Clap your hands for happiness, also called Clap your hands if you are happy, is a popular Spanish children's song. The tune of this song is similar to 1938 episode "Molodi Jinnaya" in the Soviet music film "Volga-Volga", which may inspire or enlighten this song. The composer is unknown. This song is very popular and influential in Japan. It is called "Xing せならをたたこぅ". It was written in 1964. The lyrics were written by Professor Kimura Liren of the Department of Humanities at Waseda University and adapted by Akio Izumi. The English lyrics are written in 197 1, and the copyright belongs to Portuguese-American composer Joe? Joe Raposo.