Birthday (song)

"Birthday"
Song by Katy Perry
from the album Prism
Released	April 21, 2014
Recorded	2013
Genre	Disco
Length	3:35
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Katy Perry Lukasz Gottwald Max Martin Bonnie McKee Henry Walter
Producer(s)	Dr. Luke Max Martin Cirkut
Katy Perry singles chronology
"Dark Horse" (2013) "Birthday" (2014) "This Is How We Do" (2014)

"Birthday" is a song by American pop singer-songwriter Katy Perry. It is the third track from her fourth studio album, Prism (2013). "Birthday" was released as the third single from Prism on April 21, 2014. The lyrics are about celebrating a partner's birthday while Perry makes sexual references.

It was released on April 21, 2014, and the song became a moderate success. It peaked in the top ten in Canada, the top twenty in the US, and the top twenty-five in the UK. On July 27, 2015, the Recording Industry Association of America certified the song Platinum for sales and streams equal to one million copies shipped.^[1]

Music video

In one version of the music video for "Birthday", Perry dresses up as five different characters attending various birthday parties. They are Goldie^[2] (a burlesque dancer), Kriss the Clown, Yosef Shulem (a rabbi/DJ), Princess Mandee,^[3] and Ace the Animal Trainer. There is a link to this version of the music video on Katy Perry's official website.^[4] All five characters can be seen in the video.

References

1. "Katy Perry". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
2. "Unseen footage of Goldie the dancer". katyperry.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
3. "Princess Mandee: unseen footage". katyperry.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
4. "Birthday (music video)". katyperry.com. Katy Perry. Archived from the original on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.