"Happy Song" is a 1983 hit single by Baby's Gang

Baby's Gang

Baby's Gang was a Italian project, best known for their 1983 hit single, "Happy Song".-Singles:*1983: "Happy Song"*1984: "Challenger"*1985: "America"*1985: "Jamin"*1985: "Step By Step"*1986: "My Little Japanese Boy"*1989: "Disco Maniac"...

. The single became a European hit single when covered by German band Boney M. the following year.

Boney M. version

After Boney M.'s return to the charts with a cover of Italian hit Kalimba de Luna

Kalimba de Luna

"Kalimba de Luna" is a 1984 single by Italian musician Tony Esposito, taken from his album Il grande esploratore. The single reached #6 in the Swiss charts and #14 in the Italian charts. A cover was produced by Jacques Fred Petrus for the band Macho the same year.-Boney M. version:Kalimba de Luna...

, producer Frank Farian

Frank Farian

Frank Farian , is a German record producer and songwriter. He started out as a trained cook before moving into the music industry...

 rushed back into the studio to cover another Italian hit single. He invited Boney M.'s original dancer Bobby Farrell

Bobby Farrell

Roberto "Bobby" Alfonso Farrell was an Aruban dancer and performer, best known as the male member of the successful 1970s pop and disco group Boney M.-Early years:...

 to join the group along with a group of children from Rhein Main U.S. Air Force Base

Rhein-Main Air Base

Rhein-Main Air Base was a U.S. Air Force / NATO military airbase near the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It occupied the south side of Frankfurt International Airport. Its airport codes are discontinued....

 Elementary and Jr. High, credited as The School Rebels, who did the lead vocals together with Reggie Tsiboe

Reggie Tsiboe

Reggie Tsiboe was born on 7 September 1950 in Kumasi was one of the lead singers of the disco group Boney M. between 1982-1986 and later between 1989-1990....

. While Bobby Farrell did a rap, original singers Liz Mitchell

Liz Mitchell

Liz Mitchell is a singer, best known as the former lead singer of the 1970s disco/pop band, Boney M.-Early life:...

 and Marcia Barrett

Marcia Barrett

Marcia Barrett , is one of the original singers with the vocal group, Boney M.-The early years:...

 did not participate in the recording. Session vocalists La Mama (Patricia Shockley, Madeleine Davis and Judy Cheeks

Judy Cheeks

Judy Cheeks is a female dance music singer born in Miami, Florida in 1954 and is the daughter of gospel singer and preacher Rev. Julius Cheeks. In 1978 she hit #10 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart with "Mellow Lovin'," and then had a career resurgence in the 1990s, when she re-emerged with a...

) did the additional female vocals. The single gave the group their final German Top 10 hit single (#7), their first in nearly four years.

Releases

7" Single

• "Happy Song" - 4:18 / "School's Out" (Vocal version) (Farian, Kawohl, Reuter) - 3:15 (Hansa 106 909-100, Germany)

12" Single

• "Happy Song" (Club Mix) 8:30 / "School's Out" (Instr.) - 3:04 (Hansa 601 555-213, Germany)