List of birthday songs
This list of birthday songs contains songs which are the equivalent of Happy Birthday To You, sung in restaurants and homes around the globe on birthday occasions.
Based on Happy Birthday to You
These are translations or variations sung to the tune of the traditional English language song.
- Albania: "Shume urime per ty "
- Arabic countries: "سنة حلوة يا جميل" (Sana helwa ya gameel)[1]
- Argentina and Uruguay: "Que los cumplas feliz"[2]
- "El payaso Plin-Plin" (children song with the same melody)
- Armenia: "Tsnundd shnorhavor" "Ծնունդդ շնորհավոր"[3]
- Brazil: "Parabéns pra você"
- Bulgaria: "Честит рожден ден"
- Canada:
- "Happy Birthday" (English Canada)
- "Bonne fête à toi" (French Canada)
- Chile: "Cumpleaños feliz"[4]
- "Cumpleaños fatal" (parody)[5]
- China: "Zhu ni shengri kuaile"[6] (祝 你 生日 快乐)
- Colombia: Japi verdi tu yu!, ¡Feliz cumpleaños a ti!
- Croatia: "Sretan rođendan ti"[7]
- Estonia: "Õnne soovime sul!"
- Finland: "Paljon onnea vaan"[8]
- France: "Joyeux anniversaire"
- Georgia: "გილოცავ დაბადების დღეს" (gilotsav dabadebis dges)
- Germany: "Zum Geburtstag viel Glück"
- Greece: "Να ζήσεις και χρόνια πολλά" (Na zisis ke hronia polla)
- Hong Kong:
- Happy Birthday To You commonly sung in English
- "Sang Yat Go" (生日歌): Happy Birthday To You in Cantonese lyrics
- "Zuk Sau Go" (祝壽歌): 恭祝你 福壽與天齊 慶賀你生辰快樂
- 年年都有今日 ("Nian Nian Dou You Jin Ri" or "Nin Nin Dou Yao Gum Yat")
- 歲歲都有今朝 恭喜你..恭喜你. ("Gong Xi Ni Gong Xi Ni" or "Gong Hei Nei Gong Hei Nei)[9]
- Hungary: "Boldog szülinapot"
- Iceland: "Hann á afmæli í dag"[8]
- India: वाढदिवसाच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा (Vad Divasachya Hardik Shubhchchya) in Marathi or जनम दिनकी शुभकामनाये (Janam Din Ki Shubh Kamanaye) in Hindi or ജന്മദിനാശംസകള് നേരുന്നു (Janma dinasamsakal Nerunnu) in Malayalam and in Tamil(பிறந்த நாள் நல் வாழ்துக்கள் ) and in Telugu జన్మదిన శుభాకాంక్షలు / పుట్టినరోజు శుభాకాంక్షలు (Janma Dina Shubhakankshalu / Puttina Roju Shubakankshalu) and in Kannada (Huttu Habbada Shubhashayagalu) and in Konkani (Vad Divasache Mast Mast Shubhashayu).
- Israel:
- Happy Birthday (Hebrew: יום הולדת שמח Yom Huledet Same'ach)
- Italy: "Tanti auguri a te"[8]
- Japan:
- お誕生日おめでとう (otanjōbi omedetō)
- Happy Birthday to You often sung in English
- Korea: 생일 축하 합니다 (saeng-il chukhahamnida)
- Lithuania: "Su gimimo diena"
- Malaysia:
- "Selamat Hari Jadi" - also commonly sung in English
- "Allah selamatkan kamu" الله سلامتكن كامو (Traditional version)
- Netherlands: "Een fijne verjaardag voor jou"
- "Welgefeliciteerd" (most often used)
- "Happy Birthday to you" often sung in English
- "Happy birthday to you, I went to the zoo, I saw a fat monkey and I knew it was you" (parody)
- "Happy Birthday to you, in de wei staat een koe en die koe zei: 'I love you' Happy birthday to you" (sweet parody)
- "Hankie pankie Sjang hang" (parody on Chinese sung by children)
- "wushni wushni wush wush" (parody on Russian sung by children)
- Dutch Children often sing the song in defferent languages (like English German, French parody Russian and parody Chinese)
- New Zealand: "Hari huritau ki a koe" (Māori)
- Perú : "Cumpleaños Feliz"
- 'Happy Birthday to You' sung right before it (in English)
- Philippines: "Maligáyang Bátì"[8]
- Happy Birthday to You also sung in English
- Portugal: Parabéns A Você
- Russia: "С днем рождения тебя!"
