The Most Requested Birthday Song

It comes to no surprise that the number one requested song around the world for people to sing on one's birthday is, Happy Birthday. This song has literally been sung billions of times. We sing it so much that if the originator of the song tried to receive royalties on it we would all have to pay big bucks, since we sing it all the time. The owner or the person who has copyrights to the song tried has tried to collect money from people but they can only collect when the song is sung for profit. For example, if a movie has a scene where everyone sings to the person celebrating their birth day or a radio spot that is heard by millions.

Companies have been known to pay good money to sing the song on film and air it on television.

Think for a moment how many people have heard the song. Even people who have never celebrated their own birthday have heard the song. This is the most popular song ever written. For most people it is sung every year on the anniversary of the day they were born.

This song is the most popular song among English speaking individuals and now other languages are catching on like Spanish which has their own songs in Spanish. The birthday song is so quick and easy to learn that children of all ages can sing it and never skip a beat. The melody was meant to be for small children but now adults sing it more than kids do. Well the song is legendary and it continues to be heard in households around the world.

Learn the lyrics to Happy Birthday so that you can continue to keep this song alive for generations to come.