I'm Happy to Be (On This Mountain)

"I'm Happy To Be (On This Mountain)"

Original "I'm Happy To Be (On This Mountain)" 45 (UK issue)

Single by Tír na nÓg

B-side

"Let My Love Grow"

Released

October 2, 1970

Format

Recorded

1970

Genre

Folk

Length

2:16

Tír na nÓg singles chronology

"I'm Happy To Be (On This Mountain)"
(1970)

"The Lady I Love"
(1972)

Alternative cover
German cover.
Music sample
I'm Happy To Be (On This Mountain)

"I'm Happy To Be (On This Mountain)" is the first single by Irish band Tír na nÓg. It was released on October 2, 1970^[1]^[2] by Chrysalis Records and distributed by Island Records^[3] on 7" vinyl with "Let My Love Grow" as its B-side. The German release of the single has an Island logo on a pink label although the Chrysalis logo also appears.

Format and track listing

UK stereo 7" single (WIP 6090)

"I'm Happy To Be (On This Mountain)" (Sonny Condell) – 2:16
"Let My Love Grow" (Condell) – 3:22

Germany 7" stereo single (6014 032)

"I'm Happy To Be (On This Mountain)" (Condell) – 2:16
"Let My Love Grow" (Condell) – 3:22

Personnel

Sonny Condell - vocals, guitar
Leo O'Kelly - vocals, guitar

References

↑ www.45cat.com: Date: 2 Oct 1970.
↑ marmalade-skies.co.uk: October 1970, Singles [...] TIR NA NOG-I’m Happy To Be/ Let My Love Grow (Chrysalis)
↑ UK promo poster of the single: "manufactured and distributed by Island Records"

Tír na nÓg

Sonny Condell Leo O'Kelly

Studio albums	Tír na nÓg (1971) A Tear and a Smile (1972) Strong in the Sun (1973) The Dark Dance (2015)

Live albums	Hibernian (2000) Spotlight (2001) Live at Sirius (2010)

Extended plays	I Have Known Love (2014)

Demo album	In the Morning (1999)

Compilations	A Tear and a Smile / Strong in the Sun (2004)

Videos	Doing Their Thing The Camera & the Song

Appearances (various artists)	El Pea (1971) The Camera & the Song (1975)

Singles	"I'm Happy To Be (On This Mountain)" / "Let My Love Grow" "The Lady I Love" / "Heidi" "Bluebottle Stew" / "Come and See the Show" "Strong in the Sun" / "The Mountain and I" "Love Is Like a Violin" / "Daisy Lady" "Sympathetic Love" / "Mariner Blues" "Ricochet" / "Tír na nÓg"

Related articles	Concerts

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