| "Happy" | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Ashanti featuring Ja Rule | |||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Ashanti | |||||||||||||||||||
| Released | May 21, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single | ||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | R&B, hip-hop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Murder Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Ashanti Douglas, Raymond Calhouh, Andre Parker, Irving Lorenzo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Chink Santana, Irv Gotti | ||||||||||||||||||
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"Happy" is the second single by American R&B singer Ashanti from her debut album on May 21, 2002 (see 2002 in music). It was written by Ashanti, Raymond Calhoun and producer Irv Gotti.
Happy reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart. The single became Ashanti's fourth top ten hit on both charts. The song was in the top ten in the Netherlands, top twenty in the United Kingdom and New Zealand, and the top thirty and forty in Australian, French and Swiss.
The remix was produced by Chink Santana and featured rapper Charli Baltimore which contains the sample of Gap Band's "Outstanding". It was later included on the Murder Inc. remix-compilation Irv Gotti Presents: The Remixes.
Australian CD single (September 30, 2002)
Dutch maxi single (September 2, 2002)
UK maxi single (November 11, 2002)
| Chart (2002) | Position |
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| Australian Singles Chart[1] | 29 |
| Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[1] | 49 |
| Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[1] | 35 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[1] | 10 |
| French Singles Chart[1] | 40 |
| German Singles Chart[2] | 41 |
| Irish Singles Chart[3] | 22 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[1] | 19 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[1] | 24 |
| UK Singles Chart[4] | 13 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[5] | 5 |
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