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"Happy Birthday to You", also known as "Happy Birthday", is a song traditionally sung to celebrate a person's birthday. According to the 1998 Guinness World Records, it is the most recognized song in the English language, followed by "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow". The song's base lyrics have been translated into at least 18 languages.[1] The melody of "Happy Birthday to You" comes from the song "Good Morning to All",[2] which has traditionally been attributed to American sisters Patty and Mildred J. Hill in 1893,[3][4] although the claim that the sisters composed the tune is disputed.[5]

It is traditional, among English-speakers, that at a birthday party, the song "Happy Birthday to You" be sung to the birthday person by the other guests celebrating the birthday, often when presented with a birthday cake. After the song is sung, party guests sometimes add wishes like "and many more!" expressing the hope that the birthday person will enjoy a long life. In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, immediately after "Happy Birthday" has been sung, it is traditional for one of the guests to lead with "Hip hip ..." and then for all of the other guests to join in and say "... hooray!"[20] This cheer normally is given three times in a row.

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In regions of America and Canada, especially at young children's birthdays, immediately after "Happy Birthday" has been sung, it is not uncommon for the singers segue into "How old are you now? How old are you now? How old are you now, how old are you now?"[21] and then count up: "Are you one? Are you two? Are you ..." until they reach the right age or often, instead of counting, "and many more!" for those who are older.[22][23]

The complete text of "Happy Birthday to You" first appeared in print as the final four lines of Edith Goodyear Alger's poem "Roy's Birthday", published in A Primer of Work and Play, copyrighted by D. C. Heath in 1901, with no reference to the words being sung.[26] The first book including "Happy Birthday" lyrics set to the tune of "Good Morning to All" that bears a date of publication is from 1911 in The Elementary Worker and His Work, but earlier references exist to a song called "Happy Birthday to You", including an article from 1901 in the Inland Educator and Indiana School Journal.[27] In 1924, Robert Coleman included "Good Morning to All" in a songbook with the birthday lyrics as a second verse. Coleman also published "Happy Birthday" in The American Hymnal in 1933. Children's Praise and Worship published the song in 1928, edited by Byers, Byrum, and Koglin.[citation needed]

In the 1987 documentary Eyes on the Prize about the U.S. civil rights movement, there was a birthday party scene in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s discouragement began to lift. After its initial release, the film was unavailable for sale or broadcast for many years because of the cost of clearing many copyrights, of which "Happy Birthday to You" was one. Grants in 2005 for copyright clearances[59] allowed PBS to rebroadcast the film.[60]

It just seems to me that there's a pretty high number of songs about birthdays - the singer's, or someone else's - in JPop compared to western pop. Maybe it's just a high concentration of the artists I listen to, I dunno...

And then a small handful of western songs... but far more JPop songs having to do with birthdays (and I listen to far more western pop than JPop). Is it just a thing over in Japan for singers to make birthday songs?

Stevie recorded this jubilant ditty in 1981 to promote the push for a national day honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. And it worked! Two years later, President Reagan signed the holiday into law. Play this one for the freedom fighter in your life on his or her birthday.

Probably the most oblique selection here, wherein the Van Der Graaf Generator frontman waxes lyrical about Hansel and Gretel and parrots in the pantry rather than cakes, candles, and party games. Great track for the discerning art-rock birthday bash, though.

Since 1976, enjoyed by over 40 million people!Captain Zoom travels from the Moon to Earth to sing a personalized happy birthday song that mentions the person's name eight times! A birthday they will always remember, Zoom's personalized birthday song is available on CD, MP3 DVD or MP4 and is guaranteed to be the hit of the birthday party.

Birthdays are special occasions that call for joy, laughter, and celebration. To create a vibrant atmosphere and make your birthday party truly memorable, incorporating Spanish songs into the mix is a fantastic idea.

This selection of unique Spanish songs caters to different tastes and moods, ensuring a diverse and exciting playlist. From timeless classics to contemporary hits, these songs will bring an extra dose of energy, warmth, and cultural richness to your birthday celebration.

A dinner out to celebrate someone's birthday wouldn't be complete without an embarrassing birthday song that makes them the center of attention. And nothing works better than having restaurant employees wish them a happy birthday in humiliating song.

