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# Get "Happy" With This American Sign Language Performance of Pharrell’s Hit Song

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## 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.”

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