Happy Birthday (Flipsyde song)

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"Happy Birthday"
Flipsyde-HappyBirthday.jpg
Single by Flipsyde featuring Piper
from the album We the People
ReleasedDecember 27, 2005
Genre Hip hop
Length3:17
Label Interscope
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]

Contents

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
Russia Airplay (TopHit) [8] 12
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [9] 59
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [12] 47
Germany (Official German Charts) [13] 28
Russia Airplay (TopHit) [14] 86
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 54
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 76
2007 year-end chart performance for "Happy Birthday"
Chart (2007)Position
Russia Airplay (TopHit) [17] 106

Decade-end charts

Decade-end chart performance for "Happy Birthday"
Chart (2000–2009)Position
Russia Airplay (TopHit) [18] 176

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [19] Gold150,000
Sweden (GLF) [20] Platinum20,000^

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

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