Happy People (The Temptations song)
| "Happy People" | ||||
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.jpg) French release picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by The Temptations | ||||
| from the album A Song for You | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Disco[1] | |||
| Length | 3:38 | |||
| Label | Gordy Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Donald Baldwin, Jeffrey Bowen, Lionel Richie | |||
| Producer(s) | Jeffrey Bowen | |||
| The Temptations singles chronology | ||||
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"Happy People" is a 1974 single by The Temptations, co-written by Lionel Richie. It was the first single from the album A Song For You. In the United States, the single went to #1 on the R&B chart and #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[2] "Happy People" also peaked at #11 on the disco/dance chart.[3] The single was the first Temptations release without the guidance of Norman Whitfield since 1966.[4]
Personnel
- Lead vocals by Dennis Edwards
- Background vocals by Richard Street, Damon Harris, Melvin Franklin and Otis Williams
- Instrumentation by the Commodores
References
- ^ Echols, Alice (March 29, 2010). "I Hear a Symphony: Black Masculinity and the Disco Turn". Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-393-06675-3.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 572.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 256.
- ^ White, Adam; Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. p. 155.
