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Not just a song that can be found in the archives, but one that almost everyone can hum, even today.

(Somebody asked what was meant by "today's...." Throw whatever you want out, somebody tossed out "Love me tender" as being a tune from in the 1860s.)

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[-] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago

Happy Birthday has the kind of universal recognition you'd be looking for. Maybe in 300 years there'll be a lyrical shift towards something more interesting. I know multiple versions of Greensleeves. The Cuckoo is the other song that I can think of with a long history. The wiki article doesn't fully capture it. I'll stick something in here later.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo_(song)

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago

Happy Birthday owes it's place to function. I don't think anybody actually enjoys it as music.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

My 2 year old begs to differ!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You just dug up the rap song Happy Birthday by Flipsyde ft. Piper from the depths of my memory after it had been buried for 14 years.

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