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Watch Kenwood Academy Get Down To Pharrell Williams's 'Happy'

By Jon Graef in Arts & Entertainment on Mar 15, 2014 6:45PM

Pharrell Williams's cool blast of Outkast-lite pop, "Happy," has dominated the charts to the degree that the mere mention of it may make more curmudgeonly music fans, well, grumpy. But the tune's inherently infectious nature got the better of Chicago's Kenwood Academy, who made a video of teachers, students, and even mascots, getting down to the ubiquitous hit from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack.

Like Britt Julious says
, it's awesome Chicago kids and teachers being awesome. Give in to the "Happy":

Here's a Star Wars take on the song, which we posted yesterday.

[h/t Britt Julious]