"song that Williams sings in a falsetto tone. ""Come Get It Bae"", which features uncredited guest vocals from Miley Cyrus, is a funk song with playful beat. Lyrically, the song is based around sex and the metaphor ""You want to ride my motorcycle?"" serving as a double entendre for sex. ""Happy"" was first released on November 21, 2013, the song was originally written for and included on the ""Despicable Me 2"" soundtrack. The song was reissued on December 16, 2013, as the album's lead single. On November 24, Williams released the first 24-hour music video for ""Happy"". Guest appearances included"
"Epic (2013 film) Epic (stylized as epic) is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated action-adventure film loosely based on William Joyce's children's book ""The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs"". It was produced by Blue Sky Studios, written by William Joyce, James V. Hart, Daniel Shere, Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember and directed by Chris Wedge, the director of ""Ice Age"" (2002) and ""Robots"" (2005). The film stars the voices of Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Christoph Waltz, Aziz Ansari, Chris O'Dowd, Pitbull, Jason Sudeikis, Steven Tyler, and Beyoncé Knowles. The film was released on May 24, 2013,"
"release, Rob Stringer, Chairman of Columbia Records, said ""When we excitedly partnered with Pharrell in January of this year, we felt it was his time again. Since then, 'Blurred Lines' and 'Get Lucky' have defined pop music in 2013, and now we are preparing to launch Pharrell as a global solo superstar in 2014. 'Happy' is just the beginning."" Williams originally wrote the song for CeeLo Green and felt Green's recording of the song was better, but Elektra Records, Green's record label, decided against it since he was on the verge of releasing his Christmas album, ""Cee Lo's Magic Moment""."
"The Happy Elf The Happy Elf is a 3D-animated family holiday special, which first aired December 2, 2005 on the NBC television network in the USA. Based on Grammy-winner Harry Connick, Jr.’s original song, ""The Happy Elf"". Production on the special is by Film Roman, an IDT Entertainment company, the same animation company known for producing ""The Simpsons"". Eubie the Elf (Rob Paulsen) loves working in Santa Claus' workshop up at the North Pole, despite the other elves' complaints about being annoyed by his overly happy personality. One Christmas Eve morning, Eubie's boss, Norbert, assigns him to checking the naughty"
"Flying Daggers"", ""Planet of the Apes"", ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"", ""World Trade Center"", ""Fool's Gold"", ""300"", ""Knowing"", ""Australia"", ""Sucker Punch"" and most recently ""The Great Gatsby"". In 2002, Animal Logic began work on its first computer-animated feature film, the Academy Award-winning ""Happy Feet"", for director George Miller. Released in the United States on 17 November 2006, the project saw the company expand significantly, recruiting up to 300 artists and technicians from Australia and around the world. ""Happy Feet"", which was the first computer animated feature film produced in Australia, went on to win the Academy Award for"
"during an October 2015 Rifftrax Live event. Y.K. Kim, speaking with ""Paste"", appreciated that the Rifftrax event brought the film to movie screens again, even if they would make fun of it, and planned to watch the event himself. ""Miami Connection"" is referenced in the music video to Pharrell Williams's #1 hit song ""Happy"" (2014), where the first dancer is seen sporting a ""Dragon Sound"" cutoff tee. In 2017 the film was the subject of a live episode of the comedy podcast ""How Did This Get Made?"" that was later published on their website on September 15, 2017. Miami Connection"
"(as well as ""I Just Can't Be Happy Today"") on the BBC2 television show ""The Old Grey Whistle Test"" in 1979. The song appeared in the console-based game """" as a track from the 1978 era. All songs written by Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward. The song was covered by Die Toten Hosen for the 1991 cover album ""Learning English, Lesson One"". In 1995, The Offspring covered the song for the soundtrack to the film ""Batman Forever"" and it was also released as a single. The song peaked on No. 16 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 47"
"Award for Best Original Song. A live rendition of the song won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. The music video for ""Happy"" was nominated for Best Male Video and Video of the Year at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. It also won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. The song was ""Billboard""s number-one single for 2014. ""Happy"" was the most successful song of 2014, with 13.9 million units (sales plus equivalent streams) worldwide. Williams provided vocals for French duo Daft Punk's 2013 album"
