Happy

About

As of 2026, it's 12 years old.

Happy is, by design and by result, one of the most relentlessly joyful songs ever recorded — Pharrell Williams built a clap-along anthem so infectious it spent weeks at number one and inspired an endless global wave of fan-made dance videos. Resistance was futile; the song made you happy whether you liked it or not.

Originally for the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack, it took on a life of its own as the feel-good phenomenon of 2014.

Sunny, clap-happy, and inescapable, Happy is the song engineered for pure joy that conquered the world by making everyone, briefly, unable to feel anything else.