'Don't Worry, Be Happy' | |
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Single by Bobby McFerrin | |
from the album Simple Pleasures | |
A-side | 'Don't Worry Be Happy'[1] |
B-side | |
Recorded | 1988 |
Genre |
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Length | 4:50(album version) 4:03 (music video) 3:50 (radio edit) |
Label | EMI-Manhattan Records[1] |
Songwriter(s) | Bobby McFerrin[1] |
Producer(s) | Linda Goldstein[1] |
Music video | |
'Don't Worry, Be Happy' on YouTube |
A 24-second audio sample of Bobby McFerrin's 'Don't Worry, Be Happy'. | |
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Chart (1988–89) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[21] | 1 |
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[22] | 1 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[23] | 2 |
Canadian RPM 30 Retail Singles[24] | 1 |
Canadian RPM Top Singles[25] | 1 |
France (SNEP)[26] | 29 |
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 10)[27] | 1 |
Irish Singles Chart[28] | 3 |
Italy (FIMI)[29] | 18 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[30] | 2 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[31] | 3 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[32] | 2 |
Norway (VG-lista)[33] | 5 |
South African Chart[34] | 4 |
Spain (AFYVE)[35] | 5 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[36] | 2 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[37] | 2 |
UK (Official Charts Company)[38] | 2 |
US Billboard Hot 100[39] | 1 |
US BillboardAdult Contemporary[39] | 7 |
US Hot R&B Singles[39] | 11 |
West Germany (Official German Charts)[40] | 1 |
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[41] | 75 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
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Germany (BVMI)[42] | Platinum | 500,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[43] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^shipments figures based on certification alone |
McFerrin's hit is earning the superb vocal improviser a mass audience, as his album, Simple Pleasures leaps from No. 20 to No. 12 on the album chart.