"Happy Feet Happy Feet is a 2006 Australian-American computer-animated musical family comedy film directed, produced, and co-written by George Miller. It stars Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, and E.G. Daily. It was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, and Kingdom Feature Productions, and was released in North American theaters on November 17, 2006. It is the first animated film produced by Kennedy Miller and Animal Logic. Though primarily an animated film, the film does incorporate motion capture of live action humans in certain"
"""Happy"" from the ""Despicable Me 2"" soundtrack. ""Happy"" has since become one of the best-selling singles of all time, having sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. It is also the most downloaded song in the United Kingdom, with over 1.65 million copies sold. On March 4, 2014, Williams released his second studio album ""Girl"", which includes the singles ""Happy"", ""Marilyn Monroe"", ""Come Get It Bae"" and ""Gust of Wind"". Pharrell Williams discography The discography of Pharrell Williams, an American recording artist and record producer, consists of two studio albums, two extended plays (EPs), one mixtape, 46 singles (including 38"
"March 2010 at the Drayton Manor Theme Park. Other locations included Sea World (2010–2011), Shedd Aquarium (2010–2012), Moody Gardens (2010–2011), Nickelodeon Suites Resort, and Adventure Aquarium. Happy Feet Happy Feet is a 2006 Australian-American computer-animated musical family comedy film directed, produced, and co-written by George Miller. It stars Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, and E.G. Daily. It was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, and Kingdom Feature Productions, and was released in North American theaters on November 17, 2006. It is the first"
"minions dance in a movie theatre that is playing the scene from ""Despicable Me 2"" in which ""Happy"" appears. A lone, one-eyed minion also appears dancing to song in its entirety at 4:40 pm. An official four-minute edit of the video was also released onto YouTube on November 21, 2013, and has had over 1 billion views. It was nominated for Best Male Video and Video of the Year at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. The 24-hour music video for ""Happy"" was also projected at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema in April 2014. The original video"
"music was composed and orchestrated by Bruno Coulais (composer of ""Coraline"" and ""Song of the Sea""). The soundtrack also contains “Happy” written and performed by C2C and Derek Martin. The soundtrack was released on October 16, 2015. It made its première at Forum des images on 6 December 2014. It made its North American premiere at the New York International Children's Film Festival on 14 March 2015. The film was part of the official selection at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in 2015. The film was released in cinemas in France on 14 October 2015 by Paramount Pictures. In"
"in Scranton, Pennsylvania produced and premiered the final illustrative staging of the musical on December 19, 2014 for a two-week run prior to its publication. http://articles.mcall.com/2012-11-30/entertainment/mc-harry-connick-pennsylvania-youth-theater-bethle-20121129_1_happy-elf-harry-connick-cool-idea The Happy Elf The Happy Elf is a 3D-animated family holiday special, which first aired December 2, 2005 on the NBC television network in the USA. Based on Grammy-winner Harry Connick, Jr.’s original song, ""The Happy Elf"". Production on the special is by Film Roman, an IDT Entertainment company, the same animation company known for producing ""The Simpsons"". Eubie the Elf (Rob Paulsen) loves working in Santa Claus' workshop up at the North Pole,"
"July 2013, only 137 singles in UK chart history had achieved one million sales in the UK - that month Williams scored two million-sellers with ""Get Lucky"" and ""Blurred Lines"". In November 2013, Williams released the first 24-hour music video to his ""Despicable Me 2"" collaboration song, ""Happy"". Guest appearances included Magic Johnson, Steve Carell, Jimmy Kimmel, Jamie Foxx, Steve Martin, Odd Future, Miranda Cosgrove, Janelle Monáe, and many others. In December 2013, a press release from Columbia Records announced that Williams had signed a contract with the label and would be releasing an album in 2014, featuring the single"
"2013 World festival of animated film Animafest Zagreb and was screened as the opening film. The film was released in the United States in 2013 by GKIDS. There is also an English dub that was released on 28 February 2014, with the voices of Forest Whitaker, Mackenzie Foy, Lauren Bacall, Paul Giamatti, William H. Macy, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman and Jeffrey Wright. The film received widespread critical acclaim, and became the first animated film to win the Magritte Award for Best Film. It was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 86th Academy Awards but it lost to Disney's ""Frozen""."
