Happy (Pharrell Williams song)
November 21, 2013
Happy ( German: Happy ) is a song by the American singer Pharrell Williams from the year 2013, first with an entry for the soundtrack to the animated film I - Despicable Me 2 and was later released as a single. .
History
Happy was written, produced and recorded by Williams. The backing vocals contributed Rhea Dummett, Trevon Henderson, Ashley L. Lee, Shamika Hightower, Jasmine Murray and Terrence in role. The editing and arrangement took Andrew Coleman and Mike Larson, who then took up the piece with the support of Matthew Desrameaux Circle House Studios in Miami. The song was later mixed by Leslie Brathwaite at the Music Box Studios in Atlanta.
First published in June 2013, it was on the soundtrack to the film I - Despicable Me 2 The single then released in November 2013, and included the instrumental version of the song.
Composition
The scale in the neo-soul style composition with their highly syncopated melody revolves around a few key chords and alternates here between the keys of F minor and F major. Through the Blue Note -heavy melody of the exchange of keys is so cleverly prepared, that the transition from tonal center in F ( verse ) to the chord D flat major ( chorus ) is not experienced as particularly erratic. The final chord of F major in the chorus causes a lightening in the sense of the Picardy third ( major end in a minor composition), an effect that emphasizes the positive mood of the piece.
The piece consists of three molded parts ( verse, chorus, C- section) in which the value held in eighths Gossip predominantly percussive rhythm of the applied C- section takes up the invitation contained in the text " Clap Along" ( " gossip "). Particularly striking in the chorus is the juxtaposition of an interpreted by the choir descending chord progression and the melody sung by Pharrell Williams, which revolves very sparingly a few notes in the pentatonic pitch space.
Music Video
Along with the single release was the site 24hoursofhappy.com live that " the first 24- hour music video in the world" shows his own words. The video consists of four minute segments in which different people dancing to the music. The special thing here is that the scenes are so behind the other cut so that the impression is created that the next person would start at the place to dance where the previous person left off and thus a 24 -hour circular route through the city. In addition to numerous unknown persons also occur Williams (at the beginning of every hour ), as well as Odd Future ( 1:48 PM), Steve Carell ( 5:08 PM), Jamie Foxx ( 5:28 PM), Ana Ortiz ( 5:32 PM), Miranda Cosgrove ( 5:40 PM), JoJo ( 6:16 PM), Kelly Osbourne ( 1:28 AM), Magic Johnson ( 5:36 AM), Sérgio Mendes ( 10:32 AM) and Jimmy Kimmel ( 11: 48 AM) in the video. The Minions from the movie I - Despicable Me 2 have brief appearances in the video. The user can even jump to the different segments. In addition, a four-minute version of the video appeared on YouTube. The video has many people around the world inspired to set their own films on YouTube that show to " Happy" dancing people on the streets of different cities.
Tracklist
Charts
The single was able to reach the charts in several countries, including No. 1 positions in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary.