Happy Birthday (The Click Five song)

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"Happy Birthday"
Single by the Click Five
from the album Modern Minds and Pastimes
ReleasedOctober 2007
Genre Pop punk [1]
Length3:29
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Mike Denneen
The Click Five singles chronology
"Jenny"
(2007)
"Happy Birthday"
(2007)
"Empty"
(2007)

"Happy Birthday" is a song by American power pop band the Click Five. It was released as the second single for Thailand and the Philippines in October 2007, and the third single for Singapore and Malaysia in January 2008, from their second studio album Modern Minds and Pastimes .

Contents

Background

The song is about a guy apologizing after forgetting an ex's birthday and confessing to missing them. [2] The song reached number one on Singapore's 987FM radio station. [3]

Composition

"Happy Birthday" was written by Ben Romans, Jez Ashurst and Chris Braide, while production was handled by Mike Denneen. [4] The track is described as pop punk, [1] with its guitar parts of a pop metal sound. [5]

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described the track as "over-stuffed yet sleek." [6] Chad Grischow of IGN stated, "The heavy thrust of riffs in the hook turn the otherwise breezy belated 'Happy Birthday' into a potential earworm." [7] Colin McGuire of PopMatters said its "simplicity would normally suggest watered-down cheese at first glance, a second look finds that the song's endearing qualities override anything else, making the track somewhat cute." [8]

Music video

The music video for "Happy Birthday" was released on December 17, 2007. [9] The video was filmed during their tour in Asia. According to Kyle Patrick, after receiving positive responses from the audience, they were "so enthralled with the spirit of Asia as a whole that we wanted to do something with it." [10]

Personnel

Credits for "Happy Birthday" adapted from album's liner notes. [4]

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Happy Birthday"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
ThailandOctober 2007 Contemporary hit radio WEA International [4]
Philippines
MalaysiaMarch 2008
Singapore

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