"Happy" by Pharrell Williams is featured on Just Dance 2015, Just Dance Now, 舞力全开2015, and Just Dance Unlimited.
Appearance of the Dancers
Classic
The classic dancer is a man wearing an amaranth purple colored hat, a pair of light blue sunglasses, a yellow sweatshirt with a big black smiley face on it, under that, an amaranth purple shirt with its end shown underneath the sweatshirt, a pair of dark aqua pants which match his dark aqua colored glove and lastly, a pair of amaranth purple shoes.
Backup Dancers
The two males that appear in the background towards the start of the song are wearing boxes on their heads. They are blue and highly detailed. They are wearing jackets. They look similar to Video Killed the Radio Star.
There are also two girls wearing pink jackets and have pineapples on their shirts. One of the girl's hair is poofy and resembles the Ghostbusters sweat version. The other one looks similar to American Girl and Mr. Saxobeat, in style of hair.
The panda from C'mon makes a reappearance. However, he looks different this time. He is wearing a red/yellow headband, a radio around his neck, and red sneakers.
Sing Along
P1
P1 is the lead dancer. His outfit is mainly black - he has a black jacket with a pocket, black pants and gray shoes. His shirt is white and he has a black tie.
P2/P3
P2 and P3 are the backup dancers. They are male. They have a short-sleeved white shirt, black bowtie and buttoned gray vest. They also wear black pants with gray sneakers. P2 is clean-shaven whereas P3 has a beard.
Background
Classic
The background consists of real life shots (akin to Gentleman) with some animated effects. The real life shots are mostly a school hallway, the underneath of a concrete bridge, a residential area and a pool. There are various backup dancers dancing along to the song (see above for background dancers).
Sing Along
The Sing Along background is the same as Starships’ Charleston Mode's background, aside from two microphones which have been planted for the dancers.
Gold Moves
Classic
There are 3 Gold Moves in the Classic routine, all of which are the same:
All Gold Moves: Clap once with both of your hands while walking to the left.
Sing Along
There are 3 Gold Moves for P1 and 2 Gold Moves for P2 and P3 (both of which are the same) in the Sing Along routine:
Gold Moves 1 and 2 (P1): Straighten your shirt.
Gold Move 3 (P1): Point to the sky.
Both Gold Moves (P2 and P3): Push away.
Community Remix
Happy is the first song to have a Community Remix. The full remix was shown at the Ubisoft live stream. Just Dance sent about 15 people the full choreography for the people to send to Just Dance so that his/her part gets featured.
The following are featured:
- Carl_Natassia [USA]
- JennySmilez [Australia]
- MonoFreind6 [UK]
- Party2Rock [USA]
- Dancelicious77 [USA]
- Melanie1988 [Belgium]
- XXJohnXX [USA]
- Hermanitas [Mexico]
- ALEXANGEL96 [USA]
- SHOWT1M3 [Belgium]
- MAXPOWER999 [Canada]
- HappyJENNY [USA]
- FaTCaT [France]
- BLUEBIRD606 [USA]
- ALIC14 [USA]
- ESTRELLITA [Spain]
- Sammy3 [Italy]
- JUSTROX [USA]
- Mo Chocolate [USA]
- 1MORERABBID [Ubisoft]
Captions
Happy appears in Party Master Modes. Here are the captions attributed to the dance moves:
- Happy Pushes
- Jump Of Joy
Dance Quests
Happy appears in the following Dance Quest maps:
- Ring
Appearances in Playlists
Happy is featured in the following playlists:
Classic
Just Dance 2019
- Happy Vibes
- Hey Handsome
- Put a Lid on It
Just Dance Now
- Recommended For You
- Happy Holidays!
- Just Dance Billboard!
- Your First Dance
- Hall of Fame
- All Songs F-J
Just Dance Unlimited
- Easy Peasy Party
- Hall of Fame
- Unlimited F-J
Sing-Along Version
Just Dance Now
- All Songs F-J
Just Dance Unlimited
- Trios
- Just Dance 2015
- Unlimited F-J
Trivia
General
- Happy is the third song by Pharrell Williams in the Just Dance series.
- It counts as his fifth appearance in the entire franchise, after Despicable Me (Just Dance Kids 2) and Drop It Like It’s Hot (The Hip Hop Dance Experience).
- Happy was the first song to be confirmed for Just Dance 2015.
- The second bridge and the final chorus of the song are removed in-game.
- Ubisoft used to tease a game before its confirmation by pictures being shadows of dancers, in which a link was added with them. Clicking the link would redirect to the official Just Dance game site. Every link had a marker; the link from the teasing picture of this song had this one: ?utm_campaign=dm_9Jun2014_jd2015_e3trackteasehappy; the end of this marker leaked the track.
