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January 25

Happiness is...

I listen to older stuff in general, so I don't know much about popular music. Beginning several months ago, I've occasionally heard a song in public places (e.g. fast food restaurants) that repeats a line, seemingly "Happiness is [rest] the way you feel". It's a male singer with an American accent. Can anyone guess what the song is, and/or the correct lyrics? Google provides six results for "happiness is the way you feel"; presumably I'd get lots more hits for something that's been popular now for several months. Nyttend (talk) 06:06, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Happy by Pharrell Williams. Here's a clip. StuRat (talk) 06:36, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

And here's the best video of the same song is called Happy British Muslims. Watch it and your day will be infinitely better. On a side-note, if you get these burning questions in the future, but don't want to use RefDesk, the try getting Soundhound on your phone or tablet. It's remarkably accurate (as in it will be spot on with the exact rendition of the song). Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | ^{Say Shalom!} 6 Shevat 5775 07:01, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Google "room without a roof" and you'll probably get plenty of hits. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:48, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

And if you like older stuff, here's one from the 60s,[1] and one of the TV commercials it spawned.[2] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:09, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Another question about DeflateGate

Here is another question about DeflateGate. There has been some theory (and, perhaps, even a defense by the Patriots) that the weather somehow caused the footballs to deflate. (I believe that's what I have been reading in the news.) How would that explain that the footballs of only one team deflated, while the footballs of the other did not? Has that issue been raised? Is there any plausible (innocent) explanation that would allow one set of footballs to deflate, yet not the other set? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:17, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

No, unless the Colts' footballs were also deflated and no one caught it. One recent report said that the game balls in the second half were monitored by the officials. The second half is when the Patriots got the majority of their scoring. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:56, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Apologists have suggested that the Colts inflated their balls at the top of the allowed range and the Patriots at the bottom. Hence, when they were taken into the cold outdoors, the Colts' balls stayed within the range and the Patriots' fell below it. However, this newspaper article writer consulted a physics professor, who didn't find it at all plausible. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:59, 27 January 2015 (UTC)