White Middle School in Carson, California. Among the other participants are the Orange Crush All-Stars cheerleading squad from Orange County, California, a marching band from Fountain Valley High School in Fountain Valley California, and a drill team from Stephen M. Gwen Stefani's Harajuku Girls dancers are featured in the clip.
The accompanying music video was directed by Paul Hunter and filmed in the Van Nuys and Reseda neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
It reached #8 in the UK and top 10 in many other countries. "Hollaback Girl" became a #1 pop smash in the US and earned a Grammy Award nomination for Record Of the Year. Ultimately she decided the song felt right. While writing "Hollaback Girl" with Pharrell Williams, Gwen Stefani initially worried that fans of her group No Doubt might be disturbed by this musical change of direction. Gwen Stefani never revealed a specific interpretation for the meaning of the title of the song. "Hollaback Girl" originated with a comment made by Hole's Courtney Love in an interview for Seventeen magazine where she referred to Gwen Stefani as a "cheerleader." Gwen Stefani's response was to be a cheerleader in song and, "rule the whole world." The song was created to deliberately express an attitude. Written by Gwen Stefani, Pharrell Williams, and Chad Hugo It won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video. The official four-minute edited version of the music video earned a nomination for Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards. Among the celebrities appearing are Jimmy Kimmel, Magic Johnson, Jamie Foxx, and Kelly Osbourne. Pharrell Williams appears 24 times at the start of each hour. The four-minute song is repeated 360 times in the 24 hours of film. Pharrell Williams created a unique 24-hour music video for "Happy." It was directed by the French team We Are From LA and included Yoann Lemoine, known for work with Lana Del Rey and Katy Perry, as creative director. In September 2014 "Happy" became the most downloaded song of all time in the UK. "Happy" reached #14 on the dance club chart and topped the R&B singles chart. It was also a success across other charts reaching #1 at both adult pop and adult contemporary radio. "Happy" is included on Pharrell Williams' second solo album Girl. It earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song and a live recording of "Happy" won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance. "Happy" from the second film touched a chord in listeners and turned into Pharrell Williams' first #1 pop hit in the US as the lead artist. However, Green's label Elektra elected to cancel the release of the recording so that it didn't compete with Cee-Lo Green's Christmas album Cee-Lo's Magic Moment. He originally wrote "Happy" for Cee-Lo Green and likes the Cee-Lo recording better than his own. Pharrell Williams wrote songs included on the soundtracks for both animated films Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2.
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