- Serbia: "Srećan ti rođendan!" (Cyrillic: "Срећан ти рођендан!")
- Slovenia: "Vse najboljše za te"
- Spain: "Cumpleaños Feliz" (also see below)
- Sri Lanka:
- Tamil: Pirantha Naal Valthukkal
- Switzerland:
- Taiwan - "ㄓㄨˋ ㄋㄧˇ ㄕㄥ ㄖˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄌㄜˋ" (祝 你 生日 快樂)
- Tanzania: "Hongera Hongera"
- Turkey: "İyi ki doğdun (isim)"
- United Kingdom:
- Wales: "Penblwydd hapus i chi"
Other traditional birthday songs
- Canada (French Canada): Gens du pays (Mon/Ma cher/chère [name], c'est à ton tour, de te laisser parler d'amour [bis])
- Cuba: Felicidades
- Denmark: I dag er det [navn]s fødselsdag ("Today is [name]'s bii-iirthday")
- Dominican Republic: El Regalo Mejor (Celebro tu cumpleaños)
- France : Bon anniversaire, nos vœux les plus sincères ("Happy Birthday, sincerest wishes to you")
- Germany: Viel Glück und viel Segen
- Greece: The Polychronion ("God Grant Many Years")
- India (Hindi): Janam Din ki hardik shubhkamana/badhai
- Indonesia: Selamat Ulang Tahun
- Iran: Tavallodet Mobaarak تولدت مبارک ("blessed be your birthday")
- Israel:
- Today is a Birthday (Hebrew: היום יום הולדת HaYom Yom Huledet)
- Birthday (Hebrew: יום הולדת Yom Huledet)
- Latvia: Daudz baltu dieniņu
- Lithuania: Ilgiausių metų
- Mexico: Las Mañanitas
- Nepal: "Janma din ko Subhakamana"
- Netherlands:
- Er is er een jarig
- Lang zal hij/zij leven
- Twee violen en een trommel en een fluit
- Oh wat zijn wij heden blij (A more informal children's song, sung in school before treats are distributed)
"zij leven hoog"
Less canonical birthday songs and pop-music songs
- "It's Your Birthday" – a song by R. Kelly from Happy People/U Saved Me
- "Happy Birthday" ; a song by NewS
- "Namida Surprise!" – a song by AKB48
- "Happy Birthday!" – a song by Yang Yo-seob (OST for the Korean drama "More Charming By The Day")
- "Birthday Drinking Song" song by David Joel Lane and Eric Sage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZB66VqBJlQ
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by Altered Images
- "Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian" – a song by Apollonia 6
- "Spirit Journey Formation Anniversary" – a heavy metal version purported to be by Master Shake, Zakk Wylde, and Geddy Lee on the animated TV series Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- "The Happy Happy Birthday Song" – a song by The Arrogant Worms from Gift Wrapped
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by The Bambi Slam
- "Birthday" – a song by The Beatles
- "The Happy Birthday Song" – a song by Andrew Bird from Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by The Birthday Massacre from Nothing and Nowhere
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by The Birthday Party
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by B'z from Monster
- "Happy Birthday" – The Cbeebies birthday
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by The Click Five
- "Happy Birthday to Me" – a song by Cracker from the album Cracker
- "Birthday" – by Destiny's Child from the album Destiny's Child
- "Birthday Dethday" – a song by Dethklok
- "Happy, Happy Birthday To You" – by Disney
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by DJ Bobo
- "Yom Huledet (Happy Birthday)" – the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in Hebrew and English by Eden.
