Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time and author Jim Adams from A Unique Title For Me is our current guest host. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.
This week’s theme is “laughter.”
If you’re laughing, usually you’re happy and Pharrell Williams made the world Happy in 2014 with his feel-good anthem. The song soared to #1 in 35 countries—it was the best selling song of 2014.
Pharrell wrote and produced Happy for the soundtrack of Despicable Me 2—it also became the lead single of his second studio album, G I R L. The song appears in a scene in the film where the lead character Gru dances through streets with joy because he has fallen in love.
Fun Facts:
- Nine different songs were fully recorded and pitched to producer Chris Meledandri before Happy was chosen.
- Pharrell Williams originally intended for Cee Lo Green to sing Happy.
- Happy is repeated 56 times over the course of the song.
- The first-ever 24-hour music video was made for Happy—it follows 400 different people enjoying life while they walk around LA.
Enjoy!
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Happy
It might seem crazy what I’m ’bout to say
Sunshine she’s here, you can take a break
I’m a hot air balloon that could go to space
With the air, like I don’t care, baby, by the way
[Chorus]
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
[Verse 2]
Here come bad news, talking this and that (Yeah!)
Well, give me all you got, don’t hold it back (Yeah!)
Well, I should probably warn ya, I’ll be just fine (Yeah!)
No offense to you, don’t waste your time, here’s why
[Chorus]
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
[Bridge]
Bring me down
Can’t nothing bring me down
My level’s too high to bring me down
Can’t nothing bring me down, I said
Bring me down
Can’t nothing bring me down
My level’s too high to bring me down
Can’t nothing bring me down, I said
[Chorus]
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
[Bridge]
Bring me down
Can’t nothing bring me down
My level’s too high to bring me down
Can’t nothing bring me down, I said…
[Chorus]
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
Felicia Denise, Author 
Great start to Sunday morning – thanks for cheering us all up 🙂
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That is certainly happy, it got me to smile.
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Love seeing the ordinary folks in the vid have fun! 😊
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My favorite video to go with this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-2skUqszCU
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Didn’t know Rabbis could move like that! 😂😂
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Snappin, poppin, and so upbeat. Just heard this a month or so ago for the first time. Love it!
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Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
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I remember when this song first came out, my youngest and I were obsessed with it and would play it all the time LOL – Great pick!
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It’s just a great forget-about-the stresses and dance song! 👍😊 (And I love the scene in the movie!)
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It really is, you can’t NOT jam to it. I was like “What movie?” – oh, of course it was the one I didn’t see! LOL I’ve see 1 & 3, totally missed 2 because I’m a rebel like that (aka it’s not available on Netflix). 😂
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Movie #3 is a hoot too! 😁 Gru & Dru? Balthazar Bratt? Nope, never growing up!
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Such a happy song…can’t help but smile listening to it, and I like the video! 🙂
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Good pick! You can’t be happy unless you laugh 🙂💕
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Thanks! 😊
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