"Happy" | ||||
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Single by Michael Jackson | ||||
from the album Music & Me | ||||
B-side |
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Released | July 10, 1973 (original release) 1983 (re-release) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:22 | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Hal Davis | |||
Michael Jackson singles chronology | ||||
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"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.