# Songs about a birthday

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-birthday/971989>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [September 21, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-birthday/971989 "2022-09-21T15:41:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-birthday/971989/21 "2022-09-22T10:14:19Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> [Happy Birthday To You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsQO1jOXLeg)-Weird Al

This is one of the ones I was going to post.

The other is a bit obscure. It’s by The Residents, and is one of the craziest songs I’ve heard. From 1978…

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q_sS3CA-0pQ/hqdefault.jpg "The Residents - Birthday Boy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_sS3CA-0pQ)

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**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-birthday/971989/22 "2022-09-22T11:57:52Z")

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[“Birthday”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZqd_9sTP3c) by The Sugarcubes, with everyone’s favourite mental Icelandic songstress, Bjork.

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**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-birthday/971989/23 "2022-09-22T12:05:34Z")

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Another Simpson’s classic: **Lisa it’s Your Birthday**

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RLuyHWP_wnM/hqdefault.jpg "The Simpsons: Lisa, it's your Birthday") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLuyHWP_wnM)

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-birthday/971989/24 "2022-09-22T12:11:57Z")

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“Spirit Journey Formation Anniversary”, by Zakk Wylde and Dave Willis (impersonating Geddy Lee).

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qnug5_h6DJQ/hqdefault.jpg "Spirit Journey Formation Anniversary") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnug5_h6DJQ)

Also, Jack Black’s birthday song as performed on SNL, which sounds like something Jim Steinman composed during an opium-induced fever dream;

> **[Watch Saturday Night Live Highlight: Music International's New Birthday Song...](https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/music-internationals-new-birthday-song/2860793)**
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> Watch Saturday Night Live highlight 'Music International's New Birthday Song' on NBC.com

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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-birthday/971989/25 "2022-09-30T01:27:09Z")

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[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ATrVhT7eB3Q/hqdefault.jpg "John McCutcheon - Cut the Cake (Birthday Song)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATrVhT7eB3Q)

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**Author:** ![theater\_in\_a\_crowded\_fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@theater\_in\_a\_crowded\_fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theater_in_a_crowded_fire)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-birthday/971989/26 "2022-09-30T11:38:40Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VwNSpzh1hLQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Birthday Boy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwNSpzh1hLQ)

Birthday Boy by Drive By Truckers  
More a character study about a stripper, but it’s always the first one that comes to mind for me. Probably not exactly what the OP was going for though.

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