Music by | Patty and Mildred Hill |
Lyrics by | traditional |
Date | 1893 |
Source | original words were "Good Morning to All" |
Publisher | Summy-Birchard Inc. Warner Chappell Inc. |
The classic birthday song "Happy Birthday to You" was used on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Mother Goose Stories, Dinosaurs, and The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss.
The Muppet Show
- Sung by Animal and the Swedish Chef to Helen Reddy on episode 313
- Sung by Linda Lavin and the Muppets to Kermit on episode 406
Sesame Street
- A brief instrumental version can be heard at the end of the "If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked a Cake" insert from Sesame Street.
- Sung by the cast on the album Happy Birthday from Sesame Street.
- In Episode 0796, Maria sings one line of the song to David after she gives him a typewriter that she repaired especially for him.
- In Episode 1095, Buffy Sainte-Marie has her friends sing the song in English and Hawaiian for her then 1-year-old son, Cody.
- In Episode 1316, guests at Maria's surprise birthday party perform the song in English and Spanish.
- Oscar the Grouch sings a new version ("Rotten Birthday to You") in Episode 0054. Big Bird writes a similar Grouch version in the storybook Oscar's Rotten Birthday.
- The 1990 Mysterious Theater segment "Dial M For Mother" has Sherlock Hemlock calling his mother to wish her a happy birthday, and his dog Watson barks out the song over the phone.
- The cast sings this to Big Bird before Big Bird blows out his candles on Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake.
- Bob teaches multiple characters how to sign the song, to surprise Linda on her birthday, in Episode 3806 and 3960.
- The cast sings this song to Baby Bear on his birthday while Alan presents him with a Birthday Porridge in Episode 3916.
- Elmo and Birthday Cake sing this song to Dorothy for her birthday as balloons fall from the sky in the Birthdays episode of Elmo's World.
- See also "Macy's".
Mother Goose Stories
- The goslings sing the song to their mother in "Boy Blue".
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
- Sung by The Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am, Pam-I-Am, Little Cats A, B, and C, Fox in Socks, and Mr. Knox to Terrence McBird on his birthday in episode 203. Terrence Bird also sang this song to himself.
- In the same episode, Felix Finkledooper had this song sung by the 8th Birthday Glurk and Felix's friends including Sarah Hall-Small for his 8th birthday.
Dinosaurs
- Sung by The Sinclair Family in Terrible Twos