# Music Question: How hard is Happy Birthday?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-question-how-hard-is-happy-birthday/389790>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 28, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-question-how-hard-is-happy-birthday/389790 "2007-01-28T02:38:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-question-how-hard-is-happy-birthday/389790/21 "2007-01-29T18:26:47Z")

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[QUOTE=Sapo]  
added: probably a cell phone ring would be better, come to think of it.  
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Maybe we could get the cell phone manufacturers to include a “Happy Birthday” ringtone on every phone, so in case of birthdays, everybody could just hold up their phones and cue the ringtone in unison; yeah, that’s the ticket!

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**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-question-how-hard-is-happy-birthday/389790/22 "2007-01-29T18:33:35Z")

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[QUOTE=Fear Itself]  
Maybe we could get the cell phone manufacturers to include a “Happy Birthday” ringtone on every phone, so in case of birthdays, everybody could just hold up their phones and cue the ringtone in unison; yeah, that’s the ticket!  
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Very funny, but not what I had in mind. I just meant the tone to get everyone singing in tune. Yours would probably be easier, though.

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