"Makin' Happy" is a song by American singer Crystal Waters from her debut studio albumSurprise (1991). It was released in November 10, 1991 as the second single from Surprise. The single achieved moderate success in European countries, but spent one week at number-one on the US Dance Club Songs chart. It also reached the top of the Canadian RPM Dance Chart. In the United Kingdom, the single peaked at number 18.
Alex Henderson from AllMusic deemed the song a "highly addictive and enjoyable house/neo-disco fare".[1]Larry Flick from Billboard described it as "a frenetic and hypnotic jam".[2] He noted that it "maintains a similar deep house vibe [as her first single]. Waters more than proves her songwriting talent here, while her unique feline vocals will test some and delight others."[3] Andy Kastanas from The Charlotte Observer complimented it as "a housy tune that's bound to, well, make you happy, what else?"[4] Machgiel Bakker from Music & Media called it "pop-house".[5] The magazine also commented, "Just repeat the words Makin' Happy endlessly and you'll get a good flavour of 'Gypsy Woman, Part II'."[6]James Hamilton from Music Week's RM Dance Update wrote that "the strange nasally pitched girl is less Eartha Kitt-like for her follow-up to 'Gypsy Woman', a jauntly trotting repetitive canterer with some "ooh wee ooh wee ooh" (and a guy's "so happy") instead of all the "la da dee, la dee da"."[7] Jonathan Bernstein from Spin described the song as "ebullient".[8]