- Happy was used for the official Just Dance 2015 trailer.
- Happy is one of the songs selected for the Just Dance 2015 World Cup.[6]
Classic
- The backup choir was inspired by some scenes in the music video.
- The panda from C'mon and Timber appears in the background.
- During the second verse, the left back-up dancer does not have painted legs, unlike his arms.
- The background for the routine was used in the teaser trailer "#June9 - Just Dance".
- A few days prior to Just Dance 2015’s release, Happy was available on Just Dance Now for one week.
- This makes Happy the third routine in the history of Just Dance to appear in Just Dance Now before the game launch, after Movement is Happiness (Find Your Thing) and India Waale.
- However, it was removed after that short period. It was re-added nearly 8 months later, on April 17, 2015.
- This makes Happy the routine with the second-longest time gap between its removal from Just Dance Now and its re-release, the first being American Girl (which debuted on October 16, 2014 and returned on June 5, 2015).[7]
- However, it was removed after that short period. It was re-added nearly 8 months later, on April 17, 2015.
- This makes Happy the third routine in the history of Just Dance to appear in Just Dance Now before the game launch, after Movement is Happiness (Find Your Thing) and India Waale.
- On the PAL cover of Just Dance 2015, the coach’s shirt is shinier than in the actual gameplay.
- On June 15, 2016, Happy was free on Just Dance Now in commemoration of Smile Power Day.[8]
- The coach could be seen in the Beta icons of some cups in Dance Quests.
- The coach’s jumper is worn in Natoo’s music video for Je sais pas danser.
- A sticker of the coach can be unlocked in Just Dance 2020 by dancing to Talk three times.
- The classic coach makes an appearance in the trailer for Just Dance Unlimited,
Sing-Along
- Happy (Sing-Along) and The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) are the second and third Trio routines in which the lead dancer has more Gold Moves, after #thatPOWER (On-Stage).
- It is the second Alternate routine where this happens.
- Happy (Sing-Along) is the only Trio routine where the lead coach is P1 rather than P2.
- Happy (Sing-Along), along with One Thing in Just Dance 4, are the only non-solo routines post-Just Dance 2 where the arrows and props are the color of the coaches’ gloves instead of the main pictogram color.
- The background has been reused from Starships (Charleston), with minor variations.
- By a vote to see which new alternate gameplay would be unveiled, Happy (Sing-Along) assumedly came second to I Love It (Guards Dance).
- In Just Dance 2015, on all consoles that support up to 4 players, two people can select P1 while only one can choose P2 or P3 (unlike regular Trios, where P2 has two usable slots and the other two coaches have one each).
- This is not the case in Just Dance Unlimited.
- When Happy (Sing-Along) was first added to Just Dance Now, there was an error where the "- ALTERNATE" was absent from the song name. The routine was later removed and re-added ten minutes later with "- ALTERNATE" being present.
- Also, before the song was removed, the preview audio originally played the first verse; however, it was changed to the second chorus before the bridge.
Community Remix
- Happy’s Community Remix is the only one that does not require an internet connection.
- This is because it is built into the game disc.
VIP
- Richy Jackson does mildly different moves than in the original routine. The ending pose differs, too.
- However, the game uses the score detection files from the Classic routine, so players have to perform the correct moves to gain points in spite of Jackson’s mistakes.
Gallery
Game Files
In-Game Screenshots
Promotional Images
Behind the Scenes
Beta Elements
Others
Videos
Official Music Video
Gameplays
Classic
Sing Along
Community Remix
Extractions
References
- ↑ https://youtu.be/9W3TTpA6Mw4?t=6m16s
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:Happy ConceptArt BackgroundDancers.jpeg
- ↑ https://youtu.be/PFgGtFvb8Qo?t=3m41s
- ↑ https://youtu.be/PFgGtFvb8Qo?t=5m10s
- ↑ https://youtu.be/x93AjuLNPdE?t=2m45s
- ↑ http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/news/list-of-songs-for-the-2015-selections/VafUwh0AAB8AEQ7T
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-xZ_dXkHGg&feature=youtu.be&t=34m57s
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/justdancegame/videos/809102765891842/
- ↑ https://v.youku.com/pad_show/id_XMTI5NzczNTgwNA==.html?spm=a2hzp.8253869.0.0&source=https%3A%2F%2Fi.youku.com%2Fi%2FUMTQ1NDQ4Njg3Mg%3D%3D%2Fvideos%3Fspm%3Da2hzp.8253869.0.0%26order%3D1%26page%3D3%26last_item%3D%26last_pn%3D2%26last_vid%3D345831575
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