# Birthday Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028 "2012-06-13T16:30:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/1 "2012-06-13T16:30:50Z")
So, today, I celebrate the anniversary of my arrival on this plane. A friend of mine sent me a Facebook post with the words, “They say it’s your birthday!” And now, of course, the Beatles and that song are stuck in my head. Prior to that, I’d been running through They Might Be Giants’ “Older” this week. I’ve yet to get Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday” ingrained yet, but the day is young. So I ask you all: what other birthday songs are out there? Good, bad, ugly – whatever. I’ve got Spotify going, and I’m thinking of compiling a birthday playlist to run through today. What have you got? ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/2 "2012-06-13T17:58:56Z")
[Happy Birthday](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40K2S0-5Xo0) by Altered Images. [You’re Aging Well](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46mKWEn4Hn4) by Dar Williams. Ignore the appallingly literal video. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/3 "2012-06-13T18:01:14Z")
Happy birthday! My birthday was yesterday. I listened to The Smiths’ [Unhappy Birthday](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VjbuM4i--A). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/4 "2012-06-13T18:01:33Z")
“Unhappy Birthday” by The Smiths. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/5 "2012-06-13T18:15:53Z")
A friend also just suggested 50 Cent’s “In Da Club,” which had slipped my mind. Seven songs to listen to this afternoon! ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/6 "2012-06-13T18:16:30Z")
I don’t know if this one is a real song, I learned it in Band back in the 80’s. Happy Birthday. Oh Happy Birthday. Pain and sorrow fill the air People dying everywhere, But happy birthday, Oh Happy Birthday. Oh the years have come and past, Who knows, this might be your **last** , But happy birthday, Oh Happy Birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/7 "2012-06-13T18:19:37Z")
> [@Zyanthia](#): > > I don’t know if this one is a real song, I learned it in Band back in the 80’s. > > Happy Birthday. Oh Happy Birthday. > Pain and sorrow fill the air > People dying everywhere, > But happy birthday, Oh Happy Birthday. > > Oh the years have come and past, > Who knows, this might be your **last** , > But happy birthday, Oh Happy Birthday. A friend from this very board sent me a video of herself performing that song last year. 🙂 I have no idea what it’s called (Birthday Dirge?) or if anyone has professionally recorded it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/8 "2012-06-13T18:22:38Z")
[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM46g0PXOXY&feature=fvwrel) isn’t a song, but it’s fun. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/9 "2012-06-13T18:26:54Z")
[“Happy Birthday”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cUg2BWjX3w) by Weird Al Yankovic [“Spirit Journey Formation Anniversary”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXkT54U6ZmI) by Aqua Teen Hunger Force ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/10 "2012-06-13T18:31:25Z")
Beaten to it. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/11 "2012-06-13T19:16:34Z")
My birthday was earlier this month, and this thread reminds me that I forgot my traditional spin of the Residents’ [“Birthday Boy.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvWdBWT-Vs8) ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/12 "2012-06-13T19:35:28Z")
["Happy, Happy Birthday Baby](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNn95VSaoks)" by the Tune Weavers. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/13 "2012-06-13T19:38:52Z")
[“Happy Birthday”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47UplyBQK4Y) - Concrete Blonde ---
**Author:** ![Mllz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Mllz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mllz)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/14 "2012-06-13T21:39:48Z")
[“Happy Birthday to Me”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqnh0hXqNgs) - Cracker ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/15 "2012-06-13T22:17:45Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > A friend from this very board sent me a video of herself performing that song last year. 🙂 I have no idea what it’s called (Birthday Dirge?) or if anyone has professionally recorded it. I’ve always heard it called the Birthday Dirge. If anybody’s recorded it, it’ll be a SCA / RenFaire band. There are a couple dozen verses to chose from (which you can find by googling) and it’s to the Volga Boat song. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/16 "2012-06-13T22:18:30Z")
[Happy Birthday](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzXO_5e8oO0) - Arrogant Worms I will playing some of these tomorrow. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/17 "2012-06-13T22:34:13Z")
I give you [the Casey Jones birthday song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfSkqMP-L-4), and only because it’s your birthday do I forgive you for getting that Beatles song stuck in my head. I had to “domo arigato, Mr. Roboto” it out of there :mad:. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/18 "2012-06-13T23:27:03Z")
> [@sudden kestrel](#): > > i give you [the casey jones birthday song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfskqmp-l-4), and only because it’s your birthday do i forgive you for getting that beatles song stuck in my head. I had to “domo arigato, mr. Roboto” it out of there :mad:. it’s not my fault!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/19 "2012-06-14T06:22:14Z")
The Ting Tings also do a pretty cute version of Altered Images’ “Happy Birthday.” ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028/20 "2012-06-14T17:51:31Z")
How about [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPE_Vpd9lO8) from Garfield and Friends. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-songs/625028.md?page=2)