Of course, the people who are usually happiest about public birthday wishes are kids. There's nowhere that that's more a part of the experience than the Chuck E. Cheese birthday call-and-response (and dance):

IFC's the Birthday Boys did a riff on this, with a sketch on their TV show about birthday wishes. They then created a YouTube channel with a number of customized birthday songs, like this one, where space alien Woosh conveniently hides his mouth whenever he says your name:

A US District Judge in Los Angeles approved a final settlement Monday in a lawsuit brought against music publisher Warner/Chappell, who owns the copyright on the birthday song, by half a dozen plaintiffs -- one of which is a Bay Area musician.

While there is controversy, the melody is generally attributed to two sisters, Mildred and Patty Hill, who wrote it for a song called "Good Morning to All". The actual birthday lyrics seemed to have no specific origin but were first combined with the melody in print in 1912. (About 100 years ago!) Is there a copyright? Well one is claimed and royalties are often paid to use it.

Thank you for posting this! I was telling my husband about this hilariously depressing birthday song we did in high school choir (90's), and couldn't find anything else like it online... Thought I was going crazy. Great job!

This week, America marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day: a national holiday celebrating the life and legacy of the great civil rights leader. As our way of honoring Dr. King, we're telling the story of "Happy Birthday." That would be the version that's often called "the black happy birthday song," the version written and originally performed by Stevie Wonder. It's a tribute to MLK, and it will always be associated with the 15-year effort to designate this national holiday.

While labor unions turned up the political heat, Wonder revisited a song called "Happy Birthday." He wrote the song after he set out to record the traditional birthday song for King, then realized he didn't know the music to that version. Being Stevie Wonder, he decided to just whip up his own birthday song, with lyrics paying tribute to MLK.

Stevie Wonder has continued to sing his version of "Happy Birthday," which has been embraced as a civil rights anthem and a celebration of hope, particularly among African-Americans. With all due respect to Patty and Mildred Hill (and the Beatles), if you want to bring down the house with a happy-birthday song, it's hard to beat Stevie's.

Not everyone believes that Warner/Chappell should still be collecting licensing fees for the song, and this largely shared sentiment led to the recent filing of a class action lawsuit in a New York court. In this case, Good Morning to You Productions Inc. v. Warner/Chappell Music, a New York filmmaker disputes the $1,500 she was charged to use the song in her documentary, because she alleges that the song has crossed into the public domain, and it can be freely used by anyone. Unless Warner/Chappell ends up on the favorable side of the verdict, it will continue to profit off its popular birthday song by charging licensing fees that amount to upwards of $2 million annually.

You might be wondering why restaurants go out of their way and take the time to write a birthday song for its customers when Happy Birthday exists. Well, until recently Happy Birthday was not available for restaurants to sing the song publicly. As a matter of fact, it was not available for any individual or group of individuals to publicly perform the song without authorization because the song was still copyrighted and was not yet in the public domain.

It is puzzling to think that a song that we are so accustomed to singing at every birthday party we attended, is not available to for us to sing in the public. This is because the Happy Birthday song was still under the protection of its copyright and not available to the public domain until last year.

That is why restaurants had to create their own Happy Birthday song to sing to its customers. It is why you never hear the characters in a TV show or movie sing happy birthday to one of the characters during a birthday celebration. And it is why you never hear the Happy Birthday song on the radio or any public performance of it.

In order for a restaurant or a TV show/movie to be able to sing the Happy Birthday song, Warner would need to provide authorization to sing it public. Therefore, they would have to pay royalties for each and every time they sang it. That is why restaurants decided it was financially better for them to create their own happy birthday song instead of paying royalties every time the employees of the restaurant would sing happy birthday to a customer.

A settlement deal was also reached which provided that Warner, who still argues the song Happy Birthday does not belong in the public domain, would pay back the licensing fees they have charged over the years for up to 14 million dollars. It looks like the song Happy Birthday is back in the public domain, and will stay there. So the next time you go to a restaurant for your birthday, be sure to have them sing you the actual Happy Birthday song. 2351a5e196