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Wiktionary

  1. happy birthdayverb

    To wish a happy birthday upon (someone).

  2. happy birthdayinterjection

    Said or written to a person who is celebrating his or her birthday in order to convey the good wishes of the speaker or writer (literally, "may you have a happy birthday")

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  1. Happy Birthday

    Happy Birthday is a song by the Scottish band Altered Images released as a single from their 1981 album of the same name. The song entered the UK charts in September 1981, and peaked at number 2 in October, holding that position for three weeks. It has been certified Silver by the BPI for sales in excess of 250,000 copies."Happy Birthday" is the only song on the album that was produced by Martin Rushent, who had already scored major success that year producing for The Human League and would win the Producer of the Year award for 1981 at the BPI Awards. Accordingly, the band chose Rushent to produce their next album, Pinky Blue (1982), in its entirety. The song appeared in the 1984 John Hughes movie Sixteen Candles."Happy Birthday" has been covered by The Ting Tings, for the children's television show Yo Gabba Gabba! in 2008, by The Wedding Present, for their 1993 compilation album John Peel Sessions 1987-1990, and by Thomas Fagerlund (The Kissaway Trail) with Christian Hjelm (Figurines) for the Danish radio programme Det Elektriske Barometer (The Electric Barometer) in 2010.

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  1. Happy Birthday

    Happy Birthday is an award-winning 1998 Russian drama film written and directed by Larisa Sadilova.

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  1. happy birthday

    Read the full text of the Happy Birthday poem by Ehsan Sehgal on the Poetry.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of happy birthday in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of happy birthday in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of happy birthday in a Sentence

  1. Randall Newman:

    ' Happy Birthday' is finally free after 80 years, finally, the charade is over. It's unbelievable.

  2. Birthday:

    I woke up today wondering why the day was so beautiful and then I suddenly remembered it’s your birthday and I understood why. Wishing my favorite twins a very happy birthday.

  3. Birthday:

    Happy birthday to a person that’s charming, talented, and witty, and reminds me a lot of myself.

  4. Birthday:

    God did me a great favor when he brought you two into my life. Happy birthday to my favorite twin brother and sister. You spice my life with so much color.

  5. Ralph Kiner:

    On Fathers Day, we again wish you all happy birthday.


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