"We Believe in Happy Endings" is a song written by Bob McDill and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist

Johnny Rodriguez Juan Raoul Davis "Johnny" Rodriguez (born December 10, 1951) is an American country music singer. He is a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish. In the 1970s an ...

. 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.

Johnny Rodriguez version

Chart performance

Earl Thomas Conley with Emmylou Harris version

The song was also recorded by American country music artist

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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 Heart of It All'' is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released on April 29, 1988 via RCA Records. The album includes the singles "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)", " We Believe in Happy En ...

''. 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. Their performance earned Harris and Conley a nomination for the

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. 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.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1978 singles 1988 singles Johnny Rodriguez songs Earl Thomas Conley songs Emmylou Harris songs Songs written by Bob McDill Song recordings produced by Emory Gordy Jr. Male–female vocal duets Mercury Records singles RCA Records singles 1978 songs {{1988-country-song-stub