Happy Birthday to You
~ Song
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| writer: | Mildred J. Hill Patty Hill |
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| publisher: | Keith Prowse Music Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/169544 [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q167545 [info] |
| referred to in medleys: | Chaconne à son Goût Comedy in Music, Part I (order: 5) |
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| later translated versions: | Zum Geburtstag viel Glück お誕生日のうた ハッピー・バースデー・トゥ・ユー (Japanese Version of Happy Birthday to You) 生日歌 祝你生日快乐 |
| is based on: | Good Morning to All |
| is the basis for: | 'Happy Birthday' Variations Birthday Song Happy Birthday but 13 classical composers are fighting over the last slice of cake Lornaderek Prelude on 'felicem diem natalem' Variations on a Well-Known Theme Variations on Happy Birthday (Happy Birthday Variations) مع كل الحب エッビーナースデイ |
| arrangements: | Happy Birthday! |
| music quoted in: | Birthday Bitch foreign bodies 涙サプライズ! |
| lyrics quoted in: | Birthday Bitch 涙サプライズ! |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1943-04-15 | Happy Birthday to You (extended version) (stereo) | The M-G-M Studio Orchestra | 0:37 | |
| 1945-05-18 | Happy Birthday to You | instrumental | Bunk's Brass Band | 1:06 |
| 1953-04-30 | Happy Birthday to You (live, 1953‐04‐30: McElroy's Ballroom, Portland, OR, USA) | live | Duke Ellington and His Orchestra | 0:31 |
| 1963-09-07 | Happy Birthday Dear Saturday Club (live, 1963‐09‐07: Playhouse Theatre, Manchester, UK) | cover and live | The Beatles | 0:34 |
| 1967 – 1968 | Happy Birthday | cover | The Idle Race | 0:23 |
| 1967 – 1968 | Happy Birthday (mono) | cover and instrumental | The Idle Race | ?:?? |
| 1967 – 1968 | Happy Birthday | cover | The Idle Race | 0:23 |
| 1968-08-03 | Happy Birthday to You (alternate stereo mix) | cover | The Monkees | 1:06 |
| 1971-08-14 | Happy Birthday (live, 1971-08-14: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 1:08 |
| 1972-05-07 | Next Time You See Me / Happy Birthday to You (live, 1972-05-07: Bickershaw Festival, Wigan, England) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 6:23 |
| 1973-02-19 | Happy Birthday to You | instrumental | Stan Kenton and His Orchestra | 5:38 |
| 1973-05-31 | Happy Birthday Song (live, 1973-05-31: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Led Zeppelin | 0:49 |
| 1973-05-31 | Hapy Birthday to You (live, 1973‐05‐31: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Led Zeppelin | 0:49 |
| 1973-05-31 | Moby Dick / Happy Birthday Bonzo (live, 1973‐05‐31: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Led Zeppelin | 17:10 |
| 1975-02 | Birthday Tribute to Grand Old Opry (Happy Birthday to You) | cover and live | Bill Anderson | ?:?? |
| 1975-03-12 | Happy Birthday to You (live, 1975‐03‐12: Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA, USA) | cover and live | Led Zeppelin | ?:?? |
| 1975-03-12 | Happy Birthday to You (live, 1975‐03‐12: Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA, USA) | cover and live | Led Zeppelin | ?:?? |
| 1981-12-01 | Happy Birthday | cover and live | Jaco Pastorius | 1:48 |
| 1983-06-07 | Happy Birthday to You (live, 1983‐06‐07: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | live | [audience] | 1:55 |
| 1983-06-07 | Happy Birthday to You (live, 1983‐06‐07: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | live | [audience] | 3:42 |
| 1983-07-24 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU (live, 1983-07-24: Yomiuri Land EAST, Inagi, Tokyo, Japan) | live | 河合奈保子 | ?:?? |
| 1984-06-07 | Happy Birthday (chant) (live, 1984‐06‐07: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | cover and live | [audience] | 0:35 |
| 1984-06-07 | Happy Birthday (interlude) (live, 1984-06-07: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | cover and live | Prince and The Revolution | 2:27 |
| 1985 | Happy Birthday (live, 1984-06-15: Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA) | cover and live | Waylon Jennings | 0:41 |
| 1986-06-07 | Happy Birthday (live, 1986‐06‐07: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | cover and live | Prince | ?:?? |
| 1986-06-07 | Happy Birthday (live, 1986‐06‐07: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Prince | 1:12 |
| 1986-06-07 | Happy Birthday (live, 1986‐06‐07: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | cover and live | Prince | 1:14 |
