Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1965
Happy to Be with You
Buy Happy to Be with You now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Happy to Be with You
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Johnny Cash
| album = Happiness Is You
| A-side = "Happy to Be with You"
"Pickin' Time"
| B-side =
| released =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length =
| label = Columbia 4-43420
| writer = June Carter, Johnny Cash, Merle Kilgore
| lyricist =
| composer =
| producer = Don Law and Frank Jones
| prev_title =
| prev_title2 =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_title2 =
| next_year =
| misc =
}}
"'Happy to Be with You'" is a song co-written by Johnny Cash with June Carter and Merle Kilgore.
Released in October 1965 as a single (Columbia 4-43420, with "Pickin' Time" on the opposite side),
it entered the country charts in November, eventually reaching #9 on the U.S. 'Billboard' country chart
and #11 on the 'Cash Box' country chart.
Later the song was included on the album 'Happiness Is You' (October 1966).
Background and lyrical analysis
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = 7" single
| extra_column =
| total_length =
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title_width =
| writing_width =
| music_width =
| lyrics_width =
| extra_width =
| title1 = Happy to Be with You
| note1 =
| writer1 = J. Carter, J. Cash, M. Kilgore
| lyrics1 =
| music1 =
| extra1 =
| length1 = 3:11
| title2 = Pickin' Time
| note2 =
| writer2 = J. Cash
| lyrics2 =
| music2 =
| extra2 =
| length2 = 1:58
}}
Charts
References
Buy Happy to Be with You now from Amazon
<-- Return to songs from 1965