This Happy Harare parody video is going viral

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flying-happyNeed a dose of happiness? If this Happy parody won’t do it, we don’t know what will. And if the views are anything to go by, it’s sure has Zimbabweans every happy to click and watch Harare being happy! Published on YouTube just yesterday, the video already has 12,433  13,539 views (in the time I took to watch it and write this article it’s added another 1,000 views).

We may be wrong, but as far as we can tell this is the most viral Zimbabwean video ever posted to YouTube. if you know any other, educate us in the comments!

The video is a parody of Pharrell Williams’s cheerful and catchy “Happy”. The song has been parodied world over by ordinary people who then post the videos to YouTube. This local parody was made by URBANSPACE and Media Matrix, a local film production company.

Here’s the video:

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31 comments

  1. Godwin Thierry Chiparaushe

    Nice video!

  2. Kashrax

    Mbichana Boys – Mbichana Mvura Got 39,223 Views and their other videos did very well too.. So it does beat Happy Harare but that can change in just a few hours if it really goes viral

    1. DrThinkingAloud

      Mbichana Boys, its 39,237 after 2 years. Pah Chihera’s Runonzi Rudo stands at 322,439 after 8 months. But from the rate at which this video is being viewed. I foresee it surpassing Runonzi Rudo soon.

      1. L.S.M. Kabweza

        Wow, Runonzi Rudo is impressive!

  3. Drogo

    The best video from local content even though song parodies have existed for centuries in one form or another. I noticed when watching youtube videos they look super choppy and bad. I know its not my graphics card. Is there a way to fix this?

  4. Aurther

    Refreshingly nice!

  5. Zaniest

    i think it has gone viral coz various Zim websites shared it, iharare and nehanda radio and tv and of course techzim

    1. Taivante

      thats the definition of viral

      1. Zaniest

        ok,lemme rephrase to say whats aiding its virality is the numerous shares by bla bla

        1. tinm@n

          Which is even more of what going viral is

          1. Zaniest

            so whats the fuck are u tryina say?that i am stupid?

            1. tinm@n

              Just defining viral.. not your stupidity

              1. Zaniest

                ok, but you think I am stupid right?

              2. Gweja

                kkkkkkk. Relax man. its just a video!

              3. Ngaphansi Kweshlahla somabrosi

                lol, you really just made me laugh, you should have been in that video , ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!

              4. Zaniest

                😀 …..

              5. L.S.M. Kabweza

                dude, u made my day!

              6. Zaniest

                kkkkkk,basa is stressing soul, u know how it is, kumboshaudhana neshamwari dzeu pano patechzim zvinotibatsira kubvisa stress

              7. tinm@n

                zvakakuomera iwe

              8. Nyasha

                Tim i like your calmness in such a situation…

  6. Nigel Kudzi Kwenda

    nyc

  7. Sadombo

    nice hahaha

  8. SaQe

    At least something to smile about

  9. GeeZee

    Apa vakagona. Ha ha ha.
    Next time add a policeman and a soldier. lol

  10. Magneto

    Nice video… although we may need to have a serious debate about the threshhold we can call a video “viral”…. 🙂

    1. beatnyama

      This falls very nicely within the definition of viral. It has been shared across a number of platforms, blogs and websites. Its views have jumped from literally 0 to 85grand is 4 days

      As defined by the big G
      A viral video is a video that was created and becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media and email.

      1. L.S.M. Kabweza

        not forgetting all those WhatsApp shares!

  11. Muti

    This made me happy.

  12. sinclair

    shamelessly funny and goodhearted. Well done, put a fat smile on the face of me and the family!

  13. Shameem

    I love it only disappointed that we didn’t get a chance to dance too.

  14. eah

    Harare, so beautiful, great video!

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