--- title: International Happiness Day: Dancing to Pharrell's Happy Around World description: The Grammy-winning artist partnered with the UN to commemorate the day and select his favorite "Happy"-themed videos canonical: https://time.com/31956/international-happiness-day-pharrell-dances/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-20T19:27:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:07:59.595Z og:title: Watch People From Around the World Celebrate Happiness Day by Dancing to Pharrell's "Happy" og:description: The Grammy-winning artist partnered with the UN to commemorate the day and select his favorite "Happy"-themed videos og:url: https://time.com/31956/international-happiness-day-pharrell-dances/ 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: Watch People From Around the World Celebrate Happiness Day by Dancing to Pharrell's "Happy" twitter:description: The Grammy-winning artist partnered with the UN to commemorate the day and select his favorite "Happy"-themed videos twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Everyone Everywhere Is Celebrating International Happiness Day By Dancing to Pharrell's 'Happy' by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 20, 2014 7:27 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 20, 2014 7:27 PM CUT There are plenty of [reasons not to celebrate International Happiness Day](http://time.com/31852/international-happiness-day/ "undefined"), such as the ongoing crises in Syria and Afghanistan, or the fact that they made _Home Alone_ sequels that didn’t feature Macaulay Culkin. But one person who did decide to commemorate the holiday is, naturally, Pharrell, since he sings a very popular song called “Happy.” The Grammy winner partnered with the United Nations — which [declared](http://www.un.org/en/events/happinessday/ "undefined") today, March 20, the second annual International Day of Happiness — to encourage people around the world to share videos of themselves dancing to “Happy.” Pharrell sorted through the submissions, all tagged with the hashtag #HAPPYDAY, and today, he’s sharing them on his website, [24 Hours of Happiness.](http://24hoursofhappiness.com/ "undefined") At noon in each time zone, he’s been highlighting the best submissions from that area. Watch above to see dances in Hong Kong, Sydney, Paris and more. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/31956/international-happiness-day-pharrell-dances/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/31956/international-happiness-day-pharrell-dances/"},"headline":"Everyone Everywhere Is Celebrating International Happiness Day By Dancing to Pharrell's 'Happy'","datePublished":"2014-03-20T19:27:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:59.595Z","description":"The Grammy-winning artist partnered with the UN to commemorate the day and select his favorite \"Happy\"-themed videos","url":"https://time.com/31956/international-happiness-day-pharrell-dances/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Hong Kong topic","Happiness","World","video","Pharrell","Happy","paris","sydney","Good News"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"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/31956/international-happiness-day-pharrell-dances/","name":"Everyone Everywhere Is Celebrating International Happiness Day By Dancing to Pharrell's 'Happy'"}}]}] ```