"Happiness" | ||||
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Single by the 1975 | ||||
from the album Being Funny in a Foreign Language | ||||
Released | 3 August 2022 | |||
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Length | 5:04 (album version) 3:55 (Dance Floor Edit) [4] | |||
Label | Dirty Hit | |||
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The 1975 singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Happiness" on YouTube |
"Happiness" is a song recorded by English band the 1975. It was released on 3 August 2022 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Being Funny in a Foreign Language (2022).
The song peaked at number 46 on the UK Singles Chart and 65 in Ireland.
"Happiness" is a disco song. [5] It was written by band members Matty Healy and George Daniel with DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ. Healy, Daniel, and Jack Antonoff serve as its producers. [6] The song is performed in the key of B major with a tempo of 118 beats per minute in common time. The band's vocals span from F♯3 to G♯4 and follows a chord progression of B–G♯m7–F♯–B–G♯m7–D♯m7. [7]
Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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Ireland ( IRMA) [8] | 65 |
Japan Hot Overseas ( Billboard Japan) [9] | 4 |
New Zealand Hot Singles ( RMNZ) [10] | 29 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [11] | 46 |
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard) [12] | 20 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom ( BPI) [13] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |