We Believe in Happy Endings
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| Single by Johnny Rodriguez | ||||
| from the album Just for You | ||||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Writer(s) | Bob McDill | |||
| Johnny Rodriguez singles chronology | ||||
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"We Believe in Happy Endings" is a song written by Bob McDill and recorded by American country music artist Johnny Rodriguez. It was released in 1978 as the second single from the album Just for You. The single went to number seven on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]
Johnny Rodriguez version
Chart performance
| Chart (1978) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 7 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 12 |
Earl Thomas Conley with Emmylou Harris version
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| Single by Earl Thomas Conley with Emmylou Harris | |||||||||||||||||||
| from the album The Heart of It All | |||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "No Chance No Dance" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Released | June 27, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Country | ||||||||||||||||||
| Label | RCA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Emory Gordy, Jr., Randy Scruggs | ||||||||||||||||||
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The song was also recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley with Emmylou Harris as a duet. It was released in June 1988 as the second single from the album, The Heart of It All. The song was the only collaboration of Earl Thomas Conley and Emmylou Harris to make the country chart. The single went to number one for one week on the country chart and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the chart.[2]
Chart performance
"We Believe in Happy Endings" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles for the week of July 2, 1988.
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Preceded by "Addicted" by Dan Seals |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single October 1, 1988 |
Succeeded by "Honky Tonk Moon" by Randy Travis |
| Preceded by "I Should Be with You" by Steve Wariner |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single October 15, 1988 |
Succeeded by Unknown |
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 297.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 153.
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