# Happy... Happy Birthday! Help with a song.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-happy-birthday-help-with-a-song/445413>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 15, 2008, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-happy-birthday-help-with-a-song/445413 "2008-04-15T06:19:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-happy-birthday-help-with-a-song/445413/1 "2008-04-15T06:19:21Z")

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Help me with this New Wave Song.  
There was a band that had a very popular song and vdeo in the early eighties…  
The song was sung by a girl with a nice voice, if not average.  
Happy. Happy Birthday.  
Happy. Happy Birthday

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-happy-birthday-help-with-a-song/445413/2 "2008-04-15T06:32:39Z")

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is it this one?

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgqD826HGuI)

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**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-happy-birthday-help-with-a-song/445413/3 "2008-04-15T12:25:04Z")

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I can’t link to YouTube from work, but I think you’re referring to “Happy Birthday” by Altered Images. Great song, and it was featured in a cute scene in Sixteen Candles.

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**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-happy-birthday-help-with-a-song/445413/4 "2008-04-15T23:34:51Z")

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Yes, that’s it. Thank you very much. It’s practically ungoogleable due to that other Happy Birthday song…