Happy Birthday (Birthday Party Song)
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"Happy Birthday" is a 1980 song by The Boys Next Door. It was released as a single on 16 February 1980 on Missing Link. The song is not related to the popular birthday song "
Happy Birthday to You "Happy Birthday to You", also known as "Happy Birthday", is a song traditionally sung to celebrate a person's birthday. According to the 1998 ''Guinness World Records'', it is the most recognised song in the English language, followed by " Fo ...
". The first album it appeared on was '' The Birthday Party''. It was later included as track two on the 1992 compilation '' Hits''. The release of the single was part of the band's rebranding of themselves as The Birthday Party before their relocation to
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. It is notable for several reasons. The mundanity of the song's lyrical subject matter, an eleven-year-old boy's birthday party, contrasts strongly to the discordance of the music. The song is also a showcase for the sub-vocalisations that marked Nick Cave's early singing style, including grunts, wordless shrieks and on two occasions an impersonation of a barking dog.


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{{authority control Songs about birthdays Songs about birthday parties 1980 singles Songs written by Nick Cave 1980 songs Songs written by Mick Harvey Songs written by Rowland S. Howard