Happy Birthday Dear Heartache
"Happy Birthday Dear Heartache" | ||||
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Single by Barbara Mandrell | ||||
from the album Clean Cut | ||||
B-side | "A Man's Not A Man ('Til He's Loved By A Woman)" | |||
Released | January 1984 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:27 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Archie Jordan, Mack David | |||
Producer(s) | Tom Collins | |||
Barbara Mandrell singles chronology | ||||
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"Happy Birthday Dear Heartache" is a song written by Archie Jordan and Mack David, and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in January 1984 as the first single from the album Clean Cut. The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]
Content
The song is a bitter observance of the one-year anniversary of a breakup, set in terms of a birthday celebration. Instead of being in a celebratory mood, however, the woman observes "how big you've (the heartbreak) has grown" and that the guests of honor are "the blues, the memories and the tears." The breakup is so bitter that she observes at the end, "Same time, same place next year."
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (1984) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] | 3 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 5 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1984) | Position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 48 |
References
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- "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)"
- "Playin' Around with Love"
- "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man"
- "Treat Him Right"
- "Tonight My Baby's Coming Home"
- "Show Me"
- "Holdin' On (To the Love I Got)"
- "Give a Little, Take a Little"
- "The Midnight Oil"
- "This Time I Almost Made It"
- "Wonder When My Baby's Coming Home"
- "Standing Room Only"
- "That's What Friends Are For"
- "Love Is Thin Ice"
- "Midnight Angel"
- "Married, But Not to Each Other"
- "Hold Me"
- "Woman to Woman"
- "Tonight"
- "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed"
- "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right"
- "Fooled by a Feeling"
- "Years"
- "Crackers"
- "The Best of Strangers"
- "Love Is Fair"
- "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool"
- "Wish You Were Here"
- "In Times Like These"
- "One of a Kind Pair of Fools"
- "Happy Birthday Dear Heartache"
- "Only a Lonely Heart Knows"
- "Crossword Puzzle"
- "To Me" (with Lee Greenwood)
- "It Should Have Been Love by Now" (with Lee Greenwood)
- "Child Support"
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