Happy Birthday (Flipsyde song)

"Happy Birthday"
Single by Flipsyde featuring Piper
from the album We the People
Released	December 27, 2005
Genre	Hip hop
Length	3:17
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]

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 (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

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

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

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.