Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song)
| "Happy Birthday" | ||||
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UK single picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Stevie Wonder | ||||
| from the album Hotter than July | ||||
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| Released | June 26, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
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| Length | 5:53 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Songwriter | Stevie Wonder | |||
| Producer | Stevie Wonder | |||
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"Happy Birthday" is a song written, produced and performed by Stevie Wonder for the Motown label. Wonder, a social activist, was one of the main figures in the campaign to have the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. become a national holiday, and created this single to promulgate the cause. The song has since become a standard for use during birthdays in general, particularly among African Americans.
"Happy Birthday" was released as the fourth single of Wonder's Hotter than July (1980) album in June 1981. It was one of his most popular entries in the UK Singles Chart. It was not released in the United States, but is still regarded as one of his signature songs.