# Hum Hain Happy / 6 Pack Band

> Hum Hain Happy approached 2 million YouTube views, according to Reuters in July 2016.

- Owner: Y-Films / Brooke Bond Red Label
- Kind: Music
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 2016-01-06
- Peak date: 2016-01-07
- Spread Score: 42 (Notable, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Underdog, Press loop, Platform jump, Transgression, Maker origin

## Summary

Y-Films launched the cover with Red Label and celebrity support. It reported a million first-day views. Public X shares, press and audio distribution followed. Reuters put the video near 2 million views in July; the wider band campaign won a Cannes Grand Prix.

## Timeline

- 2016-01-06 — Y-Films (YouTube) — Y-Films released Hum Hain Happy, a cover of Pharrell Williams’ Happy, with an Anushka Sharma introduction.
- 2016-01-06 — Anushka Sharma (X) — Anushka Sharma promoted the debut on X at 10:35:26 UTC as part of the celebrity-supported launch.
- 2016-01-07 — Y-Films (YouTube) — The debut passed a million views in its first 24 hours, according to a later Y-Films claim.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

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Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Hum Hain Happy / 6 Pack Band.” Case HIS-00221. Spread Score v1.2: 42/100. Updated 2026-10-17. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00221