Royal Blood cover Pharrell's Happy in the Live Lounge

[@3ADWOLF]

I like the fact they changed it into their own style rather than just doing something close to the original. Also the sinister sound they have is a good contrast to the uplifting lyrics.

[@MrGrungeboy97]

The juxtaposition is really good!!

[@joaochanoca3317]

+Toma Hawk (HeavyCake) That's how you cover a song, YEAH!!!!!

[@sebastianaraya828]

Sinister, good word to describe it

[@jessemaner9906]

This is Royal Blood's song now. There's never been any Pharell, he's just a myth.

[@jacktangent]

Same. I can't believe Pharrell would steal Mike and Ben's song without credit.

[@aaaa-pf5qt]

Love both.

[@beto1580]

No.

[@ImGonnaLiveByMyRules]

Pharrell? Who’s Pharrell? Only Royal Blood here

[@Mikewiings]

jesse maner mmmmmmm idk about all that. I love this cover don’t get me wrong but you should relax with all that lolol

[@ThePlapMan]

it probably took about 15-20 people to write and produce the original version of this song yet these 2 dudes make it sound a hundred times better

[@renijomyers]

That's not really fair to Pharel (sp?). I don't like most of his songs, but he's a talented guy for sure, and writes most of his stuff by himself or with his partner from The Neptunes.

[@emersoncooper2318]

ThePlapMan SOOOO True

[@somedood6621]

Lmao hardly fair considering Pharrell is notoriously known for writing and producing his own records aswell as producing and being a co-writer on many big hits from the past decade

[@thatsme2044]

Dylan Collett He is also known for stealing mostly all of His hits

[@Badsmile2]

in fact it was just one and that what blurred lines. Pharell is a creative genious. I love Royal Blood and their version of "Happy", but there is no need to talk shit about other artists

[@Govanmauler]

First band to make me pay for an album in years

[@danielschafer4199]

Govanmauler this Comment... yeeez stupid human being!

[@alexedwards-jackson1415]

Dude for real

[@alexedwards-jackson1415]

@@danielschafer4199 not you daniel

[@moomoomilkshake619]

This is a real way to do a cover!! don't copy the original, instead twist it into something new.

[@orionp.9476]

covering exactly like the original is also fine, lol. But what they did was great.

[@willmorgan5390]

Similar to how Slaves covered shutdown by skepta

[@Fishul]

I would really love to see them cover seven nation army.

[@reklawxela123]

I rate dis

[@TheTealk007]

OfficialMuffin If I listened to that I would get a boner

[@TheTealk007]

OfficialMuffin If I listened to that I would get a boner

[@fat69]

Fuck yeah

[@griffinyoung2532]

+Stuuu art and pharrell already exists too but they still did a cover

[@Lili-wc4ku]

i firmly believed that i would always hate this song with a passion but royal blood just proved me wrong and i couldn't be happier

[@YogeshKumaryog]

This song is for people who likes sad stuff but wants to be happy.

[@redactado266]

ei: me

[@carlintorres8485]

Yogesh Kumar people like me?

[@sarahmolnar8075]

They sound like muse. The "clap along if you feel" part reminds me of supermassive blackhole. Any other muse fans here? :D

[@hanahusain8944]

Agreed, but I like them both :)

[@sarahmolnar8075]

yeah me too. And ed sheeran. :D

[@xSunnyRia]

muser here! royal blood genuinely have a lot of potential to bring back music like old muse and that makes me so happy

[@belhatemaizen7824]

xD

[@vindalooshaker]

The distorted bass is a sign from the gods.

[@Toogoodxoxo]

Hey it's the White Queens of the Muse-Age Stripes from Above 1979

[@TheTeleporter101]

TOO GOOD also known as Royal fuckin Blood!

[@prophetreimagine1967]

TOO GOOD .

[@nibblees646]

TOO GOOD

[@Oshujax21]

I'm getting a serious Queens of the Stone Age feel from this. It sounds amazing.

[@TheRyanwilko666]

I'm feeling the same thing with a twist of muse in there

[@wisdomseeker410]

omg no ur right

[@SignalsOverTheAir]

This needs to be a single ASAP. This how covers should be done, in there own original way.

[@mandyruth6313]

Royal Blood could release a whole album of nothing but covers and I'd still buy it; everything these guys touch becomes gold.

[@ThGameSystem10]

Fucking better than the original. WAAAYY BETTER!

[@TheNevermind1313]

+ThGameSystem10 fender starcaster

[@CHIMICHANGA-d6i]

This is not a cover! This is a song takeover lol!

[@grungegoat6776]

CHIMICHANGAS yes your right

[@CHIMICHANGA-d6i]

Wth?! 48 upvote?

