We Believe in Happy Endings
{{Infobox song
| name = We Believe in Happy Endings
| cover =
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| type = single
| artist = Johnny Rodriguez
| album = Just for You
| B-side = The Immigrant
| released = February 25, 1978
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| genre = Country
| length =
| label = Mercury
| writer = Bob McDill
| producer = Jerry Kennedy
| prev_title = Savin' This Love Song for You
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Cuando Caliente El Sol (Love Me with All Your Heart)
| next_year = 1978
}}
"We Believe in Happy Endings" is a song written by Bob McDill and recorded by American country music artist Johnny Rodriguez. 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.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=297}}
Johnny Rodriguez version
=Chart performance=
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!align="left"|Chart (1978) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|7|artist=Johnny Rodriguez}} |
| align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks
|align="center"|12 |
Earl Thomas Conley with Emmylou Harris version
{{Infobox song
| name = We Believe in Happy Endings
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Earl Thomas Conley with Emmylou Harris
| album = The Heart of It All
| B-side = No Chance No Dance
| released = June 27, 1988
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| genre = Country
| length = 3:36
| label = RCA
| writer = Bob McDill
| producer = Emory Gordy Jr., Randy Scruggs
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| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Earl Thomas Conley
| type = singles
| prev_title = What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)
| prev_year = 1988
| title = We Believe in Happy Endings
| year = 1988
| next_title = What I'd Say
| next_year = 1988
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Emmylou Harris
| type = singles
| prev_title = Wildflowers
| prev_year = 1988
| title = We Believe in Happy Endings
| year = 1988
| next_title = Heartbreak Hill
| next_year = 1988
}}
}}
The song was also recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley 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 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.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=153}} Their performance earned Harris and Conley a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. 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==
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!align="left"|Chart (1988) !align="center|Peak |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Earl Thomas Conley}} |
| align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks
|align="center"|1 |
==Year-end charts==
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!Chart (1988) !Position |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 10, 2021}}
|align="center"|13 |
References
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{{Johnny Rodriguez}}
{{Earl Thomas Conley}}
{{Emmylou Harris singles}}
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Category:Johnny Rodriguez songs
Category:Earl Thomas Conley songs
Category:Songs written by Bob McDill
Category:Song recordings produced by Emory Gordy Jr.
Category:Male–female vocal duets
Category:Mercury Records singles
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