Are You Happy

Album: The Iceman Cometh (1968)
Charted: 39
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  • Butler says that he picked up on this song when the president of Mercury Records told him the story of his approaching a secretary at the company who looked down in the mouth. He asked her, "Are you happy, dear?" and that triggered the impetus for this song. >>>
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