- "Sana Helwa" – a song by Sabah Feghali
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by Flipsyde
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by Nelio Guerson and Carlos Guerson[10]
- "Birthday Boogaloo" – a song by Monty Harper
- "The Birthday" – a song by The Idle Race
- "Birthday" – by Infected Mushroom, from the album "Birthday"
- "Happy Birthday" – by The Innocence Mission from the album We Walked in Song
- "Birthday Sex" – by Jeremih from the album Jeremih
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by Krizz Kaliko
- "Happy Birthday, Dear Friend Lisa" – a song Jens Lekman from When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog
- "Birthday Song" – a song by Don McLean
- "Birthday Song" – a song by Ai Otsuka from the album LOVE COOK
- Happy, Happy Birthday – by Mildred E. Millet, a Latter-day Saint children's primary song.[11]
- "Birthday Present" – a song by Mirah from The Old Days Feeling
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by New Kids on the Block
- "Six Feet Under"; by No Doubt
- "Happy Birthday, You're not special" – a song by NOFX from Surfer
- "New Happy Birthday Song?" – a song by NOFX from 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records
- "Unhappy Birthday" – by The Smiths
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by Clem Snide from Soft Spot
- "Happy Birthday" – a song written by Gabriel Mekler and performed by Steppenwolf
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by Sufjan Stevens from A Sun Came
- "Good Birthday Wishes" – by Swayseeker[12]
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by Tender Forever from The Soft and the Hardcore
- "Birthday Song" – a song by Totally Michael from For You
- "Birthday" – by Twista
- "Happy Birthday to Me" – by The Vandals, from the album Live Fast Diarrhea
- "Happy Birthday (My Olde Friend)" – by Voltaire from the album The Bottom of the Sea
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by The Wedding Present from John Peel Sessions 1987-1990
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by Stevie Wonder
- "Happy Birthday" – a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic from "Weird Al" Yankovic
- "Alles Gute zum Geburtstag" – by Frank Zander und Die Schlümpfe
- "Happy Fucking Birthday" – by Combichrist from the album Everybody Hates You
- "Birthday Present" – by DC Cardwell
- "Merry Birthday to You" by Mike Jittlov, written for his film The Wizard of Speed and Time
- "It's Johnny's Birthday" by George Harrison, based upon "Congratulations" - Martin/Coulter
- "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen" by Neil Sedaka.
- "Happy birthday - shalalalalala" – by Noah Finn[13]
- "Alles Gute" by Alexander Marcus
- "Feliz Cumpleaños" by RBD
- "Birthday" by The Crüxshadows
- "What a Day For a Birthday" on Futurama
- "The (Beautiful) New Birthday Song - Your Trip Around the Sun"
- "Baby, It's Your Birthday" and other improvised birthday songs by College Humor's Hardly Working. [14]
- "Happy Happy Birthday, Baby" - Tune Weavers
- "Sixteen Candles" - Crests
Notes
- ^ "Arabic Music: English Translation of Lyrics for Sana Helwa Ya Gameel by Sabah". http://www.shira.net/music/lyrics/sana-helwa-ya-gameel.htm.
- ^ "Variations of Happy Birthday in Spanish". http://www.spanish-translation-help.com/happy-birthday-in-spanish.html.
- ^ "Tsnundd shnorhavor- Happy Birthday, by Ardzagank Studio". http://mp333.do.am/load/ard_39_aganq_c_39_nowndd_shnorhavor/1-1-0-1936.
- ^ Labbé, Carlos; Enrique Vila-Matas (2005) (in Spanish). Lenguas. J. C. Sáez Editor. p. 165. http://books.google.com/books?id=pcq9gu6aJEsC&pg=PA165&dq=cumpleaños-feliz.
- ^ "Como cantan el Cumpleaños Feliz? Alguna Parodia?" (in Spanish). Yahoo! Answers. http://espanol.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070616234015AAcgq11.
- ^ Phillips, Clifford H. (1993). China Beckons: An Insight to the Culture and the National Language. University of Alberta. p. 253. http://books.google.com/books?id=1MyfIZfLIDwC&pg=PA253&dq=zhu-ni-shengri-kuaile.
- ^ "How do you sing the Happy Birthday song in Croatian?". Yahoo! Answers. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080107124535AAL2Vz2.
- ^ a b c d e f "Happy Birthday To You (American, Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch, English, Portuguese, Italian, Norwegian, Hebrew)". http://www.danmansmusic.com/childrens/happy_birthday_to_you.txt.
- ^ zhidao.baidu.com
- ^ Happy Birthday on Palco MP3
- ^ http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=284&searchsubseqstart=a&searchseqend=284&searchsubseqend=a
- ^ http://www.ilike.com/artist/Swayseeker/
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J5UEs02hIM&feature=feedu
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzoA-xFU2j8