There’s so much more to birthday music than the tired, tried and true hit we all know and hate. Our playlist collects some of the best funny songs about birthdays to ignite your day with celebratory spirit, setting you in the spotlight and starting your birthday off right!
Funny Songs About Birthdays
1. Trap Beckham – Birthday Bitch
Trap Beckham’s gritty rap/hip-hop track, Birthday Bitch, lays its outlandish lyrics atop a hypnotically dark grime-inspired beat.
Bestowing a wicked contrast to the often overtly optimistic style of birthday music, Birthday Bitch’s sinister midnight sound is padded with lustful lyrical themes, inciting the birthday girl to take centre stage both in the club and in the bedroom;
“She came with her birthday clique, her and her girls looking birthday rich … bend it over this your birthday song, let the dress come up, show your birthday thong.”
Whilst studded with a lewd message, Trap Beckham’s track is a true celebration of any birthday girl, taking a refreshingly ludicrous approach;
“If you a bad bitch and it’s your birthday, g’on ahead and f*** it up in the worst way, one time for the birthday bitch, two times for the birthday bitch, three times for the birthday bitch, f*** it up if it’s your birthday bitch.”
2. Jeremih – Birthday Sex
Jeremih’s R&B / pop anthem, Birthday Sex, is a lush piece serenading your partner on her birthday. Crafted with dreamy and tantalising imagery, Jeremih’s unorthodoxly lustful track is swept with pure passion, whether you relate their lyrics to your one and only partner or simply a friendly fling;
“We grinding with passion ’cause it’s yo’ birthday, been at it for hours, I know you thirsty, you kiss me so sweetly, taste just like Hershey’s, just tell me how you want your gift, girl.”
Hosting an array of cringeworthily intense scenes of passion, this piece takes a velvet approach to its adult themes, softening its humorously dirty descriptions with heart-melting affection;
“Maybe we can float on top my waterbed, you close your eyes as I improve between yo’ legs… Say you wanted flowers on the bed, but you got me and hours on the bed.”
3. Luke – It’s Your Birthday
Luke’s old school hip hop track, It’s Your Birthday encapsulates the crowd fever of a club birthday party, his dated dance hit maintaining every gram of its relentlessly crazed energy whilst emanating true community spirit.
Devoting his lyrics to shouting out random names, interlaced with celestial star sign imagery, Luke’s colourfully retro piece sets the soundtrack for a birthday party dance contest, empowering each person to live their fantasy;
“Go Sheila, it’s your birthday, go Freddie, it’s your birthday, go Annette, it’s your birthday … Aries working that stuff, Leos working that stuff, Scorpios working that stuff, Capricorns, it’s your birthday, Geminis, it’s your birthday.”
Whilst adopting a comically captivating cheerleader-style energy, Luke stripes his track with some oddly characterful vocal choices, especially as the song progresses (stay tuned right until the end if you want to hear a grown man squeal!)
4. Guns N’ Roses – Happy Birthday Song
This obscure snippet taken from a Guns N’ Roses live show translates the classic happy birthday song into a classic rock mini-anthem for any rock n’ roll birthday playlist.
Featuring slick overpowering distortions and cheering crowds, the band slid this live track into their set list on their manager’s birthday, giving him a shout-out laced with hilarity;
“This is our new manager and this is our first show and he thought we’d never make it, and this is his birthday and this is real f****** embarrassing for him. Happy birthday Dougie, love you … (I’ve never played that s*** before!)”
This rock track isn’t only for people named Dougie; its celebratory, glam rock energy ignites the carefree party fever at any birthday do, whilst setting a vibrant mood first thing on your birthday morning.
5. Stevie Wonder – Happy Birthday
Stevie Wonder’s 1980 pop single, Happy Birthday, finds its hint of comedy in the compellingly strange and retro synth beat which carries the track to its end, topped with bright, iconic melodies radiating festive positivity and carefree joy.
Beneath this hit’s humourously light-hearted soundscape is an earnest message of celebrating people’s achievements on the day of their birth as a way of ensuring their memory lives on.
Devoting his track to Martin Luther King in the campaign for his birthday to gain recognition as a national holiday, Wonder’s impassioned lyrics transfer to any friend or family member imparting a profound impact on your life;
“There ought to be a law against anyone who takes offence at a day in your celebration, ’cause we all know in our minds that there ought to be a time that we can set aside to show just how much we love you.”
6. will.i.am ft. Cody Wise – It’s My Birthday
will.i.am & Cody Wise’s 2014 UK #1 single, It’s My Birthday, is an instantly uplifting birthday track complete with a vibrant, meme-clad music video.
Featuring a soundscape of erratic sample placements and dramatic, prowling beats, will.i.am’s legendary character and offbeat sense of cool ensures a quirky, feel-good piece about spending your birthday money in style.
It’s My Birthday illustrates lavish nights out in ceaseless celebration, comically styling its almost non-coherent lyrics to rhyme in places they shouldn’t; “I’mma spend a dollar, dolla’ dolla’ dolla’, we gon’ put it down like we don’t care-a, I’mma throw my hands up in the air, the air, the a-air.”
7. Katy Perry – Birthday
Katy Perry’s 2013 hit single, Birthday, is a sugar sweet pop track lined with a myriad of smoking hot allusions.
This addictively euphoric, high-energy track promises birthday treats to your partner any day of the year, shaping a song for anyone who can’t contain their celebratory fever when it comes to showering their lover in gifts;
“When you’re with me, I’ll give you a taste, make it like your birthday everyday, I know you like it sweet so you can have your cake, give you something good to celebrate.”