"internet meme where it is played simultaneously with the instrumental of another song. Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! is a 2012 American direct-to-DVD family comedy film directed by Lev L. Spiro. It is the third and final installment of the ""Beverly Hills Chihuahua"" series, and stars George Lopez, Odette Annable and Logan Grove. The film focuses on Papi, Chloe and the puppies moving to a hotel. Pedro finds love when he falls head over heels for Charlotte. The film was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on September 18, 2012"
"addition to cover versions, the song has also been employed in various film and television soundtracks. The 1991 film ""Earth Angel"" was named after the song. The song has been used in the television series ""Happy Days"". It was featured prominently in the film ""Back to the Future"" (performed by Harry Waters Jr. as Marvin Berry & The Starlighters), as well as ""Superman III"" and ""The Karate Kid Part II"". It is also used in the jukebox musical ""Jersey Boys"", a musical about the rock band The Four Seasons. Australian group Human Nature covered the song on their 2014 album"
"were also reprised on the soundtrack - ""Despicable Me"" and ""Fun, Fun, Fun"". In March 2013, Williams appeared alongside T.I. on Robin Thicke's hit single ""Blurred Lines"". The song has been a worldwide hit, has peaked at number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and has also reached number one in 13 more countries including the United Kingdom and Germany, making it Williams' third ""Billboard"" Hot 100 number one single. On June 29, 2013, he became the 12th artist in the chart's history to simultaneously hold the number one and two positions (with ""Blurred Lines"" and ""Get Lucky"", respectively). By"
"and , reached 129 on the Gaon Singles Chart being downloaded 14,000 times, while the reprise version peaked at 192 with 8,000 downloads. Since 2013, some local TV stations and independent studios have been dubbing the movie in their local languages, creating some unofficial dubs. Namely: Albanian, Arabic TV, Karachay-Balkar, Persian and Tagalog. Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel performed both songs together at the Vibrato Grill Jazz Club in Los Angeles to celebrate the film. For the First Time in Forever ""For the First Time in Forever"" is a song from Disney's 2013 animated feature film ""Frozen"", with music and"
"to 2018, as well as adding other Hasbro properties such as ""Transformers"". A twelve-track soundtrack, ""Friendship Is Magic: Songs of Friendship and Magic (Music from the Original TV Series)"", was released on iTunes on December 6, 2013, featuring select songs from the first and second seasons of the show. An eleven-track soundtrack, ""Friendship Is Magic: Songs of Ponyville (Music from the Original TV Series)"", was released on iTunes on April 21, 2014, featuring select songs from the third and fourth seasons of the show. A ten-track soundtrack, ""Friendship Is Magic: Songs of Harmony"", was released on iTunes on April 13,"
"animated space. The track amassed over half a million views in a day. As of July 2017 Happy has amassed over 3.8 million YouTube views. On December 18, an acoustic video for ""Happy"" was released. The video features Diamandis dressed in a gold robe, and her band, whose faces are obscured, performing the track in an infinity room lit by blue light. The video was directed by Paul Caslin, who directed all the acoustic ""Froot"" videos. The song received critical acclaim from reviewers. Bradley Stern from Idolator called the track a ""gentle, soul-searing ballad"" with an ""underlying message of hope""."
"Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 55th Grammy Awards, Best Original Song at the Satellite Awards and Best Song at the 17th Critics Choice Awards, in which two other songs from the film, ""Life's a Happy Song"" and ""Pictures in My Head"", were also nominated, with the former winning. In the film, the song is performed by Gary (Jason Segel), Walter (Peter Linz), a Muppet form of Gary (Bill Barretta), and Walter's human form (Jim Parsons). The song is a piece that reflects Gary and Walter questioning what their true identities are. Through the course of the film,"
"a double A-side single on March 20, 2013. It reached number 24 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. The film's original soundtrack, containing 43 tracks, was released on March 27, 2013. Due to licensing agreements, the international editions of the film use English-language versions of Flow's ""Cha-La Head-Cha-La"" and ""Hero ~Song of Hope~"". The music to the trailers in Japan was composed by Immediate Music whom specialize in providing trailer music for films, such as ""Avatar"", the ""Matrix"" films and the ""Harry Potter"" films. The trailers use the pieces ""Prologue to Conquest"" (Trailerhead: NU EPIQ) and ""Emergence of Empires"" (Trailerhead:"
"the single ""Happy"" from the ""Despicable Me 2"" . For ""Happy"", Williams was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In February 2014 Major Lazer announced they would be releasing a five-track EP titled ""Apocalypse Soon"" on the 25th of that month. The EP, released via Mad Decent and Secretly Canadian, will feature Williams and Sean Paul, among others. The first single off the EP, which features Williams, is titled ""Aerosol Can"". Williams contributed a verse to Future's February 2014 single ""Move That Dope"", which also featured Pusha T and Casino over production from Mike Will Made It."
