"Happy Birthday"
Single by Flipsyde featuring Piper
from the album We the People
ReleasedDecember 27, 2005
GenreHip hop
Length3:17
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)Jinho Ferreira, Martin Kierszenbaum
Flipsyde singles chronology
"Someday"
(2005)		 "Happy Birthday"
(2005)		 "Trumpets (Never Be the Same Again)"
(2006)

"Happy Birthday" is a single by Flipsyde from their album We the People, released on December 27, 2005. The track's theme is a man apologizing for his involvement in an abortion,[1] and features samples of "Gomenasai" by t.A.T.u., including their vocals on backup.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Happy Birthday" (feat. Piper) — 3:15
  2. "Peace" (feat. Piper & Black Albert) — 2:59
  3. "Shaka" (feat. Piper) — 5:35
  4. "Happy Birthday" (Multimedia Track)

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 10
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[4] 1
Denmark Airplay (Tracklisten)[5] 11
Germany (Official German Charts)[6] 4
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[7] 88
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[8] 59
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (2006) Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[11] 47
Germany (Official German Charts)[12] 28
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 54
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 76

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[15] Gold 150,000‡
Sweden (GLF)[16] Platinum 20,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Zuka (December 2005). "Flipsyde interview". Hoodstars. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Flipsyde feat. Piper's 'Happy Birthday' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled.
  3. ↑ "Flipsyde feat. Piper – Happy Birthday" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
  4. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 200635 into search.
  5. ↑ "Flipsyde feat. Piper – Happy Birthday" (in Danish). Tracklisten.
  6. ↑ "Flipsyde – Happy Birthday" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "RT100 Editia 524 - Issue nr: 13/2006 (03 Aprilie - 09 Aprilie 2006)" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 5 April 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200651 into search.
  9. ↑ "Flipsyde feat. Piper – Happy Birthday". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
  10. ↑ "Flipsyde feat. Piper – Happy Birthday". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
  11. ↑ "Jahreshitparade Singles 2006". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  12. ↑ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  13. ↑ "Årslista Singlar – År 2006" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  14. ↑ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2006 – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  15. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Flipsyde; 'Happy Birthday')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2009" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved July 27, 2022.


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