Happy Man (Cathal Dunne song)

For the Happy Man symbol, see Happy Human.

"Happy Man"
Eurovision Song Contest 1979 entry
Country	Ireland
Artist(s)	Cathal Dunne
Language	English
Composer(s)	Cathal Dunne
Lyricist(s)	Cathal Dunne
Conductor	Proínsias O'Duinn
Finals performance
Final result	5th
Final points	80
Appearance chronology
◄ "Born To Sing" (1978)
"What's Another Year" (1980) ►

"Happy Man" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in English by Cathal Dunne.

The song is a moderately up-tempo number, in which Dunne contrasts his early despondency with the joy he feels now that he is with his lover. He sings, for example, that he now has "the sun inside" and that he is the tititular "happy man". It was written by Dunne himself, as was the single's B-side "Sweet Woman of Mine", a song Dunne said that he preferred. The single was released on green vinyl in Ireland on the CBS label, with the recorded version produced by Nicky Graham, who would go on to find greater success as producer to The Nolans and Bros among others.

The song was performed fourth on the night, following Denmark's Tommy Seebach with "Disco Tango" and preceding Finland's Katri Helena with "Katson sineen taivaan". At the close of voting, it had received 80 points, placing 5th in a field of 19.

It was succeeded as Irish representative at the 1980 Contest by Johnny Logan with "What's Another Year?".

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)^[1]	3

Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Countries

Final (by final results)	Israel (winner) Spain France Germany Ireland Denmark United Kingdom Greece Portugal Switzerland Norway Netherlands Luxembourg Finland Italy Monaco Sweden Belgium Austria

Withdrawn	Turkey

Artists

Final (by final results)	Gali Atari and Milk and Honey Betty Missiego Anne-Marie David Dschinghis Khan Cathal Dunne Tommy Seebach Black Lace Elpida Manuela Bravo Peter, Sue, Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri Anita Skorgan Xandra Jeane Manson Katri Helena Matia Bazar Laurent Vaguener Ted Gärdestad Micha Marah Christina Simon

Withdrawn	Maria Rita Epik and 21. Peron

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Hallelujah" "Su canción" "Je suis l'enfant soleil" "Dschinghis Khan" "Happy Man" "Disco Tango" "Mary Ann" "Sokrati" "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe" "Trödler und Co" "Oliver" "Colorado" "J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux" "Katson sineen taivaan" "Raggio di luna" "Notre vie c'est la musique" "Satellit" "Hey Nana" "Heute in Jerusalem"

Withdrawn	"Seviyorum"

(Note: All information are in order of appearance)

References

↑ "Ireland singles charts". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

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