"Dare You to Be Happy" is a song by Australian singer

Tina Arena Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...

. It was recorded for her fourth studio album, '' Just Me'' (2001), and was released as the second single on 21 January 2002. The single was a moderate success, peaking at number 43 in Australia. "Dare You to Be Happy" received high rotation on Channel in early 2002. A remixed version was later included on Arena's greatest hits album ''

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Music video

The video was released in January 2002 and sees Arena at a house party, playing

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, before leaving in a car with some friends to a games parlour.

Track listing

The single was released with four versions of "Dare You to Be Happy" and the non-album track "I Hope". Australian maxi-CD single # "Dare You to Be Happy" – 4:14 # "Dare You to Be Happy" (James Ash radio edit) – 4:10 # "Dare You to Be Happy" (Sgt Slick's "North Face" radio edit mix) – 3:51 # "Dare You to Be Happy" (Big Club vocal) – 6:10 # "I Hope" – 4:27

Charts

References

2001 songs 2002 singles Columbia Records singles Song recordings produced by Nile Rodgers Songs written by Peter-John Vettese Songs written by Tina Arena Tina Arena songs {{2000s-pop-song-stub