(Yeah) No offense to you, don't waste your time (Yeah) Well, I should probably warn you I'll be just fine (Yeah) Well, give me all you got, and don't hold it back Here come bad news, talking this and that With the air, like I don't care baby by the wayĬlap along if you feel like a room without a roofĬlap along if you feel like happiness is the truthĬlap along if you know what happiness is to youĬlap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space Sunshine she's here, you can take a break Watch: New Singing Lesson Videos Can Make Anyone A Great Singer It might seem crazy what I'm 'bout to say A live rendition of the song won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. 1 in the UK on a record-setting three separate occasions and became the most downloaded song of all time in the UK in September 2014 it is the eighth highest-selling single of all time in the country. It was the best-selling song of 2014 in the United States with 6.45 million copies sold for the year, as well as in the United Kingdom with 1.5 million copies sold for the year. 1 in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and 19 other countries. The song has been highly successful, peaking at No. "Happy" is an uptempo soul and neo soul song on which Williams's falsetto voice has been compared to Curtis Mayfield by critics. The song also served as the lead single from Williams' second studio album, Girl (2014).
The song was reissued on December 16, 2013, by Back Lot Music under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music. The song was first released on November 21, 2013, alongside a long-form music video. "Happy" is a song written, produced, and performed by American singer Pharrell Williams, released as the first and only single from the soundtrack album for the film Despicable Me 2 (2013).