"Makes Me Happy" is a song by

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musician and actor,

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. It was released as the second single from his second studio album, ''

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'', on October 16, 2007. "Makes Me Happy" was originally used as score music for the Nickelodeon show ''

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'' and some of it was sung by

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in the ''Zoey 101'' episode " Quinn's Alpaca". The song was used in the ''

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'' episode "

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", however the version heard in it is a different version than the version on ''It's Only Time''. In 2014, a rearranged more upbeat, rockabilly-inspired version of the song appears on Bell's third studio album, ''

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''. "Makes Me Happy" peaked at number 103 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Track listing

*U.S. promo digital download single

Personnel

*Drake Bell – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars *C. J. Abraham – horns *Brian Burwell – drums *

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– bass guitar, lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals *Rob Jacobs – mixing

Chart performance

The song managed to make the ''

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chart in August 2007, by debuting at No. 3 (#103 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100). As a result, the song became Bell's first charting song on any ''Billboard'' chart in his career. The song also made a brief appearance on the ''Billboard''

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chart, peaking at number 67.

Weekly charts

References

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