Are You Happy Baby
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| “Are You Happy Baby” | |||||
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| Single by Dottie West from the album Wild West |
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| Released | 1981 | ||||
| Genre | Countrypolitan | ||||
| Writer(s) | Bob Stone | ||||
| Dottie West singles chronology | |||||
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"Are You Happy Baby" is the name of a No. 1 Country hit by Dottie West, released in 1981.
[edit] About the Song
"Are You Happy Baby" was Dottie West's second number 1 hit as a solo artist. In her 25 year career, she only scored 2 #1 hits. The previous one, was recorded in 1980 called "A Lesson in Leaving". However, as duet partnership with Kenny Rogers, West scored 3 #1 hits over the course of three years. "Are You Happy Baby" was released on Dottie West's newest album Wild West, which became highly successful and one of Dottie's most successful albums as a solo artist. By this time, she was at the peak of her career, with all her hits. The song was not written by West in fact. The song was actually written by Bob Stone. This is strange because West wrote most of her hits. In fact both her #1 solo hits, West didn't write. She had people write songs for her. The song became one of West's signature tunes.
The song also had a Countrypolitan sound to it. West was trying to stay "in" with the new artists and decided to record Countrypolitan, which might have been the reason for the song's success, as well as her other #1 hit.
Most recently, the song was featured on Dottie West: Greatest Hits album in 1992, as well as Are You Happy Baby: The Collection, which featured West's biggest hits, starting from 1976 until 1984.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 1 |
| U.S. Cashbox Hot Country Songs | 1 |
| Preceded by "Southern Rains" by Mel Tillis |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number one single February 28, 1981 by Dottie West |
Succeeded by "Do You Love as Good as You Look" by Bellamy Brothers |
