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Happy Together is een nummer van de Amerikaanse popband The Turtles, geschreven door Alan Gordon en Garry Bonner. Het nummer werd uitgebracht op 14 februari 1967 als single en verscheen later het op het gelijknamige album Happy Together. Het bereikte de eerste positie op de Billboard Hot 100 en was daarmee de eerste en enige nummer één-hit van The Turtles. In 2007 werd Happy Together opgenomen in de Grammy Hall of Fame.

"Happy Together" is a song written by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon and recorded by the American rock band the Turtles. It was released as a single, backed with (b/w) "Like the Seasons", in January 1967, and peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's first and only chart-topper there. It also reached the top 20 in various countries, including number 2 in Canada and number 12 in the UK. It was later included on the Turtles' third studio album Happy Together (1967).

Bonner and Gordon composed the song while members of the Magicians. Its lyrics tell about an unrequited love, despite the joyous sound. The composition was rejected by many artists, before being accepted by the Turtles, who were passing through a lowdown in their career. They recorded their version in the Sunset Sound studio, with the newly arrived bassist Chip Douglas arranging the horns and backing vocals.

After the song's successful release, the band was called to perform on TV shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show and The Smothers Brothers Show in 1967. Music critics have continued to praise the Turtles version for its pop qualities. It was covered by several acts, with the most successful being by the soft rock duo Captain & Tennille, and has been featured on numerous movies and TV shows. In 1999, BMI included the song in the list of the most-performed songs in the United States in the 20th century and, in 2007, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, singers of the Turtles, were involved on various legal battles due to their attempts to copyright "Happy Together" against unauthorized broadcasts, notably with Sirius XM Radio.