| 1986-06-07 | Happy Birthday to You (live, 1986‐06‐07: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | cover and live | Prince and The Revolution | 1:07 |
| 1986-06-07 | Happy Birthday to You (live, 1986‐06‐07: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | cover and live | Prince | 1:17 |
| 1986-09-10 | MC (みんなでHAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU) (live, 1986-09-10: NHK Hall, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan) | live | 斉藤由貴 | 1:35 |
| 1987-05-13 | Happy Birthday | live | Gil Evans Orchestra | 1:08 |
| 1987-08-03 | Happy Birthday (live, 1987-08-03: The Stone, San Francisco, CA, USA) | live | Mercyful Fate | 1:16 |
| 1988-07-24 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU (live, 1988-07-24: Yomiuri Land EAST, Inagi, Tokyo, Japan) | live | 河合奈保子 | ?:?? |
| 1988-07-26 | Happy Birthday Cat (live, 1988‐07‐26: Camden Palace, London, UK) | cover and live | Prince | 2:19 |
| 1988-07-26 | Happy Birthday to You (live, 1988‐07‐26: Camden Palace, London, UK) | cover and live | Prince | 1:03 |
| 1989-02-05 | Happy Birthday to You (live, 1989‐02‐05: Tokyo Dome, Bunkyō, Japan) | cover and live | Prince | 0:33 |
| 1989-10-07 | Happy Birthday to You (live bootleg, 1989-10-07: Bates College, Lewiston, ME, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 1:30 |
| 1990-02-10 | Happy Birthday to You (live bootleg, 1990-02-10: 23 East Caberet, Ardmore, PA, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:50 |
| 1991-05-17 | Fluffhead -> Happy Birthday to You (live bootleg, 1991-05-17: Campus Club, Providence, RI, USA) | live | Phish | 14:20 |
| 1991-05-17 | Happy Birthday to You > Big Black Furry Creatures from Mars (live bootleg, 1991-05-17: Campus Club, Providence, RI, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 5:22 |
| 1991-07-26 | The Lizards > Happy Bithday to You (live bootleg, 1991-07-26: The Georgia Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 12:04 |
| 1991-08-03 | Happy Birthday to You (live bootleg, 1991-08-03: Amy's Farm, Auburn, ME, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 1:59 |
| 1992-03-04 | [Happy Birthday] (live, 1992‐03‐04: Bunka Taiikukan, Yokohama, Japan) | cover and live | Yes | 0:42 |
| 1994-02-23 – 1994-02-24 | Happy Birthday | instrumental and live | Juilliard Orchestra | 0:49 |
| 1995-01 | [Clarence imp.] / Happy Birthday | cover | Bruce Springsteen | 1:16 |
| 1995-05-07 | Happy Birthday, Mick/ Lover, You Should've Come Over (live, 1995-05-07: King Cat Theater, Seattle, WA, USA) | cover, live and medley | Jeff Buckley | 8:05 |
| 1997-01-09 | Happy Birthday (live, 1997‐01‐09: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | live | David Bowie | 1:32 |
| 1997-01-09 | Happy Birthday | live | The Crowd | 1:24 |
| 1997-01-09 | Happy Birthday (live, 1997‐01‐09: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | live | David Bowie | 1:33 |
| 1997-01-09 | Happy Birthday / All the Young Dudes (live, 1997‐01‐09: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | live | David Bowie feat. Billy Corgan | 5:07 |
| 1997-01-09 | Happy Birthday to Bowie | live | David Bowie | ?:?? |
| 1997-02 | Happy Birthday | cover | Giora Feidman | 3:55 |
| 2001-01-13 | Happy Birthday (live, 2001-01-14: Live Rock in Rio 3: Rock in Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | cover and live | Foo Fighters | 1:32 |
| 2001-01-13 | Happy Birthday (live, 2001-01-13: Rock in Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | cover and live | Foo Fighters | 1:11 |
| 2001-06-14 | Happy Birthday (live, 2001‐06‐14: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA) | cover and live | Common | 0:25 |
| 2002-01-13 | Happy Birthday | Norine Burgess, Benjamin Butterfield, Mary Lou Fallis, Christopher Newton, Mark Pedrotti, Monica Whicher, Che Ann Loewen | 1:04 | |
| 2002-10 | 零時十分 | cover and live | 林子祥 | 3:15 |
| 2003-01-22 | Happy Birthday (live, 2003-01-22: The Forum, Camden, London, England, UK) | cover and live | The Flaming Lips | 5:32 |
| 2003-03 | Happy Birthday / Blue Bossa (live) | live | Michel Camilo | 3:53 |
| 2003-07-19 | Happy Birthday (Stone) (live, 2003-07-19: Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 3:12 |
| 2005-03-19 | Happy Birthday to Stephen Sondheim | live | [anonymous] | ?:?? |
| 2006-07-20 | Happy Birthday | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 2:47 |
| 2007-07-27 | Improvisation on "Happy Birthday" for Lily Maisky | cover, instrumental and live | Gabriela Montero | 4:04 |
| 2007-09-29 | [band introductions] / Happy Birthday (live, 2007-09-29: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bright Eyes | 1:08 |
