The song was used in a montage scene in the 1997 crime drama film Donnie Brasco.

References

  1. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Pointer Sisters – Happiness" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 23, 1979" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Pointer Sisters – Happiness" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Pointer Sisters – Happiness". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  6. ↑ "The Pointer Sisters Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  7. ↑ "The Pointer Sisters Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  8. ↑ "The Pointer Sisters Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 5/05/79". Tropicalglen.com.
  10. ↑ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1979". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1979". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved February 3, 2022.


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