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Happy People (The Temptations song)

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Released
  
1974 (1974)

Length
  
03:38

"You've Got My Soul on Fire" (1974)
  
"Happy People" (1974)

Genre
  
R&B Disco

Producer(s)
  
Jeffrey Bowen

Writer(s)
  
Donald Baldwin, Jeffrey Bowen, Lionel Richie

"Happy People" is a 1974 single by The Temptations, co-written by Lionel Richie. It was the first single from the A Song For You album. In the United States, the single went to #1 on the R&B chart and #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. "Happy People" also peaked at #11 on the disco/dance chart. The single was the first Temptations release without the guidance of Norman Whitfield since 1966.

Personnel

  • Lead vocals by Dennis Edwards
  • Background vocals by Richard Street, Damon Harris, Melvin Franklin and Otis Williams
  • Instrumentation by The Commodores
  • References

    Happy People (The Temptations song) Wikipedia