[@beatmeisterbob]

50

[@filipemlribeiro]

This is what every cover should be like. They took the idea, made it their way. :D

[@danielcooper1294]

That sounds like a good title for a song tbh

[@brokenpsu8534]

cover > original

[@ibr6193]

Wrong. Cover>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Original.

[@snowultran280]

They should put this on an album.

[@grungegoat6776]

Snow Ultran I agree it's a pop song turned good

[@ralphk.j7809]

They should do an album of this

[@algeria5175]

'How Did We Get So Dark' roughly 26 minutes in :)

[@teddyroosevelt512]

I liked the original but royal blood just made it ten times better

[@Kyyp3r]

Damn they nailed it

[@ilitomili5554]

So awesome that pharrel Williams recorded his own version of happy by royal blood

[@rhiannon6110]

Love Royal Blood and love this cover! It's so different and unique

[@lisaly6619]

why do i love royal blood? because they are simply AMAZING.

[@juliesmith508]

I'm happy because Royal Blood is so bloody amazing!!! God save the queen...

[@BingoGaming]

This is why Royal Blood is my absolute favorite band, also maybe the best band to come out in the last decade

[@ThisIsDonnieMusic]

The riffs were excellent. The sound is awesome. And there's only two members playing as a whole band. We should have more rockin music in the industry.

[@PublicEnemyMinusOne]

I gotta feeling this version is gonna become way more popular than the original. Royal Blood fuck yeah!!

[@maibeid5112]

I dont think it will, but I hope it will, its way better than the original

[@kegangardner2277]

I hope it doesn't. Popularity changes a band.

[@beto1580]

I'm from 2018, and here comes the twist: you're wrong :-/

[@emmaholdsworth5781]

This is unbelievably good. I love it. I don't even understand how only two guys make such a huge sound, but I like it a lot

[@samuelgutierrez3504]

They made the song theirs almost. This is what I would want to hear and I would want everyone to hear!

[@luise2534]

you can like this or not but you can't deny that the way they changed the song and turned it into their style is really fucking cool

[@mojsamsunggs2]

Wow, they made something cool and new out of this bearable yet overplayed song. What a band, you gotta love them

[@toddsmith7413]

Royal Blood have to be the best two piece band I've ever heard, they have real talent and I hope they become more successful within the future

[@IanOPadrick]

Everything a cover should be. You either do it exact, or you make it your own. This is perfect

[@unfortunate2565]

jesus that bass sound is so dope.

[@max-beckett]

If you mixed Muse with Queens of the Stone Age, the exact result would be Royal Blood

[@PublicEnemyMinusOne]

A joint tour of those three?!! FUCKIN CHRIST i'd die happy!!

[@Bazzabazeman]

***** I'd die from fucking excitement only caused by announcing such an event :o

[@rafaelhannah8411]

and death from above 1979

[@elmayonesca]

"Royal Muse Of The Stone Age" :')

[@GeorgeHarris98]

elMayonesca I was literally about to comment "more like QOTSA for me" XD Especially the vocals at the end, sounds a little 'Hangin' Tree'-ish to me :)

[@superstu2000]

I would LOVE to see them do this live! So many covers get done once and then forgotten about - this shouldn't be one of them! Epic version, infintely better than the original.

[@millana100]

I have never heard of this band before, but I am glad that they took one of my favourite songs and made it their own. Sounds nothing like Pharell's version and there's nothing wrong with that! Great job Royal Blood!

[@chensgold]

I am in love with the bass guitar and with thw cover, I never knew Pharrell could sound so badass.

[@amyleigh2067]

What a twist! Amazing cover, I love Royal Blood!

[@christinabeka3774]

This band is absolutely the best rock band I've ever heard of 💙

[@simonwade1972]

Truly amazing, best one of the best live lounges ever. Future legends in the making

[@arthurlauth1380]

Dear sound engineers at BBC, you're doing an awesome job. Sound is really cool, well balanced, clear and punchy....... apart from the huge master compressor destroying ALL the subtle work... Why ? :'(

[@bilzander]

Arthur Lauth I think they didn't expect Ben to hit as hard as he is known to hit :)

[@vickydesnoyers293]

Arthur Lauth hfhhs de semaine prochaine? Je pense a été fait, il faut faire une différence de te dire quelle est malade en fait je lui demande, en tout ou de quoi faire avec mes amis et la date limite d'inscription. - le fun :)

[@AnotherWorldYT]

@@bilzander you means as loud as any good drummer hits? yeah, sureeeee

[@bilzander]

@@AnotherWorldYT he thashes the absolute shit out of his drum kit. he's the reason i started drumming myself a few years back. I absolutely adore the guy.

