"Are You Happy Baby" is a 1981 single written by Bob Stone and performed by Dottie West

Dottie West

Dottie West was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and co-recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists...

. The song became one of West's signature tunes.

About the Song

"Are You Happy Baby" was Dottie West's second number number one hit as a solo artist . In twenty-five year career, she only scored 2 #1 hits. The previous one, was recorded in 1980 called "A Lesson in Leaving

A Lesson in Leaving

"A Lesson in Leavin'", also titled as "Lesson in Leavin'", is a country music song written by Randy Goodrum and Brent Maher. It was originally recorded in 1980 by American country music singer, Dottie West, who brought the song to #1 on the Billboard Country Chart...

". However, as duet partnership with Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers

Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...

, West scored 3 #1 hits over the course of three years. "Are You Happy Baby" was released on Dottie West

Dottie West

Dottie West was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and co-recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists...

's newest album Wild West

Wild West (album)

Wild West is the name of a Country album by Dottie West, released in 1981.This was one of Dottie West's best-selling albums as a solo artist. The album reached not only the No. 5 spot on the "Top Country Albums" chart, but also reached No. 126 on the "Billboard 200". The boasted two no...

, which became one of Dottie's most successful albums as a solo artist. At the time of the album's release, she was at the peak of her career.

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

Dottie West: Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits is a compilation album released by Curb Records to promote all of Dottie West's greatest and biggest hits of the 1980s. It fails to show any of West's 60s and 70s hits. The album was released by Curb in 1992. Dottie West had died the previous year in a car accident...

album in 1992, as well as Are You Happy Baby: The Collection

Are You Happy Baby: The Collection

Are You Happy Baby: The Collection or also known as Are You Happy Baby: The Collection is the name of a compilation album of country singer Dottie West's hits from the 1970s and 80s....

, which featured West's biggest hits, starting from 1976 until 1984.

In 1980, Johnny Contardo

Johnny Contardo

Johnny Contardo is best known as former lead singer with the musical group, Sha Na Na. In 1978, he appeared with Sha Na Na in the blockbuster hit movie musical Grease as Johnny Casino and the Gamblers...

 of Sha Na Na

Sha Na Na

Sha Na Na is an American rock and roll group. The name is taken from a part of the long series of nonsense syllables in the doo-wop hit song "Get a Job", originally recorded in 1957 by the Silhouettes....

 also released a version on his album Changeover.

Chart positions

Chart (1980-1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1