Happy to Be...

Happy to Be...
Happy to Be...
Studio album by Demis Roussos
Released	April 1976
Studio	Studio Des Dames, Studio Davout, Air Studios
Label	Philips Records
Producer	Demis Roussos, Georges Petsilas
Demis Roussos chronology
Singles from Happy to Be...
	"Happy to Be on an Island in the Sun"; Released: 1975; "Can't Say How Much I Love You"; Released: 1976; "Far Away"; Released: 1976;

Happy to Be... is a studio album by Greek singer Demis Roussos, released in 1976 on Philips Records.

Commercial performance

The album reached no. 4 in the UK^[1] and no. 23 in Sweden.^[2]

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"This Time It Isn't Au-Revoir"	Robert Rupen, Lucky Vlaviano	3:20
2.	"Mary Was an Only Child"	Albert Hammond, Michael Hazlewood, Jorge Milchberg	3:45
3.	"Fallin'"	Rupen, A. Salmawy	2:45
4.	"So Dreamy"	Rupen, Vlaviano	3:04
5.	"Funny Man"	Rupen, Michel Cywie	4:09

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Can't Say How Much I Love You"	Rupen	2:30
2.	"Happy to Be on an Island in the Sun"	David Lewis	3:10
3.	"Bahia Blue"	Rupen, Salmawy	2:33
4.	"Before"	Rupen, Vlaviano	2:53
5.	"Far Away"	Rupen, Cywie	2:45
6.	"Lovely Love de Paris"	Francis Lai, Rupen	3:06

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[3]	57
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[4]	23
UK Albums (OCC)^[5]	4

Chart (1976)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[6]	25


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[7]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

^ "happy-to-be | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
^ "swedishcharts.com - Demis Roussos - Happy To Be". Retrieved 2017-10-24.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 259. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Demis Roussos – Happy to Be". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
^ "Top 50 Albums of 1976" (PDF). Music Week. December 25, 1976. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
^ "British album certifications – Demis Roussos – Happy To Be". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

v t e Demis Roussos
Discography
Studio albums	On the Greek Side of My Mind (a.k.a. Fire and Ice) Forever and Ever My Only Fascination Auf Wiedersehn Souvenirs Happy to Be... Die Nacht und der Wein The Roussos Phenomenon (EP) Kyrila – Insel der Träume The Demis Roussos Magic Demis Roussos Man of the World Attitudes Reflection The Story of Demis Roussos Time
Compilations	Greatest Hits Golden Hits Life & Love Insel der Zärtlichkeit – Demis Roussos und seine 20 Welterfolge The Phenomenon 1968–1998 (a.k.a. Forever and Ever – 40 Greatest Hits) Forever and Ever – Definitive Collection Collected
Singles	"We Shall Dance" "My Reason" "Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye" "Forever and Ever" "Velvet Mornings" "My Friend the Wind" "Schönes Mädchen aus Arcadia" "Someday Somewhere" "My Only Fascination" "Auf Wiedersehn" "With You" "Manuela" "Schön wie Mona Lisa (Wenn ich ein Maler wär')" "From Souvenirs to Souvenirs" "Perdoname" "Vagabund der Liebe" "Happy to Be on an Island in the Sun" "Die Bouzouki, die Nacht und der Wein" "Can't Say How Much I Love You" "When Forever Has Gone" "Because" "Kyrila" "Ainsi soit-il" "That Once in a Lifetime" "L.O.V.E. Got a Hold of Me" "Lost in Love" "Follow Me" "Love Me Tender" "Summerwine" "Quand je t'aime" "Rain and Tears" "It's Five O'Clock" "On écrit sur les murs"
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