Happy Birthday Helen

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"Happy Birthday Helen"
Happy Birthday Helen by Things of Stone and Wood.jpg
CD single cover
Single by Things of Stone and Wood
from the album The Yearning
ReleasedNovember 1992
Length3:53
Label Capitol
Songwriter Greg Arnold
Producer James Black
Things of Stone and Wood singles chronology
"Share This Wine"
(1992)		"Happy Birthday Helen"
(1992)		"Rock This Boat"
(1993)

"Happy Birthday Helen" is a song written by Greg Arnold and recorded by Australian folk-rock band Things of Stone and Wood. The song was released in November 1992 as the second single from the band's debut studio album The Yearning . "Happy Birthday Helen" peaked at number 9 on the ARIA Charts in February 1993.

Contents

The song was parodied on The Late Show as "We've Just Run Out of Melbourne Cliches".

Track listing

Australian CD Single
No.TitleLength
1."Happy Birthday Helen"3:53
2."Hand Grenade"4:19
3."She Will Survive"3:23
4."Call Out My Name"4:34
5."My Prayer"4:36

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Happy Birthday Helen"
Chart (1992–1993)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [1] 9

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Happy Birthday Helen"
Chart (1993)Position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 68

Certifications

Certifications for "Happy Birthday Helen"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [2] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "Things of Stone and Wood – Happy Birthday Helen". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 278.


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