"Makes Me Happy" is a song by American musician and actor,
Drake Bell
Jared Drake Bell (born June 27, 1986) is an American actor and musician. Born in Newport Beach, California, he began his career as a child actor in the 1990s, appearing on ''Home Improvement (TV series), Home Improvement'' (1994) and in severa ...
. It was released as the second single from his second studio album, ''
It's Only Time'', on October 16, 2007.
The song was used in the ''
Drake & Josh'' episode "
Really Big Shrimp". The song peaked at number 3 on the
''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.
In 2014, a rearranged more upbeat, rockabilly-inspired version of the song appears on Bell's third studio album, ''
Ready Steady Go!''.
Track listing
*U.S. promo digital download single
Personnel
*Drake Bell – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars
*C. J. Abraham – horns
*Brian Burwell – drums
*
Michael Corcoran – bass guitar, lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
*Rob Jacobs – mixing
Chart performance
The song managed to make the ''
Billboard''
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in August 2007, by debuting at number 3. As a result, the song became Bell's first charting song on any ''Billboard'' chart in his career. The song also made a brief appearance on the ''Billboard''
Pop 100
The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009. It ranked songs based on airplay on Mainstream Top 40 radio stations, singles ...
chart, peaking at number 67.
Weekly charts
References
{{Drake Bell songs
2007 singles
Drake Bell songs
Drake & Josh
Songs written by Drake Bell
Universal Motown Records singles
Universal Music Group singles