"album for the film, released on June 18, 2013 through Back Lot Music. The original music was composed by Heitor Pereira and Pharrell Williams. The album was promoted by the highly successful single ""Happy"" performed by Williams. ""Despicable Me 2"" received positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 74% approval rating with an average rating of 6.7/10 based on 177 reviews. The website's consensus reads, """"Despicable Me 2"" offers plenty of eye-popping visual inventiveness and a number of big laughs."" Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating from mainstream critics, gave the film"
"the artist Patrick Nagel. The video featured the leading supermodels and leading dancers that he met while visiting the Kentucky Derby (Karen Aubrey McElfresh, Kim Jones and Cheryl Day); Donovan's lighting and direction set the style for that era of music videos. ""Simply Irresistible"" later appeared in the 1999 Tony Award-winning musical ""Contact"". It later featured in the 2000 cult drama picture ""American Psycho"". The song was recently used in the 2013 animated special ""Madly Madagascar ""and in the video game ""Saints Row IV"", as well as the show ""Happy Endings"". Simply Irresistible (song) ""Simply Irresistible"" is the first single"
"is our people's right. We shouldn't be too hard on behaviours caused by joy."" The dancers, along with the director, were later released. It was reported on September 19, 2014 that seven of the individuals in the Iranian video had been handed suspended punishments of 91 lashes each along with jail sentences by Iranian courts. The result of the suspended sentence is that if another crime is committed in the next three years, then the punishments will be carried out. Recording Personnel !scope=""col"" colspan=""3""|Streaming Happy (Pharrell Williams song) ""Happy"" is a song written, produced, and performed by American singer Pharrell"
"for public consumption. It was omitted from the film's soundtrack album, as well as Stefani's third studio album ""This Is What the Truth Feels Like"" (2016). Critical response to ""Shine"" was mixed; some praised Stefani and Williams' chemistry, while others compared it negatively to their previous collaborations. Commentators frequently likened it to Williams' 2013 single ""Happy"" and Stefani's 2014 song ""Spark the Fire"". ""Shine"" was written by Pharrell Williams and Gwen Stefani, and produced by Williams. In November 2014, the pair announced that they were collaborating on a recording for the animated film ""Paddington"". They had previously worked together on"
"its 50th day of release, becoming Pharrell's second song in only a month to achieve that feat in Britain (the other being Daft Punk collaboration ""Get Lucky""). According to the Official Charts Company, the single became Britain's best-selling single of 2013 with sales of 1,472,681 copies. On April 21, 2014, it was announced that ""Blurred Lines"" was the most downloaded song of all time in the UK, with digital sales of more than 1.54 million, a total since surpassed by Pharrell Williams' own single ""Happy"". Its current UK sales stand at 1,630,000. On July 28, 2013, ""Blurred Lines"" broke the"
"(Promo) (Unreleased)"" Graë – ""Handle That (Promo) (Unreleased)"" (Produced By Pharrell Williams) Gwen Stefani – ""Paddington OST (November 28th)"" (Produced By Pharrell Williams) ""Spark The Fire (Promo CDS) (December 1)"" (Produced By Pharrell Williams) Hans Zimmer & The Magnificent Six – ""The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Score (April 22nd, US Soundtracks #2)"" (All Tracks Composed By Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Johnny Marr, Michael Einziger, Junkie XL, Andrew Kawczynski & Steve Mazzaroritten) Hatsune Miku – ""Jellyfish Eyes OST (April 26th 2013)"" Jennifer Hudson – ""JHUD (September 23rd, US R&B/Hip Hop #2)"" (All Tracks Produced By Pharrell Williams) ""JHUD (Japan) (September 23rd, US"
"in the chart's history to simultaneously hold the number one and two positions with ""Blurred Lines"" and ""Get Lucky"", respectively. As of July 2013 there had been only 137 singles in UK chart history to have sold more than 1 million copies; that month, Williams scored two million-sellers with ""Get Lucky"" and ""Blurred Lines"". In August 2013, Busta Rhymes talked about an unreleased ""documentary album"" by Williams where he talks about ""inner-city strife and hardship"". In November 2013, Williams released the first 24-hour music video to his ""Despicable Me 2"" collaboration song, ""Happy"". Guest appearances included Magic Johnson, Steve Carell,"
"first feature film ""Antz"". The film, released in 1998, marked the studio's first computer-animated feature film, and the second computer-animated feature film ever. He then worked as story artist on the 2001 film ""Shrek"", for which he also wrote the song ""Welcome to Duloc."" Darnell and Tom McGrath directed ""Madagascar"" in 2005 and its sequel, ""Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa"" in 2008. He was co-writer for the Christmas TV special, ""Merry Madagascar"". Darnell also co-directed """" with McGrath and Conrad Vernon, which was released on June 8, 2012. He co-directed, with Simon J. Smith, a ""Madagascar"" spin-off, titled ""Penguins of Madagascar"""