# Help me ID this Django Django song

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**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [November 15, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-django-django-song/974990 "2022-11-15T23:32:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-django-django-song/974990/1 "2022-11-15T23:32:46Z")

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I heard a song recently while eating in a Chipotle which caught my attention because it had brief passages resembling “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, one of my favorite songs.

I asked a guy behind the counter if he could find out what it was. He found it on the subscription service, and showed me his phone. The artist was Django Django, a British group I had not heard of.

I thanked the employee, and, not wanting to take up any more of his time, went on my way. But I apparently should have taken a little more of it. Because I can’t remember the song title now.

As I said, it resembled the chord progression and harmonies of “Happy”, the chorus specifically (“… clap along if you know that happiness is the truth…”, albeit, slightly slower in tempo.

TIA.

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**Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-django-django-song/974990/2 "2022-11-15T23:52:10Z")

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I pulled up the “This is Django Django” playlist on Spotify to try and help you out.

“Life’s a Beach” has clapping, so in that way, it’s similar. It’s not especially slow-paced, though. That’s all I’ve got so far. I’ll keep listening.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dUCXZV96l9A/hqdefault.jpg "Django Django - Life's a Beach (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUCXZV96l9A)

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**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-django-django-song/974990/3 "2023-03-30T01:27:52Z")

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Found it!

Here is the passage in the song:

[Django Django - Waking Up (feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg) (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTYAFDdpggw&t=88s)