| 2008-03-15 | [Happy Birthday John] (live, 2008-03-15: The Middle East, Cambridge, MA, USA) | cover and live | The Mountain Goats | 0:26 |
| 2008-04-05 – 2008-04-06 | Happy Birthday (live, 2008-04: Metropol, Vienna, Austria) | cover and live | Insingizi & Peter Hofbauer | 2:06 |
| 2009-05-22 | Happy Birthday to You (live, 2009-05-22: Carling Apollo Manchester, Manchester, UK) | cover and live | Morrissey | 0:36 |
| 2009-11-22 | Happy Birthday (live, 2009‐11‐22: HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 1:02 |
| 2010-03-31 | 0331medley (live, 2010-03-31: 日本武道館, Tokyo, Japan) | live and medley | 坂本真綾 feat. 菅野よう子 | 11:28 |
| 2011-02-19 | [some dude gets her to sing him Happy Birthday] (live, 2011-02-19: Bar Bodega, Wellington, New Zealand) | live | Amanda Palmer | 4:28 |
| 2012-09-22 | Happy Birthday to You (live, 2012‐09‐22: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 2:23 |
| 2013-03-20 | ハッピーバースデートゥーユー | cover and live | Mildred J. Hill & Patty Smith Hill / Keith Emerson | 1:21 |
| 2013-04-27 | Happy Birthday (live, 2013-04-27: The Independent, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Rupa & the April Fishes | 0:34 |
| 2013-06-21 | Marquee Moon / Happy Birthday to You (live, 2013-06-21: MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, USA) | cover and live | Wilco | ?:?? |
| 2013-07-26 | Happy Birthday | cover and live | Phish | 2:59 |
| 2014-11-19 | [outro] | cover and live | Mavis Staples (with full ensemble) | 0:54 |
| 2015-06-07 | Stay With Me (Faces) (live, 2015: Rock am Ring, Germany) | cover and live | Foo Fighters | ?:?? |
| 2015-08-21 | Happy Birthday | cover and live | Phish | 2:03 |
| 2015-12-31 | Happy Birthday | cover and live | Phish | 2:10 |
| 2016-04-18 | [Happy Birthday Matt Douglas] (live, 2016-04-18: City Winery, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | The Mountain Goats | 2:46 |
| 2016-06-25 | Happy Birthday (live, 2016-06-25: Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 1:32 |
| 2018-02-15 | Happy Birthday Luke (live, 2018-02-15: Covington, KY, USA) | cover and live | Goose | 1:06 |
| 2018-03-24 | Happy Birthday to You (Mildred J. Hill & Patty Hill cover) (sung to Perry Farrell) (live, 2018-03-24: Lollapalooza Festival, Brazil) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 2:00 |
| 2018-12-04 | Happy Birthday (live, 2018-12-04, 5th Klavier Festival and Jazz Piano Marathon, Wolf-Ferrari Haus, Germany) | cover, instrumental and live | Martial Solal | 6:43 |
| 2019-08-17 | Happy Birthday Rosie (live, 2019-08-17: Birds of a Feather, Morning View, KY, USA) | cover and live | Goose | 0:44 |
| 2021-08-01 | [banter – Happy Birthday to You – Mildred J. Hill & Patty Hill cover] (live, 2021-08-01: Lollapalooza Festival, Chicago, IL, USA) | cover and live | Foo Fighters | 2:33 |
| 2023-01-10 | Happy Birthday | cover, instrumental and live | Les Siècles, François‐Xavier Roth | 0:39 |
| 2023-04-30 | Happy Birthday (live at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA – April 30, 2023) (live, 2023-04-30: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Willie Nelson, The Avett Brothers, Beck, Rosanne Cash, Charley Crockett, Sheryl Crow, Jack Johnson, Warren Haynes, Jamey Johnson, Norah Jones, Lyle Lovett, The Lumineers, Dave Matthews, Lily Meola, Lukas Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Payne, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff & Billy Strings | 1:04 |
| 2023-07-15 | Happy Birthday (live, 2023‐07‐15: The Soap Factory, San Diego, CA, USA) | cover and live | Me First and the Gimme Gimmes | 1:37 |
| 2023-07-23 | Happy Birthday | acappella, cover and live | Phish | 1:24 |
| [Happy Birthday] (live karaoke performance for "【KARAOKE TIME!!】with BIG NEWS!!! WOOOAH!! 【Maid Mint Fantôme】") | Mint Fantôme | ?:?? | ||
| Birthday Medley | cover | Eastside Connection | 7:50 | |
| Crowd / Happy Birthday / Band Chatter (live, 1984-06-15: Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA) | cover and live | Waylon Jennings | 3:18 | |
| Crowd / Happy Birthday / Chatter (live, 1984-06-15: Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA) | cover and live | Waylon Jennings | 3:46 | |
| H.B. Song / ??? | cover | Ty Segall | 1:59 | |
| Happy birthday | cover | Sistergold | 1:38 | |
| Happy Birthday | cover | Fats & His Cats | 1:56 | |
| Happy Birthday | cover | [unknown] | 0:45 | |
| Happy Birthday | cover | The Beatles | 0:32 | |
| Happy Birthday | live | Kiri Te Kanawa, London Symphony Orchestra | 1:43 | |
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