Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you fun songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, the impossibly cute cast of characters from the blockbuster animated film Trolls sing about bling in “Hair Up,” the opening track from the official motion picture soundtrack.
In this feel-good anthem written by Justin Timberlake and four collaborators, the overly optimistic Trolls — voiced by Timberlake, Gwen Stefani and Ron Funches — put their hair in the air and have a fever for diamonds and gold.
They sing, “I’ve got a fever coming on / And now it’s beating on my bones / I feel like diamonds or some gold / So DJ play it that’s my song.”
The film focuses on two trolls who are on a quest to save their village from the woefully pessimistic Bergens, creatures who can only gain happiness by consuming Trolls. The mismatched duo of perpetually happy Poppy (voiced by Anna Kendrick) and overly cautious curmudgeonly Branch (Timberlake) embark on a rescue mission full of adventures and mishaps.
At one point in the movie, a Zen-like Troll named Creek (Russell Brand) is held captive in the jewel that decorates the king’s mantle. While the Trolls are successful in stealing the jewel, they are dismayed to discover that it is empty. Creek has betrayed them to save himself.
Since Trolls was released in theaters on October 8, it has generated more than $150 million in box office revenue in the U.S. and $330 million worldwide.
Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on September 26 and zoomed to #3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart. It also charted in 13 other countries. The Trolls official promotional trailer, which includes snippets from “Hair Up,” has been viewed more than 3.9 million times on YouTube.
The film features five original songs performed by Timberlake, Ariana Grande, Anna Kendrick and Gwen Stefani.
We’ve included two videos at the end of this post. The first is the Trolls promotional trailer and the second is the full audio track of “Hair Up.” The lyrics are below if you’d like to sing along…
“Hair Up”
Written by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin, Shellback, Savan Kotecha and Oscar Holter.
Hair in the air, hair in the air
Put your hair
Put your hair in the air
Hair in the air, hair in the air
Put your hair
Put your hair in the air
I’ve got a fever coming on
And now it’s beating on my bones
I feel like diamonds or some gold
So DJ play it that’s my song
Go, go, go, go, go
Put your hair in the air
Go, go, go, go, go, go
Hair up
Come on baby
Let’s go crazy
We ain’t never gonna stop
Hair up
Come on baby
Let’s go crazy
We ain’t never gonna stop
Hair up
Put your hair in the air (hair up)
We don’t care (hair up)
Put your hair in the air (hair up)
We don’t care (hair up)
I’ve got a fever coming on
And now it’s beating on my bones
I feel like diamonds or some gold
So DJ play it that’s my song
Go, go, go, go, go
Put your hair in the air
Go, go, go, go, go, go
Hair up
Come on baby
Let’s go crazy
We ain’t never gonna stop
Hair up
Come on baby
Let’s go crazy
We ain’t never gonna stop
Hair up
Put your hair in the air (hair up)
We don’t care (hair up)
Put your hair in the air (hair up)
We don’t care (hair up)
Hair up
Hair up in the air, hair up in the air, hair up in the air
Hair up in the air, hair up in the air, hair up in the air
Put your hair in the air
Hair up
Come on baby
Let’s go crazy
Put your hair in the air
Hair up
Come on baby
Let’s go crazy
Put your hair in the air
Hair up
Put your hair in the air
Hair up
Trolls Trailer…
“Hair Up” audio track…
Credits: Screen captures via YouTube.com.