We Believe in Happy Endings explained

We Believe in Happy Endings
Type:single
Artist:Johnny Rodriguez
Album:Just for You
B-Side:The Immigrant
Released:February 25, 1978
Genre:Country
Label:Mercury
Producer:Jerry Kennedy
Prev Title:Savin' This Love Song for You
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:Cuando Caliente El Sol (Love Me with All Your Heart)
Next Year:1978

"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 September 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

Earl Thomas Conley with Emmylou Harris version

We Believe in Happy Endings
Type:single
Artist:Earl Thomas Conley with Emmylou Harris
Album:The Heart of It All
B-Side:No Chance No Dance
Released:June 27, 1988
Genre:Country
Length:3:36
Label:RCA
Producer:Emory Gordy Jr., Randy Scruggs

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 Conley's album The Heart of It All. The song was the only collaboration of Conley and 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] Their performance earned Harris and Conley a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. It was also Harris's final country number one.

Chart performance

"We Believe in Happy Endings" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles for the week of July 2, 1988.

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 297.

  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 153.

  3. Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988. Billboard. July 10, 2021.