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Top 10 Birthday Songs!

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.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

by Mary for Certain

1 imaginary dana said on October 23, 2007

Oh wow, that's the second imaginary birthday this week -- first Kyle, and now Mary.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!

2 Erik Gonzalez said on October 23, 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.

3 julia said on October 24, 2007

"Happy Birthday to Me" by Bright Eyes, hello!!!

4 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"

5 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.

6 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

7 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?

8 imaginary dana said on October 24, 2007

@cosby -- YESSSSSSSS.

9 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?

10 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/

11 housewives? said on November 11, 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.

12 Secretly Belgian said on November 12, 2007

The Happy Birthday Song, by Andrew Bird.

13 austin tiner said on January 2, 2008

the best birthday song still has got to be birthday by the beatles

14 chelsea said on November 15, 2008

*Cough* That list sucks. #1 should be "Birthday" by The Beatles. I don't even know how you didn't come up with up that.

15 andrea said on November 22, 2008

a few years ago I heard a happy birthday song--that was sung to a beatles tune...can't remember the name of the tune.It was quit funny all about getting old.
Anyone have a copy?

16 Dave Butler said on August 21, 2009

Good list. I love that Altered Images is #1. Still I do think that the Beatles "Bitrhday" needs to be in the top 10.

17 The walrus said on September 25, 2009

Birthday by the beatles should be in the 1st place or at least in the top 5

18 Slipperhero said on October 30, 2009

The Birthday Song by the Dik Van Dykes Just two of many good lines: 'So I hear it's your birthday, who gives a sh*t? Do you feel older? You certainly look it.' 'When you were born, the doctor slapped your mother. On the day you were born, they invented the Pill.' Classic!

19 Chris Estey said on August 7, 2010

"April Fool's Day Morn" by Loudon Wainwright is my favorite holiday song.

20 Anonymous said on September 1, 2010

On birthdays we always play Stevie Wonder's birthday song for Martin Luther King. We all get up and dance to it. We just substitute the birthday person's name for MLK.

21 Barrett said on January 20, 2011

Concrete Blonde had a pretty good Birthday song, Sugarcubes have an Icelandic version which is pretty damned awesome too

22 Anonymous said on February 1, 2011

Please not "Birthday" by the Sugarcubes...I wanted to send it to a friend, but I always read the lyrics first. Its really not a pleasant issue. The others are great ideas, though, thank you! I needed something different.

23 Anonymous said on June 12, 2011

"Birthday" by the Beatles

24 Anonymous said on July 23, 2011

Jimi Hendrix with Curtis Knight - HAPPY BIRTHDAY

25 Anonymous said on July 23, 2011

http://youtu.be/XCOIhU9269g

26 Tiff said on July 28, 2011

No Doubt's Six Feet Under! :)

27 Melyssa said on August 8, 2011

Happy Birthday by The Birthday Massacre

28 Anonymous said on August 11, 2011

very bad article.. you didn't even try to search for alternative links for the songs that is not working and the songs you don't have a link for !

29 Anonymous said on November 17, 2011

LITTLE STEVIE WONDER: "Happy Birthday"...... Never delete ANY Beatles song! EVER!!! Its WORSE than sacralige...

30 Anonymous said on November 18, 2011

The sugarcubes song is about sexual abuse of a child.

31 Anonymous said on December 2, 2011

"Birthday" by the Beatles

32 Kevin said on December 11, 2011

Birthday-The Beatles Happy birthday-Dj Bobo

33 Anonymous said on December 22, 2011

Actually, the Sugarcubes song is NOT about paedophilia. Just a lot of people interpret it that way.

34 Anonymous said on December 22, 2011

And for anyone who's ever had a lousy birthday: Happy Birthday by Concrete Blonde

35 karl a said on January 8, 2012

happy birthday mom!!

36 Anonymous said on March 1, 2012

happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear beth happy birthday to you!<3

37 Bahar said on March 7, 2012

happy birthday to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

38 Marwa said on April 15, 2012

Happy Birthday to " Myself" I'm 15!! :D :P

39 Anonymous said on August 9, 2012

Firstly, this list is amazing. I like that it doesn't include the canon that people could find on a wikipedia list of birthday songs. I'd like to add "Candles" by Daughter

40 Paul said on September 20, 2012

happy birthday to me..

41 Paul said on September 20, 2012