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Happy Birthday (Flipsyde song)

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"Happy Birthday"
Single by Flipsyde featuring Piper
from the album We the People
ReleasedDecember 27, 2005
GenreHip hop
Length3:17
LabelInterscope
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]

Track listing

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  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

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2006) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 10
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[4] 1
Denmark Airplay (Tracklisten)[5] 11
Germany (GfK)[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

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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

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

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[19] Gold 150,000‡
Sweden (GLF)[20] Platinum 20,000^

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

References

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  1. ^ Zuka (December 2005). "Flipsyde interview". Hoodstars. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
  2. ^ "Flipsyde feat. Piper's 'Happy Birthday' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled.
  3. ^ "Flipsyde feat. Piper – Happy Birthday" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
  4. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 35. týden 2006 in the date selector.
  5. ^ "Flipsyde feat. Piper – Happy Birthday" (in Danish). Tracklisten.
  6. ^ "Flipsyde – Happy Birthday" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. ^ "RT100 Editia 524 - Issue nr: 13/2006 (03 Aprilie - 09 Aprilie 2006)" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 5 April 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart: Dec 7, 2006". TopHit. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  9. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200651 into search.
  10. ^ "Flipsyde feat. Piper – Happy Birthday". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
  11. ^ "Flipsyde feat. Piper – Happy Birthday". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
  12. ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 2006". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart: 2006". TopHit. Archived from the original on 25 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Årslista Singlar – År 2006" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2006 – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart: 2007". TopHit. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Top Radio Hits Russia Decade Chart: 00s". TopHit. Archived from the original on 21 April 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  19. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Flipsyde; 'Happy Birthday')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  20. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2009" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved July 27, 2022.


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