Pharrell Says He Wrote Ten Versions Of "Happy"

Appearing as a guest on Good Morning America recently, Pharrell explained writing nine versions of his recent song “Happy” before arriving at a final version with the tenth. During the show the producer/singer also performed the hit for an audience in Times Square.

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“It was actually nine versions before I got to the tenth,” he said. “That’s when I had to ask myself, one more time, for the last time, I got to point zero, and I just said to myself, ‘How do you make a song about a guy who is so happy and relentless in doing so?’ That’s when I realized that the answer had been sleeping in the question all along.”. 'Happy' is the multi-award winning sound-track to the movie Despicable Me-2