--- title: Video: Pharrell Happy Parody by Deaf Film Camp Singers description: Deaf singers perform Happy by Pharrell in amazing viral video canonical: https://time.com/3174285/pharrell-happy-video-by-deaf-film-camp/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-25T19:22:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:43.775Z og:title: Video: Pharrell Happy Parody by Deaf Film Camp Singers og:description: This video gives new meaning to the term "happy campers." og:url: https://time.com/3174285/pharrell-happy-video-by-deaf-film-camp/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Video: Pharrell Happy Parody by Deaf Film Camp Singers twitter:description: This video gives new meaning to the term "happy campers." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Get "Happy" With This American Sign Language Performance of Pharrell’s Hit Song by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 25, 2014 7:22 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 25, 2014 7:22 PM UTC Pharrell’s “Happy” is the song that keeps on giving (and giving and giving and giving). Whether it’s watching[ adorable kids dance](http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/24/get-happy-watching-these-adorable-kids-dance-to-pharrells-happy/) to the catchy tune, listening to an [acoustic version](http://time.com/37807/acoustic-cover-pharrells-happy/), checking out the [full choir treatment ](http://time.com/28444/watch-an-adorable-childrens-choir-perform-pharrells-happy/)of the track or watching [Weird Al Yankovic’s take on it](http://time.com/2982351/weird-al-yankovic-tacky-pharrell-happy/), it’s hard not to smile when you hear the song, no matter how many times you’ve heard it. While a “Happy” overdose may be setting in, there’s one more take on the chipper tune that you’re going to want to check out. In a new video [posted to YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGgGvW2WaUuLyXCPZmz4ueg), campers and staff from the 2014 Deaf Film Camp put a new spin on the song by performing it in American Sign Language (ASL). Produced by campers and staff at Deaf Film Camp — a [two-week summer program ](http://www.deaffilmcamp.com/)for deaf and hard-of-hearing teens interested in filmmaking — their joyful take on the song gives new meaning to the term “happy campers.” **MORE**: [The 2014 VMAs: The Good, the Bad, the Beyoncé](http://time.com/3169492/vmas-2014-recap-best-moments-highlights/) **MORE**: [Let’s Go Crazy: Prince to Release Two New Albums In September](http://time.com/3173696/prince-new-music-two-albums/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3174285/pharrell-happy-video-by-deaf-film-camp/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3174285/pharrell-happy-video-by-deaf-film-camp/"},"headline":"Get \"Happy\" With This American Sign Language Performance of Pharrell’s Hit Song","datePublished":"2014-08-25T19:22:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:43.775Z","description":"This video gives new meaning to the term \"happy campers.\"","url":"https://time.com/3174285/pharrell-happy-video-by-deaf-film-camp/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","viral","Videos","Pharrell","Viral Videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3174285/pharrell-happy-video-by-deaf-film-camp/","name":"Get \"Happy\" With This American Sign Language Performance of Pharrell’s Hit Song"}}]}] ```