[@AnotherWorldYT]

@@bilzander i'm not at ALL dissing him when i say this, he's a great drummer with damn solid kick, snare and cymbal dynamics. but he hits about as hard as any other good session drummer i've seen. if your drummer doesn't play rimshots and belt their kick and snare in a rock band setting, then they're not doing it right. anyway my main point is that his hard drumming isn't the reason why there's heavy compression on the master track :)

[@opossums-will-sing]

Wow. Never thought I'd enjoy listening to Happy. Impressed.

[@haleyheavenhill7680]

Sensational improvement on the original! It’s so difficult to actually improve someone else’s song, but that’s exactly what Royal Blood have done! Made me truly happy listening to this!!!

[@max-beckett]

Love this band so much

[@JasmineMichelle]

I saw these guys at The Rock in Tucson, AZ last month and they were amazing! Only being the 2 of them, they really have a full sound

[@vengefulhero]

It’s so different. So distilled down just a bass guitar and drums. I love it.

[@pietrobaldini1123]

The hell!? How does che make his bass sound like that!? It's like an overdrived guitar but still he plays only one string at a time

[@ljm247]

He's got loads of effects and I understand he plays through a bass amp & a guitar amp at the same time using an AB box

[@pietrobaldini1123]

Lew Mobey that is really cool

[@ljm247]

Pietro Baldini I know right! I Imagine his rig costs a few quid though which is upsetting haha

[@madnessmustang]

He's using octave up effects and fifth up on the chorus.

[@clayheinzerling1852]

He uses a dry, un-distorted amp for his "normal" bass sounds and a dirty amp and he runs an EHX POG through that one

[@johnirvineimages]

What the live lounge is about. Perfect.

[@Azulblueone]

LOVE this band. I want to see them live so bad x.x

[@DeadlyPimps]

Saw them live when they were doing a back up performance for the foo fighters, both Royal Blood and Foo Fighters Were outstanding

[@Azulblueone]

SirGamesAlot I really want to see the foo fighters live too ;-; lucky!

[@DeadlyPimps]

Azulblueone you should man :)

[@MrYourSincerely]

This is such a good cover. I couldn't stand the original This is why royal blood is such a good band that have emerged, being able to produce something like this from let's be honest here, an absolutely horrific song.

[@Nicholls1337]

Couldn't put it better myself

[@TheOliverthecat]

***** Except for anything but the original

[@TheOliverthecat]

rockboy360 You've obviously not heard much music, especially rock.

[@rockboy360]

TheOliverthecat I'm a radio host/DJ and I'm a musician/songwriter with 3 bands, I know my shit. Not everybody has to have ur taste.

[@TheOliverthecat]

rockboy360 Well there is stuff that is more rock & roll around than Royal Blood, that said they are a bad-ass band and much better than a lot of other rock bands

[@periwinklesoul5878]

I never tought i could actually like this song. This is amazing

[@ericwhitchurch9779]

How have I only just found this I am 6 years late 🤟🏻😭😅 But better late than never

[@mariafernandaacostanunez680]

OMG, I love Royal Blood, O was so excited when I watch this

[@MITOMANOx]

Outrageously cool, as is expected from Royal Blood.

[@frankieffbaby]

I never get tired of Happy. I like their version too

[@vizmetro]

these are guys are epic whatever they do. love em

[@Chloe-jq3nj]

I love this band so much.

[@hazelsegnitz3254]

ALWAYS room for another version! All’s good 🤗

[@kJ922-h3j]

Especially when the original makes you want to stab yourself

[@hazelsegnitz3254]

@@kJ922-h3j 🤣that’s a bit drastic! Lol, quite like the original to ,maybe because I’m Happy 😃

[@mattgregg8554]

Impressive they made Happy listenable to me again.

[@XY-ve8rc]

Hi All listeners..All crews of BBC 1 radiooo..good evening happy weekend guys haha haha thanks for Royal blood..cool arrangement dude..you're making A rockin bliss this evening guys congrats haha haha A sailormoon wanna sail to the moon now haha haha thank you BBC it's so entertaining haha haha oh i love this version.. keep rockin' babeeee awww💋💖💃

[@EdTurvey]

Wow they're so good! they actually made happy bearable for me to listen to!

