"Happy" is a song by American singer Ashanti from her self-titled debut album (2002). The track was written by Ashanti,

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, and

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, with production overseen by Santana and Gotti, and contains a sample of Gap Band's "

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" (1982), written by Raymond Calhoun. "Happy" was released as the album's second single on June 17, 2002, reaching number eight on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number six on the ''Billboard''

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chart. Elsewhere, the single entered the top 10 in the Netherlands while reaching the top 20 in Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

Remix

The remix of "Happy", titled "I'm So Happy", was produced by Santana and features rapper

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and further integrates a sample of "Outstanding". This version was later included on the Murder Inc. remix-compilation ''Irv Gotti Presents: The Remixes''.

Track listings

UK CD single # "Happy" (radio edit featuring Ja Rule) – 3:59 # "I'm So Happy" (remix featuring

) – 3:58 # "Happy" (explicit remix featuring Ja Rule) – 3:59 # "Happy" (DnD vocal mix featuring Ja Rule) – 4:51 # "Happy" (video featuring Ja Rule) – 4:00 UK cassette single # "Happy" (radio edit featuring Ja Rule) – 3:59 # "I'm So Happy" (remix featuring Charli Baltimore) – 3:58 European CD single # "Happy" (album version) # "Call" (album version) Australian CD single # "Happy" (album version) # "Call" (album version) # "I'm So Happy" (remix featuring Charli Baltimore) # "Happy" (video)

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the UK CD single liner notes. Studios * Recorded at Crackhouse Studios (New York City) * Mixed at Sound Castle Studios (Los Angeles) * Mastered at Sony Music Studios (London, England) Personnel * Raymond Calhoun – writing ("

") * Ashanti Douglas – writing, vocals *

– writing (as Andre Parker), all instruments, production *

– writing (as Irv Lorenzo), production, mixing, video director *

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– featured vocals * Darwin Johnson – bass guitar * Milwaukee Buck – recording * Charles "Chee" Heath – assistant recording engineer * Brian Springer – mixing * Naweed "Dirty" Ahmed – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Happy (Ashanti Song) 2002 singles 2002 songs Ashanti (singer) songs Songs written by Ashanti (singer) Songs written by Chink Santana Songs written by Irv Gotti