Song · Al Green
“Love and Happiness” by Al Green
From the album I’m Still in Love With You (1972)
“Love and Happiness” by Al Green appears on 8 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2001 and 2023. It was first released in 1972 on the album I’m Still in Love With You. Its best result is #36 on the WFPK Top 100 Party Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,502 indie & aaa song of all time and #325 of the '70s.
"Love and Happiness" comes off I'm Still in Love with You, Al Green's 1972 album, a song he wrote with guitarist Mabon Hodges and produced with Willie Mitchell, who engineered it too. Around Green are Hodges on guitar, Charles Hodges on organ and piano, Leroy Hodges on bass, Howard Grimes and Al Jackson Jr. on drums, and horns from Wayne Jackson, Jack Hale, Andrew Love, Ed Logan and James Mitchell, with Charles Chalmers and Donna and Sandra Rhodes singing backup.
It wasn't pulled as a single until 1973 in Britain, on London, and 1977 in America, on Hi, but it outgrew all that: Rolling Stone ranked it 98th among its 500 greatest songs, Etta James and Al Jarreau covered it, and Vibe's Alan Light called it perhaps Green's most perfect song.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 306 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2005 | 36 | WFPK | WFPK Top 100 Party Songs | 100 |
| 2009 | 631 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2012 | 455 | WYEP | WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown | 500 |
| 2018 | 803 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2022 | 326 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2022 | 1040 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2023 | 143 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
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