[@DodingDagaGaming]

wow..mindBLOWNNNN ! royal blood is too damn good ...damnnnn

[@iliketrains3495]

Mike Kerr: "Click here to subscribe" Me: *cries in KZbin removing annotations*

[@dennismcgurk3731]

There is so much about this song that reminds me of Nirvana, which is good to hear these days. Its got that raw grungey sound, and the song flows with a nice structure

[@Gongasoso]

Obnoxious Interviewer: "Fellas, can we expect something different in the next album? Something smooth and laid-back, perhaps?" RB- "We are a 2-men rock band. Drums, bass and (basically) fuzz. What do you think, genius?"

[@Gyrbae]

And then they ended the new album with a song that has no bass or drums, just piano and vocals.

[@thepigeonlord4275]

@@Gyrbaeand then made firing line, there goes my cool, and waves😂

[@theeternaltao9036]

How did we get so happy?

[@Urcordiallyinvited]

Really dig this! Love these guys! Major tune

[@ciaraxxx12]

Unbelievable, love them

[@szymonzawadzki7770]

Great, great cover. I don't usually listen to pop music, but I like the original Pharrel song. I like it, but this cover is so much better!

[@ariel22252]

I love this cover omg

[@SOMEONE-zw3ko]

I LOVE THIS ROYAL BLOOD CAN TURN EVERY SONG INTO ROCK

[@NotJBullard]

Sounds like a cover for a Queens of the Stone Age song!

[@ИгорьКурченко]

ВАУ!! просто огромный российский LIKE , отличный cover !!!

[@RezervoirDog]

Neever been too a concert yet. Hopefully these guys will be my first.

[@SashaConlon]

This is soooo badass, nice work Royal Blood!

[@kingdomofpeople]

Wow a version of this song that doesn't make my crave the sweet release of death. Also Royal Blood is the shit

[@hazrel]

Because they have the royal blood to make it superb.

[@theroseshoes]

Now THIS is a cover. Awesome.

[@matthewgilpincom]

Wait... There are only two of them? Damn... They can make some noise.

[@aaaa-pf5qt]

Can do no wrong these guys. Their performance at what? The reading festival blew me away.

[@marcocarretero4190]

This is such a good cover!

[@samneale5106]

Need this on spotfiy😑👊🏻👊🏻

[@pernilleklokstad6167]

Before i clicked play I was like " please be good, pleeeease " but what the hell was I thinking. Of course would it be good, and even better than good

[@rylandcook5301]

This is actually really, really fucking good

[@wintersoldier87]

love when a band makes a cover their own...

[@toddsthings122]

This is why I think covers are worthwhile endeavors.

[@Owen_plays_music1049]

Wow awesome cover, you almost made me like that song !

[@yungkfs2554]

This is pure fucking gold.

[@CherkoPlays]

Such an amazing cover....wow!

[@thisbambibites]

Going to see them in March.

[@jasonkeeler1649]

Love this version of happy

[@Tom-tj4tx]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@darth_pat]

now THIS is a cover, they owned it!

[@emilybooth6277]

This sounds like muse so much at times, it's fab :)

[@dietingonclassic5197]

I can taste the Muse :DDD No jk this cover is absolutely genius. Simmilar to how feeling good by Muse was also a happy song totally reimagined :0

[@babasemka]

+Dieting On Classic Holy shit, how dare you comparing these electronic retards - Muse, with Royal Blood. Muse are barely using music instruments in their studio records... hell they are barely using music instrument in their live shows too... So who are Muse again?

[@dietingonclassic5197]

Baba Semka Oh only one of the most progressive bands to ever come into the rock game -.- You should listen to Citizen erased and watch some old shows, particularily Microcuts. Also Muse is way superior to Royal Blood, way more interesting musically. Their new Albums arent great, but before you talk bullshit go listen to some Origin of Symmetry Hullabaloo and Absolution. Especially the HUllabaloo live concerts, you dickwit.

[@babasemka]

You can call em whatever you like, they are still too pretentious and fake to me personally. If you are gonna play electronic music, stop wearing guitars and sitting behind a drumset, pretending that you are actually playing these... Muse are overrated as fuck. Don't get me wrong, i like many songs of theirs, but just dont like them acting like a rock band... because they are just pop. Hard pop.

[@jesusa_ikher]

'+Baba Semka are you fucking serious? If you don't like Muse, just go and spread your shit to other people. I'm ofended as fuck, okay? But I'm not gonna insult somebody who doesn't know any shit about music and less about the differences about rock and pop.

[@babasemka]

All I see here is just a whiny bitch and zero arguments. So typical.

[@juliakarry98]

the best covers are those you cant recognise❤️❤️❤️❤️👌

[@sarahmccool6005]

This is so perfect

[@vivianaluis186]

maaaaaan, they're so f great!

[@Mantazmagoracle]

This is so phat, awesome sound

[@thomasdonndr2812]

this is the best version x)