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Top 10 Birthday Songs!
Submitted by Mary for Certain on October 24, 2007.On the eve of my birthday, I thought I would present a Top 10 list of awesome songs that reference... well, birthdays!
1) Altered Images "Happy Birthday"
2) Sugarcubes "Birthday"
3) Sunscreem "Idaho"
4) The Smiths "Unhappy Birthday"
5) Blur "Birthday"
6) The Fall "Birthday"
7) Cibo Matto "Birthday Cake"
8) Imperial Teen "Birthday Girl"
9) The Ruby Suns "Birthday on Mars"
10) The Innocence Mission "Happy Birthday Beautiful"
Any I'm forgetting? If so, let me know. That would be a great birthday present.
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Erik Gonzalez said on October 24, 2007:
I'd have to say my favorite birthday song is "(Today is) Blackie's Birthday" by Urge Overkill from The Supersonic Storybook, to add to the list.
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Bob said on October 24, 2007:
There's a Cracker song called "Happy Birthday To Me". Is that the same as the Bright Eyes one?
I can also think of the '60s girl group The Cookies called "I Want A Boyfriend For My Birthday" (The Smiths used to cover it in their early days), "Sixteen Candles" by The Crests (the one that starts out "Happy Birthday/Happy Birthday baby"), and a very silly one by NOFX called "New Birthday Song"
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Mary for Certain said on October 24, 2007:
Ah Yes! Happy Belated Birthday to Kyle as well!
Thanks Erik.....as soon as I saw your UO reference the lightbulb went on. I'm sorry I missed that the first time.
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Jon said on October 24, 2007:
"Birthday" by The Invisible Cities, just love that song. probably my favorite the invisible cities track :)
Happy Happy Birthday to You
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cosby said on October 24, 2007:
this may be sacrilege, but does anyone else wish that 'birthday' by the beatles could be deleted from history?
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The Grim said on October 24, 2007:
I'll just nominate the entire catalog of Birthday Party songs, though none I can think of specifically references birthdays.
On a creepy note, what is the Stones song written for some girl MJ wanted to hook up with to celebrate her 18th birthday and her being legal to do so? "Let's Spend the Night Together?" Anyone? And wasn't this the daughter of some other famous musician?
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KS said on November 11, 2007:
"The Happy Birthday Song" by Andrew Bird... and although I'm sure it doesn't count, "Birthday Deathday" by Dethklok \m/
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housewives? said on November 12, 2007:
Clem Snide- Happy Birthday; and these are a little more punk than indie but still really awesome- The Vandals- Happy Birthday to Me and the Groovie Ghoulies- Happy Birthday Song.
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austin tiner said on January 2, 2008:
the best birthday song still has got to be birthday by the beatles
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imaginary dana said on October 24, 2007:
Oh wow, that's the second imaginary birthday this week -- first Kyle, and now Mary.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!