Lyrics for Happy Birthday by Stevie Wonder - Songfacts

Lyrics and video for the song Happy Birthday by Stevie Wonder - Songfacts. Togglenavigation Home Categories Places Blog BlogsHome SongwriterInterviewsSongWritingFactorFictionThey'rePlayingMySongMusicQuizSongfactsPagesSongwritingLegendsSongfactsPodcastAllTitles Authors AmandaFlinnerAprilFoxBrucePollockCarlWiserCoreyO'FlanaganDanMacIntoshDeveloperEdPearceGregPratoJeffSuwakJessGrantLauraAntonelliLeslieMicheleDerroughMaggieGrimasonRogerCatlinShawnaOrtegaTrevorMorelli Browse Songs Artists Places Years Categories HappyBirthdaybyStevieWonder Album:HotterThanJuly(1980)Charted:2 LicenseThisSong songfacts®artistfacts Youknowitdoesn'tmakemuchsenseThereoughttobealawagainstAnyonewhotakesoffenseAtadayinyourcelebration'CauseweallknowinourmindsThatthereoughttobeatimeThatwecansetasideToshowjusthowmuchweloveyouAndI'msureyouwouldagreeItcouldn'tfitmoreperfectlyThantohaveaworldpartyonthedayyoucametobeHappybirthdaytoyouHappybirthdaytoyouHappybirthdayHappybirthdaytoyouHappybirthdaytoyouHappybirthdayIjustneverunderstoodHowamanwhodiedforgoodCouldnothaveadaythatwouldBesetasideforhisrecognitionBecauseitshouldneverbeJustbecausesomecannotseeThedreamasclearasheThattheyshouldmakeitbecomeanillusionAndweallknoweverythingThathestoodfortimewillbringForinpeaceourheartswillsingThankstoMartinLutherKingHappybirthdaytoyouHappybirthdaytoyouHappybirthdayHappybirthdaytoyouHappybirthdaytoyouHappybirthdayWhyhasthereneverbeenaholidayWherepeaceiscelebratedAllthroughouttheworldThetimeisoverdueForpeoplelikemeandyouWhoknowthewaytotruthIsloveandunitytoallGod'schildrenItshouldneverbeagreateventAndthewholedayshouldbespentInfullremembranceOfthosewholivedanddiedfortheonenessofallpeopleSoletusallbeginWeknowthatlovecanwinLetitoutdon'tholditinSingitloudasyoucanHappybirthdaytoyouHappybirthdaytoyouHappybirthdayHappybirthdaytoyouHappybirthdaytoyouHappybirthdayHappybirthdaytoyouHappybirthdaytoyouHappybirthdayHappybirthdaytoyouHappybirthdaytoyouHappybirthdayHappybirthdayHappybirthdayHappybirthdayOohyeahHappybirthdayHappybirthdayHappybirthdayHappybirthdayWeknowthekeytounityallpeopleIsinthedreamthatyouhadsolongago(happybirthday)Thatlivesinalloftheheartsofpeople(happybirthday)Thatbelieveinunity(happybirthday)We'llmakethedreambecomeareality(happybirthday)Iknowwewill(happybirthday)Becauseourheartstellusso(happybirthday)HappybirthdayHappybirthdayHappybirthdayHappybirthdayHappybirthdayHappybirthdayHappybirthdayHappybirthdayHappybirthdayHappybirthday MoresongsfromStevieWonderMoresongsaboutpoliticalfiguresMoresongsinspiredbyMartinLutherKingMoresongswrittenforbirthdaysMoresongsthatweresampledintohitsMoresongsfrom1980HappyBirthdaySongfactsStevieWonderArtistfacts Yournameasyouwouldlikeitdisplayed YourLocaton YourComment sendyourcomment Comments:1JohnfromArkansasCity,KsIdon'tknowifMarvinGayecoveredAbraham,MartinandJohn.ItwasoriginallyrecordedbyDion.seemorecomments MoreSongfacts: HowDryIAmIrvingBerlin IrvingBerlinwrote"HowDryIAm"inanticipationofProhibition,envisioningableakfuturewithoutalcohol. Don'tGoBreakingMyHeartEltonJohnandKikiDee EltonJohnhadahugehitduettingwithKikiDeeon"Don'tGoBreakingMyHeart,"buthe'salsoperformeditwithRuPaulandMissPiggy. Undone-TheSweaterSongWeezer Weezer's"Undone-TheSweaterSong"waswrittenasasadsongaboutdepression,butlistenershearditasafunny,ironicsong. RoseMarieSlimWhitman CountrystarSlimWhitman'sversionofthe1920ssong"RoseMarie"spent11consecutiveweeksat#1intheUKin1955,arecorduntil1991whenBryanAdams’"(EverythingIDo)IDoItForYou"spent16weeksatthetop. PaperPlanesM.I.A. "PaperPlanes"wasinspiredbyM.I.A.'shasslestryingtogetavisatoenterAmerica. YouAreNotAloneMichaelJackson MichaelJackson's1995song"YouAreNotAlone"wasthefirstsingleinUShistorytoentertheBillboardHot100chartat#1 Editor'sPicks BestBandLogosSongWriting Queen,PhishandTheStonesareamongourpicksforthebestbandlogos.Herearetheirhistoriesandadesignanalysisfromanexpert. SteelyDanFactorFiction DidtheyreallytradetheirguitaristtoTheDoobieBrothers?Aretheynamedaftersomethingnaughty?Andwhat'supwiththebandname? dUgPinnickofKing'sXSongwriterInterviews dUgdIgsintohisKing'sXmetalclassicsandhismanysideprojects,includingtheonewithJeffAmentofPearlJam. 80sVideoDirectorJayDubinSongWriting BillyJoelandHall&Oateshatedmakingvideos,sotheychoseadirectorwithsimilarcontemptforthemedium.ThatwasJayDubin,andhehasalottosayonthesubject. MelanieSongwriterInterviews Thesinger-songwriterMelanietalksaboutherspiritualawakeningatWoodstock,"BrandNewKey,"andwhysongwritingisanart,notacraft. PrinceFactorFiction Princeisshroudedinmystery,makinghimanexcellentcandidateforFactorFiction.IshereallyaScientologist?Doesheownanexoticanimal?