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Happy Birthday to You

personalisable song traditionally used to commemorate birthdays
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Happy Birthday to You

Summary

Happy Birthday to You is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,972 views/month, #37 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Happy Birthday to You's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Happy Birthday to You's composer is recorded as Mildred J. Hill[4].
  • Happy Birthday to You's composer is recorded as Patty Hill[5].
  • Happy Birthday to You's genre is children's song[6].
  • birthday is named after Happy Birthday to You[7].
  • Happy Birthday to You's based on is recorded as Good Morning To All[8].
  • Happy Birthday to You's Commons category is recorded as Happy Birthday to You[9].
  • Happy Birthday to You's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Happy Birthday to You's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • Happy Birthday to You was released on 1935[12].
  • Happy Birthday to You was published on 1911[13].
  • Happy Birthday to You's main subject is birthday[14].
  • Happy Birthday to You's published in is recorded as On the Avenue[15].
  • Happy Birthday to You's published in is recorded as Stella Dallas[16].
  • Happy Birthday to You's published in is recorded as The Elementary Worker and his Work[17].
  • Happy Birthday to You's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Happy Birthday to You'}[18].
  • Happy Birthday to You's has melody is recorded as Good Morning To All[19].
  • Happy Birthday to You's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Happy birthday to you'}[20].
  • Happy Birthday to You's author name string is recorded as Clayton F. Summy[21].
  • Happy Birthday to You's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Happy birthday to you'}[22].
  • Happy Birthday to You's public domain date is recorded as January 1, 2017[23].
  • Happy Birthday to You's copyright status is recorded as public domain[24].
  • Happy Birthday to You's copyright status is recorded as public domain[25].
  • Happy Birthday to You's copyright status is recorded as public domain[26].
  • Happy Birthday to You's form of creative work is recorded as song[27].

Body

Publication

Publication dates include 1935[12] and 1911[13]. Happy Birthday to You's language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is children's song[6].

Subject and Themes

Happy Birthday to You's main subject is birthday[14].

Why It Matters

Happy Birthday to You ranks in the top 0.19% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,972 views/month, #37 of 19,375).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

public domain United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . The Elementary Worker and his Work. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Retrieved . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . marks-clerk.com. marks-clerk.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . poseidon01.ssrn.com. poseidon01.ssrn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . poseidon01.ssrn.com. poseidon01.ssrn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . poseidon01.ssrn.com. poseidon01.ssrn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · TangoAF · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1935-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1911-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin → —
    Composer → Mildred J. Hill, Patty Hill
    Language of work or name → English
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0726393323"
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