Happy Endings (album)

Happy Endings is the second studio album by American country music band Old Dominion. It was released on August 25, 2017 by RCA Nashville.^[1] In late 2017, the band hosted a dive bar tour in support of the record.^[2]

Happy Endings
Studio album by Old Dominion
Released	August 25, 2017 (2017-08-25)
Genre	Country
Length	38:48
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Shane McAnally
Old Dominion chronology
Meat and Candy (2015) Happy Endings (2017) Old Dominion (2019)
Singles from Happy Endings
"No Such Thing as a Broken Heart" Released: March 10, 2017 "Written in the Sand" Released: September 18, 2017 "Hotel Key" Released: April 9, 2018

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that "Since Happy Endings flows so easily, it may be easy to glide along with its slick surfaces, but a close listen reveals not only the sturdiness of the songs but the cleverness of the production", rating it 4 out of 5 stars.^[3] Cillea Houghton of Sounds Like Nashville reviewed the album with favor, stating that "The album finds them in a slightly more poignant place than on 2015's Meat and Candy, while still flaunting their clever personalities and unique songwriting style."^[4]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 1 on Top Country Albums, selling 31,000 copies, and 41,000 equivalent album units when streaming and track sales are included.^[5] It also debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 7. It has sold 107,400 copies in the US as of February 2019.^[6]

Track listing

Track listing from Rolling Stone.^[7]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"No Such Thing as a Broken Heart"	Matthew Ramsey Trevor Rosen Brad Tursi Jesse Frasure	2:57
2.	"Shoe Shopping"	Ramsey Luke Laird Shane McAnally	3:43
3.	"Not Everything's About You"	Ramsey Rosen Tursi Andrew Dorff	3:55
4.	"Hotel Key"	Ramsey Rosen Josh Osborne	2:47
5.	"Be with Me"	Ramsey Tursi Ross Copperman	2:51
6.	"Written in the Sand"	Ramsey Rosen Tursi McAnally	3:06
7.	"So You Go"	Ramsey Rosen Tursi Dorff	2:48
8.	"Stars in the City" (featuring Little Big Town)	Ramsey Rosen Tursi Osborne	3:20
9.	"New York at Night"	Rosen Tursi Jordan Schmidt	3:35
10.	"A Girl Is a Gun"	Ramsey Rosen Tursi Matt Jenkins	2:56
11.	"Still Writing Songs About You"	Ramsey Rosen Tursi McAnally	3:37
12.	"Can't Get You" (live)	Ramsey Dorff Osborne	3:13
Total length:			38:48

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic^[8]

Old Dominion

• Matthew Ramsey - electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
• Trevor Rosen - acoustic guitar, keyboards, background vocals
• Whit Sellers - drums, percussion, background vocals
• Geoff Sprung - bass guitar, synthesizer bass, background vocals
• Brad Tursi - electric guitar, background vocals

Additional Musicians

• Dave Cohen - keyboards
• Kris Donegan - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Ryan Gore - percussion, programming
• Little Big Town - background vocals on "Stars in the City"

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017–18) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 84 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10] 12 New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[11] 9 UK Country Albums (OCC)[12] 3 US Billboard 200[13] 7 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[14] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[15] 44 Chart (2018) Position US Billboard 200[16] 151 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[17] 18 Chart (2019) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[18] 49

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[19]	Gold	40,000‡
United States (RIAA)[20]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.